[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.9.27 # Skandapurana 2.9.27 Skandapurāṇa 2.9.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.9.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3) — 5 parts ### [2.9.27.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3.1) .. śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca .. khananokṣaṇalepādyaiḥ śodhite dharaṇītale .. catuṣpādaṃ nyasetpīṭhaṃ nānāraṅgasuśobhite .. 1 .. arcakaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ pīṭhapādānkoṇeṣu kārayet .. caturṣu teṣu dharmādīnsthāpayetsiṃharūpiṇaḥ .. 2.. agnau dharmaṃ nyasecchvetaṃ jñānaṃ śoṇaṃ ca nairṛte .. vāyau tu pītaṃ vairāgyaṃ śyāmamaiśvaryamaiśake ..3.. manodhīcittāhaṅkārānkramātpūrvādidikṣva'tha .. vinyasetpīṭhagātreṣu haridraktasitāsitān .. 4 .. sthāpyā raktasitaśyāmā rajaḥsattvatamoguṇāḥ .. pīṭhasya paṭṭikāyāṃ tu trayopi munisattama.. .. 5 .. antaḥkaraṇarūpeṣu gātreṣvatha caturṣvapi .. vimalādyā nyasecchaktīrdvedve ekaikagātrake .. 6 .. vimalotkarṣiṇīti dve gaurāṅgyau pūrvato nyaset .. vādayantyau śubhāṃ vīṇāṃ haridvastre svalaṃkṛte .. 7 .. jñānākriye nyasedyāmye pītavastre'ruṇadyutī .. ekā tālaṃ vādayantī mṛdaṅgamaparā tathā .. 8 .. yogāpraddhyau nyasetpaścācchyāme aruṇavāsasau .. saheva muralī cobhe vādayantyau pṛthakpṛthak .. 9 .. satyeśāne hemavarṇe uttarasyāṃ tato nyaset .. śyāmāṃśuke vādayantyāvubhe te parivādinīm .. 2.9.27.10 .. anugrahākhyā paṭṭikāyāṃ sthāpyaikā ca kṛtāñjaliḥ .. sarvā etāstu kartavyā dvibhujāḥ suvibhūṣaṇāḥ .. 11 .. pīṭhopari sitadvīpaṃ kurvīta śvetavāsasā .. tanmadhye'ṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ kurvītojvalakarṇikam .. 12 .. dvādaśāṃśaṃ parityajya padmakṣetrasya bāhyataḥ .. vṛttaistribhistasya madhyaṃ vibhajetsamabhāgataḥ .. 13 .. tatrādyaṃ karṇikāsthānaṃ kesarāṇāṃ tu madhyamam .. patrāṇāṃ tu tṛtīyaṃ syāddalāgrāṇi tu bāhyataḥ .. 14 .. paritastasya ca puraṃ caturdvāraṃ prakalpayet .. > Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: / On the ground purified by digging, sprinkling, smearing, and the like, / and beautifully decorated with various colours, one should place a four-legged pedestal. / Facing east, the worshipper should arrange the legs of the pedestal at the corners. / Upon those four \[legs\] he should install the \[principles\], beginning with Dharma, in the form of lions: / he should place white Dharma in the south-east, and red Jñāna in the south-west; / yellow Vairāgya in the north-west, and black Aiśvarya in the north-east. / Then on the side-timbers of the pedestal, in the directions beginning with the east, in order, / he should place Manas, Dhī, Citta, and Ahaṅkāra, respectively green, red, white, and black. / The three qualities of Rajas, Sattva, and Tamas—red, white, and black—/ are to be installed, O best of sages, on the upper rim of the pedestal. / Then upon the four side-timbers in the form of the inner organs of mind, / he should place the śaktis beginning with Vimalā, two on each timber: / he should place two fair-limbed ones, Vimalā and Utkarṣiṇī, in the east, / playing a beautiful vīṇā, clad in green garments and well adorned; / he should place Jñānā and Kriyā in the south, clad in yellow garments and shining like dawn, / one playing cymbals and the other the mṛdaṅga drum; / he should place Yogā and Prahvī in the west, dark in complexion and wearing reddish-brown garments, / both playing flutes together, yet individually; / then he should place Satya and Īśānā in the north, gold-coloured, / clad in dark garments, both playing the parivādinī lute; / and one named Anugrahā, with folded hands, is to be placed upon the rim. / All of these \[śaktis\] should be made two-armed and adorned with fine ornaments. / Above the pedestal he should make a white island with a white cloth; / in the middle of it he should make an eight-petalled lotus with a radiant pericarp. / Leaving aside a twelfth portion beyond the field of the lotus, / he should divide its interior into equal parts with three circles: / the first \[circle\] there is the place of the pericarp; the middle one belongs to the filaments; / the third belongs to the petals, with the tips of the petals extending outward. / All around it he should construct a city with four gates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3.2) raṅgadravyairbahuvidhairharidrākuṃkumādibhiḥ .. 15 .. kurvīta taṇḍulairvāpi tatra padmādi śobhanam .. padmasya karṇikāṃ madhye hemavarṇā suśobhayet .. 16 .. śoṇavarṇāni patrāṇi paritastasya cārcakaḥ .. kuryādaṣṭāpyaṣṭadikṣu svarṇavarṇāni vā mune ..17.. pūrvaṃ tu gopuraṃ śoṇaṃ śyāmaṃ kuryācca dakṣiṇam .. pītavarṇaṃ paścimaṃ ca sphaṭikābhaṃ tathottaram ..18.. antarāle ca puṣpāṇi citrāṇi purapadmayoḥ.. kṛtvā madhye'tha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ tadvāme rādhikāṃ nyaset..19.. rādhākṛṣṇasyāsya tataḥ pṛṣṭhe saṃkarṣaṇaṃ nyaset.. caturbāhuṃ dhṛtacchatraṃ gaurāṅgaṃ nīlavāsasam .. 2.9.27.20 .. dakṣe nyasedbhagavataḥ pradyumnaṃ pītavāsasam .. caturbhujaṃ ghanaśyāmaṃ dhṛtvā cāmaramāsthitam .. 21 .. vāme'niruddhaṃ ca harernyasedaruṇavāsasam .. indranīlamaṇiśyāmaṃ saṃsthitaṃ dhṛtacāmaram .. 22 .. trayopyete tu kartavyā nānālaṃkāraśobhitāḥ .. anarghyaratnamukuṭāstāruṇyena manoharāḥ .. 23 .. tato'vatārāṃstu hareḥ kesareṣvaṣṭasu kramāt .. ekaikasminnyased dvaudvāvaṣṭasvevaṃ hi ṣoḍaśa .. 24 .. sthāpayedvāmanaṃ buddhaṃ pūrvasminkesare'grataḥ .. ghanaśyāmāvubhau hyetau karuṇau brahmacāriṇau .. 25 .. sitāṃśukau kare dakṣe bibhratau phullapaṅkajam .. abhayaṃ vāmahaste ca śāntau yajñopavītinau .. 26 .. kalkinaṃ parśurāmaṃ ca vahnikoṇe'tha vinyaset .. khaṅgapāṇistatra kalkī parśupāṇistathā'paraḥ .. 27 .. ubhau gaurau ca tāmrākṣau jaṭilau sitavāsasau .. yajñopavītinau kāryau tyaktakrodhamahārayau .. 28 .. hayagrīvavarāhau ca sthāpayedyāmyakesare .. hayagrīvo hayāsyaḥ syānnarāṃgaśca caturbhujaḥ .. 29 .. > With various colouring substances such as turmeric, saffron, and the like, / or with husked rice-grains, one should make the beautiful lotus and other designs there. / In the middle, the worshipper should make the pericarp of the lotus splendid with a golden colour, / and all around it, O sage, he should make the eight petals in the eight directions red, / or else golden in colour. / He should make the eastern gateway red, and the southern one black, / the western one yellow, and the northern one resembling crystal. / In the space between the city and the lotus having placed diverse flowers, / and having installed Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the middle, he should place Rādhikā on his left. / Then behind this Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa he should place Saṃkarṣaṇa, / four-armed, holding an umbrella, fair-limbed, and wearing blue garments. / To the right of the Lord he should place Pradyumna, wearing yellow garments, / four-armed, cloud-dark, standing and holding a fly-whisk. / And to the left of Hari he should place Aniruddha, wearing reddish-brown garments, / dark like a sapphire gem, standing and holding a fly-whisk. / All three of these should be made adorned with various ornaments, / with priceless gem-studded crowns, and enchanting with their youthfulness. / Then he should place the avatars of Hari on the eight filaments in order, / two on each one, thus indeed sixteen upon the eight: / he should install Vāmana and Buddha on the eastern filament in front, / both of them cloud-dark, compassionate, and observant of celibacy, / wearing white garments, holding an open lotus in the right hand / and the gesture of fearlessness in the left hand, peaceful, and wearing sacred threads; / then he should place Kalki and Paraśurāma in the south-east corner, / Kalki holding a sword in his hand there, and the other holding an axe in his hand; / both are to be made fair-skinned, red-eyed, with matted hair, wearing white garments, / wearing sacred threads, and with immense fury cast aside; / and he should install Hayagrīva and Varāha on the southern filament; / Hayagrīva should have the face of a horse, a human body, and four arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3.3) śaṅkhādibhṛtsvarṇavarṇo dhṛtadivyasitāmbaraḥ .. varāhastu varāhāsyo narāṃgaḥ syāccaturbhujaḥ .. 2.9.27.30 .. śaṅkhacakragadābjāni dadhatpītāmbaraṃ tathā .. madhupiṃgalavarṇaśca karttavyo dvibhujo'tha vā .. 31 .. matsyakūrmmau nairṛte ca sthāpayetkesare tataḥ .. kaṭeradhastadākārāvūrddhvaṃ tau tu narākṛtī .. 32 .. vāme śaṃkhaṃ gadāṃ dakṣe pāṇau ca dadhatāvubhau .. śyāmasundaradehau ca karttavyau dhṛtabhūṣaṇau .. 33 .. dhanvantariṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ ca paścime kesare nyaset .. dhanvantariḥ śuklavāsā gaurāṃgo'mṛtakumbhadhṛt .. 34 .. siṃhavaktro nṛsiṃhastu nṛdehaḥ kesarānvitaḥ .. nīlotpalābho dvibhujo gadācakradharo bhaveta .. 35 .. vāyau nyasedubhau haṃsadattātreyau jaṭādharau .. yogiveṣau sitau daṇḍakamaṇḍalukarau tathā .. 36 .. uttare kesare vyāsaṃ nyasedgaṇapatiṃ tataḥ .. tatra vyāso viśālākṣaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ sitāmbaraḥ .. 37 .. dvibhujo dhṛtavedaśca supiśaṃgajaṭādharaḥ .. sitayajñopavītaśca karttavyaḥ sapavitrakaḥ .. 38 .. gajāsya ekadantaśca rakto gaṇapatirbhavet .. raktāmbaradharaścaiva nāgayajñopavītavān .. 39 .. tundilaśca caturbāhuḥ pāśāṅkuśavarāndadhat .. kareṇaikena ca dadhadramyāṃ pustakalekhinīm .. 2.9.27.40 .. nyasetkesara īśāne kapilaṃ pūjakastataḥ .. sanatkumāraṃ ca muniṃ naiṣṭhikabrahmacāriṇam .. 41 .. śuklāṃgaḥ kapilaḥ kāryo dhṛtacārusitāmbaraḥ .. dadhatkarābhyāmambhojamabhayaṃ śāntavigraham .. 42 .. pañcavārṣikabālābho digvastro'lpajaṭādharaḥ .. sanatkumāraśca muniḥ karttavyaḥ pūjakena tu .. 43 .. saṃsthāpya kesareṣvitthaṃ devatāḥ paṅkajasya tu .. > holding a conch and other attributes, golden-colored, wearing divine white garments. / Varāha, however, should have a boar's face, a human body, and four arms, / holding a conch, discus, mace, and lotus, and wearing yellow garments; / he may be honey-tawny in color, or else two-armed. / Then one should install Matsya and Kūrma in the southwest filament; / below the waist they have their \[creature\] forms, but above they have human shape, / both holding a conch in the left hand and a mace in the right, / with dark and beautiful bodies, adorned with ornaments. / One should place Dhanvantari and Nṛsiṃha in the western filament; / Dhanvantari wears white garments, is fair-limbed, and holds a pot of nectar. / Nṛsiṃha has a lion's face, a human body, and is endowed with a mane; / he has the hue of a blue lotus, is two-armed, and bears a mace and a discus. / In the northwest one should place both Haṃsa and Dattātreya wearing matted hair, / in the garb of yogins, white, holding a staff and water pot in their hands. / Then one should place Vyāsa and Gaṇapati in the northern filament; / there Vyāsa is large-eyed, dark in color, wearing white garments, / two-armed, holding the Vedas, possessing very reddish-brown matted locks, / wearing a white sacred thread, and equipped with a pavitra ring. / Gaṇapati should have an elephant's face, a single tusk, and be red, / wearing red garments, and possessing a serpent for a sacred thread, / pot-bellied and four-armed, holding a noose, goad, and the gesture of bestowing boons, / and with one hand holding a delightful book and writing pen. / Then the worshipper should place Kapila in the northeast filament, / and the sage Sanatkumāra, a lifelong celibate. / Kapila should be made fair-limbed, wearing charming white garments, / holding a lotus and the gesture of fearlessness with his two hands, with a peaceful form. / The sage Sanatkumāra should be made by the worshipper / resembling a five-year-old child, sky-clad, and bearing small matted locks. / Having thus established the deities in the filaments of the lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3.4) nyasecca dalamadhyeṣu pārṣadānarccako'ṣṭasu .. 44 .. viṣvaksenaṃ ca garuḍaṃ tatrādau pūrvato nyaset .. tato dakṣakrameṇaiva prabalaṃ ca balaṃ nyaset .. 45 .. kumudaṃ kumudākṣaṃ ca sunandaṃ nandameva ca .. śrutadevaṃ jayantaṃ ca vinyasedvijayaṃ jayam .. 46 .. tataḥ pracaṇḍaṃ caṇḍaṃ ca puṣpadantaṃ ca sātvatam .. dvaudvāvevaṃ krameṇaiva sthāneṣvaṣṭasu vinyaset .. 47 .. caturbhujāḥ sarva ete śaṅkhāryabjagadādharāḥ .. kāryāḥ kiriṭinaḥ śyāmāḥ pītavastrāḥ subhūṣaṇāḥ .. 48 .. dalamadhyāntarāleṣu siddhīraṣṭasu vinyaset .. nānā maṃgalavādyānāṃ vādane nipuṇāḥ kramāt .. 49 .. aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā .. īśitā vaśitā caivāṣṭamī kāmāvasāyitā .. 2.9.27.50 .. etāḥ suvarṇavarṇābhāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ .. veṇuvīṇādihastāśca karttavyāścitravāsasaḥ .. 51 .. dalāgreṣvaṣṭasu tato vedāñchāstrāṇi ca nyaset .. tatra vedānnyaseddikṣu śāstrāṇi tu vidikṣu saḥ .. 52 .. pūrve nyasettu ṛgvedamakṣamālādharaṃ sitam .. kharvaṃ lambodaraṃ saumyaṃ padmanetraṃ sitāmbaram .. 53 .. yāmye nyasedyajurvedaṃ madhyamāṃgaṃ kṛśodaram .. piṃgākṣaṃ sthūlakaṇṭhaṃ ca pītaṃ cāruṇavāsasam .. 54 .. akṣasrajaṃ kare vāme dakṣe vajraṃ ca bibhratam .. paścime sāmavedaṃ ca prāṃśumādityavarcasam .. 55.. dakṣe'kṣamālāṃ vāme ca dhṛtavantaṃ kare daram .. svarṇavastraṃ viśālākṣaṃ vinyasedgāyanodyatam .. 56 .. atharvāṇaṃ nyasetsaumye sitāṃgaṃ nīlavāsasam .. vāme'kṣasūtraṃ dakṣe ca khaṭvāṃgaṃ bibhrataṃ kare .. vahnyojasaṃ ca tāmrākṣaṃ vayasā sthaviraṃ tathā .. 57 .. agnikoṇe dharmaśāstraṃ nyasecca kamalāsanam .. > the worshipper should place the attendants in the middle of the eight petals. / There, first in the east, one should place Viṣvaksena and Garuḍa; / then in clockwise order, one should place Prabala and Bala, / Kumuda and Kumudākṣa, Sunanda and Nanda, / Śrutadeva and Jayanta, and one should install Vijaya and Jaya; / then Pracaṇḍa and Caṇḍa, and Puṣpadanta and Sātvata. / Thus two by two in regular order one should install them in the eight positions. / All of these are four-armed, bearing a conch, discus, lotus, and mace; / they should be crowned, dark-complexioned, wearing yellow garments, and well-ornamented. / In the intervals between the middles of the petals, one should install the eight supernatural powers, / skilled in order at playing various auspicious musical instruments: / aṇimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, and mahimā, / īśitā, vaśitā, and the eighth, kāmāvasāyitā. / These have the luster of golden color, are adorned with all ornaments, / hold flutes, vīṇās, and the like in their hands, and are dressed in multicolored garments. / Then on the eight petal-tips one should install the Vedas and the treatises; / there he should install the Vedas in the cardinal directions, and the treatises in the intermediate directions. / In the east one should place the Ṛgveda, holding a rosary, white, / dwarfish, pot-bellied, gentle, lotus-eyed, and clad in white garments. / In the south one should place the Yajurveda, of medium limbs, slender-waisted, / yellow-eyed, thick-necked, yellow-complexioned, and wearing reddish garments, / bearing a garland of beads in the left hand and a thunderbolt in the right. / In the west one should place the Sāmaveda, tall, with the splendor of the sun, / holding a rosary in the right hand and a conch in the left, / dressed in gold cloth, large-eyed, intent on singing. / In the north one should place the Atharva\[veda\], white-limbed, wearing blue garments, / bearing a rosary in the left hand and a club with a skull in the right, / with the radiance of fire, copper-colored eyes, and aged in years. / In the southeast corner one should place the Dharmaśāstra, seated on a lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3.5) śvetaṃ ca bibhrataṃ dorbhyāṃ muktāmālāṃ tathātulām.. 58 .. dīrghakeśanakhaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ nairṛte tundilaṃ nyaset .3. > white, and bearing with his two arms an incomparable pearl necklace. / In the southwest one should place Sāṃkhya, pot-bellied, with long hair and nails, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_1) japamālāṃ ca daṇḍaṃ ca karābhyāṃ bibhrataṃ sitam .. 59 .. > holding a rosary and a staff with his two hands, white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_2) nyasedvāyau tato yogaṃ svarṇavarṇaṃ kṛśodaram .. > Then in the northwest one should place Yoga, golden-colored, slender-bellied, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_3) ūrunyastakaradvandvaṃ svanāsāgrakṛtekṣaṇam .. 2.9.27.60.. > with both hands placed upon his thighs, gazing at the tip of his own nose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_4) pañcarātraṃ tatheśāne dhavalaṃ vanamālinam.. > Likewise in the northeast, Pāñcarātra, white, wearing a forest garland, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_5) nyasetkarābhyāṃ dadhatamakṣamālāṃ ca lāṃgalam .. 61 .. > one should place holding a rosary and a plow with his two hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_6) eṣāṃ caturṇāṃ vāsāṃsi śvetasūkṣmaghanāni ca.. > The garments of these four should be white, fine, and dense, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_7) karttavyāni tathākṣīṇi padmapatrāyatāni ca .. 62 .. > and their eyes should be broad like lotus petals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_8) agrāṇāmantarāleṣu maharṣīṃśca sayoṣitaḥ .. > In the intervals between the tips, the great seers along with their wives > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_9) vinyasetpaṭhato vedānpūrvāgneyādyanukramāt .. 63 .. > one should install, reciting the Vedas, in order beginning with east and southeast: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_10) marīciṃ kalayā yuktamatriṃ cāpyanasūyayā .. > Marīci accompanied by Kalā, and Atri with Anasūyā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_11) śraddhayāṃgirasaṃ sākaṃ pulastyaṃ ca havirbhuvā .. 64 .. > Aṅgiras together with Śraddhā, and Pulastya with Havirbhū; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_12) gatyā yuktaṃ ca pulahaṃ kriyayā ca saha kratum .. > Pulaha joined with Gati, and Kratu together with Kriyā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_13) khyātyā bhṛgumarundhatyā vaśiṣṭhaṃ saha vinyaset .. 65 .. > Bhṛgu with Khyāti, and one should install Vasiṣṭha together with Arundhatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_14) dvibhujāḥ sarva evaite jaṭāśmaśrudharāḥ kṛśāḥ .. > All of these are two-armed, bearing matted locks and beards, lean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_15) kāryāstapasvino daṇḍāndadhataśca kamaṇḍalūn.. 66 .. > ascetics who are to be depicted carrying staffs and water pots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_16) padmādbahirnyaseccā'ṣṭau diśāsu vidiśāsu ca .. > Outside the lotus, in the cardinal and intermediate directions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_17) dikpālānindrapramukhānsahayānānyathādiśam .. 67 .. > one should place the eight directional guardians headed by Indra, each according to his direction, along with their mounts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_18) prācyāmairāvatārūḍhaṃ nyasedindraṃ caturbhujam.. > In the east one should place Indra mounted upon Airāvata, four-armed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_19) vajrāṃkuśāmbujavarāndadhataṃ svarṇasannibham .. 68 .. > bearing a thunderbolt, goad, lotus, and the boon gesture, resembling gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_20) kausumbharamyavasanaṃ nānālaṃkāraśobhitam .. > clad in lovely safflower-dyed garments, adorned with various ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_21) śoṇāpāṃgaṃ viśālākṣaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 69 .. > with red-cornered, large eyes, endowed with all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_22) agnikoṇe nyasedagniṃ tāmravarṇaṃ caturbhujam .. > In the southeast corner one should place Agni, copper-colored, four-armed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_23) dadhānaṃ pāṇibhiścaiva śūlaṃ śaktiṃ srucaṃ sruvam .. 2.9.27.70 .. > holding in his hands a spear, a lance, a sruc-ladle, and a sruva-ladle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_24) catuḥśuke haimarathe niṣaṇṇaṃ vāyusārathim .. > seated in a golden chariot with four parrots, having the wind as his charioteer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_25) trinetraṃ dhūmravasanaṃ piṅgaśmaśrujaṭekṣaṇam .. 71 .. > three-eyed, wearing smoke-colored garments, with tawny beard, matted hair, and eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_26) yamaṃ nyaseddakṣiṇataḥ śyāmaṃ cāmīkarāmbaram.. > In the south one should place Yama, dark, with golden garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_27) caturbhujaṃ daṇḍakhaḍgaparaśuṃ pāśadhāriṇam.. > four-armed, carrying a staff, sword, battle-axe, and noose, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_28) unmattamahiṣārūḍhaṃ nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitam.. 72.. > mounted upon a frenzied buffalo, adorned with various ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_29) ūrddhvakeśaṃ virūpākṣaṃ nairṛtaṃ nairṛte nyaset.. > In the southwest one should install the lord of the south-west (Nirṛti), whose hair stands upright and who has odd eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_30) khaḍgaṃ pāśaṃ ca dadhataṃ dvibhujaṃ naravāhanam.. 73.. > holding a sword and a noose, two-armed, mounted upon a human corpse; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_31) hariśmaśruṃ dhūmravarṇaṃ parivītāsitāmbaram .. > having a tawny beard, smoke-colored, wrapped in dark garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_32) hāṭakānekabhūṣāḍhyamavaiṣṇavabhayaṃkaram .. 74 .. > abounding in various golden ornaments, terrifying to non-Vaiṣṇavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_33) tataḥ pratīcyāṃ varuṇamindranīlamaṇiprabham .. > Then, in the west, \[one should place\] Varuṇa, who has the lustre of a sapphire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_34) śvetāmbaraṃ caturbāhuṃ muktāhāra vibhūṣitam .. 75 .. > clad in white garments, four-armed, adorned with a necklace of pearls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_35) saptahaṃsarathārūḍhaṃ dorbhyāṃ pāśaṃ ca bibhratam .. > mounted upon a chariot of seven swans, holding a noose with two hands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_36) anyābhyāṃ ratnapātraṃ ca śaṃkhaṃ ca dadhataṃ nyaset .. 76 .. > and holding a gem-vessel and a conch with the other two—so should one install \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_37) vāyau vāyuṃ haridvarṇaṃ dvibhujaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam .. > In the north-west \[one should install\] Vāyu, green in color, two-armed, clad in black garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_38) pṛṣatsthaṃ muktakeśaṃ ca vyāttāsyaṃ dhvajinaṃ nyaset .. 77 .. > seated upon a deer, with disheveled hair, open-mouthed, and holding a banner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_39) saumye nyasetkuberaṃ ca svarṇavarṇaṃ caturbhujam .. > In the north one should install Kubera, gold-colored and four-armed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_40) gadāśaktitriśūlāni ratnapātraṃ ca bibhratam .. 78 .. > bearing a mace, a spear, a trident, and a jewel-vessel; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_41) nīlāmbaraṃ śmaśrulaṃ ca śibikāyāṃ samāsthitam .. > clad in dark blue, bearded, seated upon a palanquin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_42) piśaṃgavāmanayanaṃ naikabhūṣaṃ ca varmiṇam ..79.. > with a yellowish left eye, wearing various ornaments and clad in armor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_43) īśāne'tha mūhārudramarddhanārīśvaraṃ nyaset .. > Then in the north-east one should install Mahārudra as Ardhanārīśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_44) vāmārddhe pārvatī kāryā dakṣārddhe tatra śaṃkaraḥ .. 2.9.27.80 .. > in the left half Pārvatī is to be made, and in the right half Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_45) īśvarārddhe jaṭājūṭaṃ kartavyaṃ candrabhūṣitam .. > On the side of Īśvara, matted locks adorned with the moon are to be made; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_46) umārddhe tilakaṃ kāryaṃ sīmantamalike tathā .. 81 .. > on the side of Umā, a forehead-mark is to be made on the brow, along with a parting of the hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_47) bhasmanoddhūlitaṃ cārddhamarddhaṃ kuṃkumabhūṣitam .. > One half is smeared with ashes, and the other half is adorned with saffron; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_48) nāgopavītaṃ cāpyarddhamarddhaṃ hāravibhūṣitam .. 82 .. > one half has a serpent as a sacred thread, and the other half is adorned with a necklace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_49) vāmārddhe ca stanaḥ pīnaḥ karttavyaḥ kaṃcukīvṛtaḥ .. > On the left half, a swelling breast covered by a bodice should be fashioned; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_50) kaṭyāṃ ca raśanā haimī pāde kāñcananūpuram .. 83 .. > on the waist a golden girdle, and on the foot a golden anklet; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_51) kausumbhaṃ vasanaṃ caiva karau kaṃkaṇabhūṣitau .. > a safflower-dyed garment, both hands adorned with bangles, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_52) triśūlamakṣasūtraṃ ca dadhatau ratnamudrikau .. 84 .. > holding a trident and a rosary, with jeweled rings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_53) dakṣārddhe raśanā sārpī kāryā vastraṃ gajājinam .. > On the right half, a serpentine girdle is to be made, and an elephant hide as garment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_54) karau ca nāgavalayau darpaṇotpaladhāriṇau .. 85 .. > the hands have serpent-bracelets and hold a mirror and a lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_55) evaṃvidhaṃ mahādevaṃ nyasedvṛṣabhavāhanam .. > Such a Mahādeva, mounted upon a bull, one should install. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_56) itthamaṣṭadigīśānāṃ kuryātsthāpanamarcakaḥ .. 86 .. > In this manner the worshiper should perform the installation of the lords of the eight directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_57) purādbahistataścāṣṭau sthāpayedarcako grahān.. > Outside the city, then, the worshiper should install the eight planets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_58) svasvadikṣu sthitānsvasvānyārūḍhānsyandanāni ca .. 87 .. > abiding in their respective directions and mounted upon their respective chariots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_59) prācyāṃ diśi nyasettatra bhāskaraṃ pītavāsasam .. > In the eastern direction one should install there the Sun, clad in yellow garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_60) sindūravarṇaṃ dvibhujaṃ padmahastaṃ rathe sthitam .. 88 .. > vermilion-colored, two-armed, with lotuses in his hands, standing upon a chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_61) ekaṃ cakraṃ dvādaśāraṃ rathasyāsyātitejasaḥ .. > The chariot of this radiant one has one wheel with twelve spokes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_62) saptāśvāśca haridvarṇā vāme santi niyojitāḥ .. 89 .. > and seven green-hued horses are harnessed on the left. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_63) agnikoṇe tataḥ sthāpyo bhṛguḥ śvetaḥ sitāmbaraḥ .. > Then in the south-east corner Bhṛgu (Venus) is to be placed, white, clad in white, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_64) daṇḍaṃ kamaṇḍaluṃ bibhraddvibāhuḥ saumyadarśanaḥ .. 2.9.27.90 .. > holding a staff and a water-pot, two-armed, gentle in appearance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_65) citravarṇāśvadaśake sthito hemamaye rathe .. > standing in a golden chariot with ten dappled horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_66) dakṣiṇe ca nyasedbhaumaṃ raktaṃ raktāmbaraṃ tathā .. 91 .. > And in the south one should install Mars, red, clad in red garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_67) caturbhujaṃ gadāśaktitriśūlavaradhāriṇam .. > four-armed, bearing a mace, a spear, a trident, and the gesture of granting boons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_68) tasya haimaṃ rathaṃ kuryādaruṇāṣṭahayānvitam .. 92 .. > One should make his chariot golden, provided with eight red-brown horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_69) rāhuśca nairṛte koṇe nīlavāsāścaturbhujaḥ .. > And Rāhu in the south-west corner is clad in blue, four-armed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_70) karālāsyastamorūpaścarmāsiśaktiśūladhṛt .. 93 .. > with a terrible mouth, having the form of darkness, holding a shield, a sword, a spear, and a trident; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_71) bhṛṅgavarṇāṣṭaturage sthitaḥ kāryastvayorathe .. > he is to be made standing in an iron chariot drawn by eight horses colored like black bees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_72) sauriśca paścime sthāpya indranīlasamadyutiḥ .. 94 .. > And Saturn is to be placed in the west, with a radiance like sapphire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_73) dhanvī triśūlī dvibhujo mandākṣaścāsitāmbaraḥ .. > bearing a bow and a trident, two-armed, with downcast eyes, clad in dark garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_74) śabalāṣṭāśvasaṃyukte sthitaḥ kārṣṇāyase rathe .. 95 .. > standing in an iron chariot yoked with eight variegated horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_75) vāyukoṇe tataścandraṃ sthāpayecca sitāmbaram .. > Then in the north-west corner one should place the Moon, clad in white garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_76) śvetavarṇaṃ gadāhastaṃ dvibhujaṃ ca rathe sthitam .. 96 .. > white-hued, holding a mace, two-armed, and seated in a chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_77) śatāracakratritaye syandane tasya cāmmaye .. > On his watery chariot with three wheels of a hundred spokes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_78) kundābhāḥ santyubhayato yojitāsturagā daśa ..97.. > ten horses lustrous like jasmine flowers are yoked on both sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_79) uttare dvibhujaḥ saumyo varābhayakaroruṇaḥ .. > In the north, Mercury is two-armed, gentle, his hands granting boons and fearlessness, reddish, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_80) haridvāsāṣṭapiṃgāśve kāryo haimarathe sthitaḥ ..98.. > clad in green garments, to be depicted standing in a golden chariot with eight tawny horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_81) īśāne ca guruḥ sthāpyo hemavarṇaḥ sitāmbaraḥ .. > And in the north-east Guru (Jupiter) is to be placed, golden-colored, clad in white garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_82) dvibhujaḥ padmanayano dhṛtadaṇḍakamaṇḍaluḥ .. > two-armed, lotus-eyed, holding a staff and a water-pot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_83) pāṇḍurāṣṭahaye haime niṣaṇṇaḥ syandanottame .. 99 .. > seated in an excellent golden chariot drawn by eight pale-white horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_84) aṃgadevānbhagavataḥ sthāpayeditthamarcakaḥ .. > In this way the worshiper should install the subsidiary deities of the Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_85) karṇikādripurāntāntasthāneṣu kramaśo'khilān .. 2.9.27.100 .. > all of them in order in the places up to the pericarp, the mountain, and the city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_86) vāsudevāṃgadevānāṃ nyasenmūrttīstu vaibhavī .. > A wealthy person should install actual idols of the subsidiary deities of Vāsudeva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_87) pūgaphalānītarastu nyasetpuṣpākṣatādi vā .. 101 .. > while another may place areca nuts, or flowers and unbroken grains of rice, etc. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27.3\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27.3_88) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye kriyāyoge pūjāmaṇḍalaracanāvidhinirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 27 .. > Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Rules for Constructing the Worship Maṇḍala' in the Section on Ritual Practice (Kriyāyoga) of the Glorious Vāsudevamāhātmya in the Second Section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of 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.2.9.27.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtyarthasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.smrtyarthasagara.2.p228) — Chalāri Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.27) · Pramāṇa