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# Skandapurana 2.9.29

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.1)

..śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.2)

upacārairbahuvidhairmānasaistaṃ prapūjya saḥ ..

> Having worshiped him mentally with diverse kinds of offerings,  
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### [2.9.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.3)

āvāhya sthāpayedbhakto mūrtau sthāpanamudrayā .. 1 ..

> the devotee should invoke him and establish him in the image with the mudrā of establishment. // 1  
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### [2.9.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.4)

tatastadaṃgadevāṃśca tattanmantraiḥ pṛthakpṛthak ..

> Then, having invoked the deities of his limbs severally with their respective mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.5)

āvāhya nāmamantrairvā supratiṣṭhāpayecca saḥ .. 2 ..

> or with the mantras of their names, he should firmly establish them. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.6)

ghaṇṭādi vādayedvādyaṃ kuryādvā tālikādhvanim ..

> He should play instruments such as the bell, or clap hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.7)

suptotthitamivā'thainaṃ kārayeddantadhāvanam.. 3 ..

> Then he should have him cleanse his teeth as if he had just awakened from sleep. // 3  
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### [2.9.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.8)

śyāmākaviṣṇukāntābhyāṃ dūrvābjābhyāṃ sahodakam ..

> With water mixed with śyāmāka grain, viṣṇukāntā flowers, dūrvā grass, and lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.9)

pādyametatprabhordadyāttatorghyācamanīyake .. 4 ..

> he should offer this foot-water to the Lord; then \[he should offer\] water for the guest-offering and sipping water. // 4  
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### [2.9.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.10)

candanākṣatapuṣpāṇi darbhāgratilasarṣapān ..

> Sandalwood, unbroken rice, flowers, tips of darbha grass, sesame seeds, mustard seeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.11)

yavāndūrvā cārghyapātre nikṣipedambunā bhṛte .. 5 ..

> barley, and dūrvā grass he should put into the arghya vessel filled with water. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.12)

jātīphalalavaṃgailākaṅkolośīravāsitam ..

> Scented with nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, kaṅkola, and uśīra root,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.13)

dadyādācamanīyāmbu tataḥ saṃsnapayeddharim .. 6 ..

> he should offer water for sipping; then he should bathe Hari. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.14)

sugandhipuṣpatailena kuryādabhyaṃgamāditaḥ ..

> First he should perform anointing with fragrant floral oil;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.15)

surabhidravyakalkena kuryāccodvartanaṃ tataḥ .. 7 ..

> then he should perform unction with a paste of aromatic substances. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.16)

kṣīreṇa dadhnā cājyena madhunā sitayā tathā ..

> With milk, curd, clarified butter, honey, and likewise sugar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.17)

snapayeddharimavyagrastattanmantraiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 8 ..

> undistracted, he should bathe Hari severally with their respective mantras. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.18)

sugandhinā ca śuddhena snānamuṣṇena cāmbunā ..

> Having caused him to bathe with fragrant, pure, and warm water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.19)

taṃ kārayitvā gandhādyaiḥ snānapīṭhe'rcayellaghu .. 9 ..

> he should briefly worship him on the bath pedestal with scents and other offerings. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.20)

nirmālyapuṣpādi tato visṛjyottarato dvijaḥ ..

> Then, having cast aside the used flowers and other offerings toward the north, the twice-born  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.21)

rājanādyaiḥ sāmabhirvā mahāpuruṣavidyayā ..

> should perform the ceremonial bath either with the Sāman hymns beginning with Rājana, or with the lore of the Great Puruṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.22)

śrīsūktaviṣṇusūktaktābhyāmabhiṣekaṃ samācaret .. 2.9.29.10 ..

> or with the Śrīsūkta and the Viṣṇusūkta. // 2.9.29.10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.23)

nāmnāṃ sahasreṇa hareraṣṭottaraśatena vā ..

> Initiated women and śūdras, however,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.24)

abhiṣekaṃ tu kurvīranstriyaḥ śūdrāśca dīkṣitāḥ .. 11 ..

> should perform the ceremonial bath with the thousand names or with the one hundred and eight names of Hari. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.25)

tataḥ pramārjya vastreṇa tamanarghyāṃśukāni ca ..

> Then, having wiped him with a cloth, he should dress him in priceless garments  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.26)

paridhāpayedatipremṇā rādhāṃ cānyāṃśca śaktitaḥ .. 12 ..

> with great love, and also Rādhā and the others according to his capacity. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.27)

upavītaṃ bhagavate dadyātsūkṣmaṃ sitaṃ śubham..

> He should give a fine, white, auspicious sacred thread to the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.28)

ratnahemādyalaṃkārānsāṃgāyāsmai ca dhārayet .. 13 ..

> and put ornaments of gems, gold, and other materials on him together with his limbs. // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.29)

yathāṛtu yathāsthānaṃ candanena yathocitam..

> According to the season, on the proper places, and as appropriate with sandalwood paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.30)

tilakānulepanaṃ kuryātsakeśaraghanādinā .. 14 ..

> he should make forehead marks and body anointing with saffron, camphor, and other substances. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.31)

yathocitamalaṃkārāndhārayitvā ca rādhikām ..

> And having adorned Rādhikā with appropriate ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.32)

patralekhāṃ ca tilakaṃ vidadhyātkuṅkumākṣataiḥ .. 15 ..

> he should apply decorative leafy drawings and a tilaka mark with kumkuma and unbroken rice. // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.33)

ādarśaṃ darśayitvā'tha puṣpasrakchekharādibhiḥ ..

> Then, having shown him a mirror, \[and having adorned him\] with flower garlands, crest ornaments, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.34)

pūjayettaṃ sahasreṇa tulasīmañjarīdalaiḥ .. 16 ..

> he should worship him with a thousand tulasī shoots and leaves; // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.35)

tulasyā vā'tha puṣpeṇa pratyekaṃ nāma vaiṣṇavam ..

> or, reciting each Vaiṣṇava name ending in the dative with 'namaḥ',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.36)

namaḥ prāntacaturthyantaṃ kīrttayannarcayetprabhum .. 17 ..

> he should worship the Lord with a tulasī leaf or a flower. // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.37)

sugandhidravyacūrṇāni tataḥ saubhāgyavanti ca ..

> Then, having offered fragrant powders of aromatic substances and auspicious articles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.38)

samarpya dhūpaṃ kurvīta daśāṃgaṃ vāmṛtādikam .. 18 ..

> he should offer ten-ingredient incense or nectar-scented incense and the like. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.39)

dīpaṃ ghṛtena kurvīta varttikādvayadīpitam ..

> He should offer a lamp made with ghee and lit with two wicks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.40)

kṛtaṃ svaśaktitaḥ śuddhaṃ mahānaivedyamarpayet .. 19 ..

> He should present a great food offering, pure and prepared according to his capacity: // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.41)

saṃyāvapāyasāpūpaśaṣkulīkhaṇḍalaḍḍakān..

> saṃyāva cakes, milk rice, apūpa cakes, śaṣkulī pastries, sugar candy, laddu sweets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.42)

pūrikāḥ polikā maudgamodanaṃ vyañjanāni ca ..

> crisp pūrikā cakes, polikā flatbreads, cooked rice with mung beans, and cooked vegetables,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.43)

dadhidugdhaghṛtādīni catuṣpadyāṃ nidhārayet .. 2.9.29.20 ..

> and curds, milk, ghee, and other items, placed upon a four-legged stand. // 2.9.29.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.44)

bhojayettaṃ tataḥ premṇā madhye pānīyamarpayan ..

> He should then feed him with love, offering drinking water midway.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.45)

muhūrttārddhe gate dadyāddhastaprakṣālanāṃbu ca .. 21 ..

> When half a muhūrta has elapsed, he should offer water for washing the hands. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.46)

uccheṣaṇaṃ bhagavato viṣvaksenādidevatāḥ ..

> Having assigned the Lord's leftover food to deities such as Viṣvaksena,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.47)

upakalpyānyataḥ sthāpya svārthaṃ tadbhuvamāmṛjet .. 22 ..

> he should set it aside elsewhere for himself and wipe that ground. // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.48)

mukhavāsaṃ tato dadyātkṛtāṃ tāmbūlavīṭikām ..

> Then he should offer a mouth-perfume, a prepared betel roll  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.49)

pūgacūrṇalavaṅgailājātījādisamanvitām .. 23 ..

> combined with areca-nut powder, cloves, cardamom, mace, and nutmeg. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.50)

phalaṃ ca nālikerādi dattvā śaktyā ca dakṣiṇām ..

> And having offered fruits such as coconuts, and a priestly fee according to his capacity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.51)

mahānīrājanaṃ kuryādgītavāditrapūrvakam.. 24 ..

> One should perform the great waving of lamps preceded by songs and instrumental music.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.52)

stuyātpuṣpāñjalīndattvā tatstotreṇaiva taṃ tataḥ ..

> Offering double handfuls of flowers, one should then praise Him with His own hymn;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.53)

nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ kuryādgāyannṛtyaṃśca tatpuraḥ .. 25 ..

> singing and dancing before Him, one should perform the chanting of His names.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.54)

muhūrttaṃ sa vidhāyetthaṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇām ..

> Having done this for a muhūrta and having circumambulated \[the deity\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.55)

praṇāmaṃ daṇḍavatkuryāttiryaktaddakṣiṇe bhuvi .. 26 ..

> one should make a prostration like a rod on the ground to His right, horizontally.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.56)

aṣṭāṃgaṃ vāpi pañcāgaṃ praṇāmaṃ puruṣaścaret ..

> A man should perform either an eight-limbed or a five-limbed prostration;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.57)

pañcāṃgameva nārī tu nānyathā munisattama .. 27 ..

> a woman, however, \[should perform\] only a five-limbed one, never otherwise, O best of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.58)

padbhyāṃ karābhyāṃ jānubhyāmurasā śirasā dṛśā ..

> With feet, hands, knees, chest, head, eyes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.59)

vacasā manasā ceti praṇāmo'ṣṭāṃga īritaḥ .. 28 ..

> speech, and mind—thus the eight-limbed prostration is declared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.60)

bāhubhyāṃ caiva manasā śirasā vacasā dṛśā ..

> With both arms, mind, head, speech, and eyes—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.61)

pañcāṃgoyaṃ praṇāmaḥ syātpūjāsu pravarāvimau .. 29 ..

> this is the five-limbed prostration; these two are preeminent in rituals of worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.62)

bhītaṃ māṃ saṃsṛteḥ pāhi prapannaṃ tvāṃ prabho iti ..

> ‘O Lord, protect me, frightened of worldly existence, who have taken refuge in You!’  
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### [2.9.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.63)

tataḥ saṃprārtha svādhyāyaṃ śaktyā kurvīta naityakam .. 2.9.29.30 ..

> Having prayed thus, one should perform daily recitation of sacred texts according to one's capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.64)

dhyātvā śeṣāṃ ca taddattāṃ gṛhītvā śirasādarāt ..

> Having meditated and respectfully placed upon one’s head the remnant given by Him,  
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### [2.9.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.65)

āvāhitaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ rādhākṛṣṇaṃ hṛdambuje..

> one should establish Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, invoked as previously, in the lotus of the heart,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.66)

saṃsthāpayeccāṃgadevānsvasvasthānaṃ visarjayet .. 31 ..

> and dismiss the attendant deities to their respective places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.67)

karaṇḍake vā śayyāyāṃ mandire pratimāṃ hareḥ ..

> Having laid Hari's image to rest in a basket, on a bed, or in the shrine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.68)

śāyayitvā pidhāya dvārvaiśvadevaṃ samācaret .. 32 ..

> and having closed the door, one should perform the Vaiśvadeva sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.69)

prāsādikaṃ harerannaṃ svapoṣyebhyo vibhajya saḥ ..

> Distributing the food offered to Hari among those dependent upon him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.70)

svayaṃ bhuktvā tatkathādyairdinaśeṣamatikramet .. 33 ..

> and having eaten himself, he should spend the rest of the day with discourses about Him and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.71)

mahāpūjāvidhānena proktenānena yonvaham ..

> Whoever worships Viṣṇu every day with devotion according to this prescribed method of great worship  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.72)

bhaktyā samarcayedviṣṇuṃ sa bhavettasya pārṣadaḥ .. 34 ..

> becomes His attendant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.73)

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya bhāsvaraṃ devatepsitam ..

> Ascending a celestial aerial chariot, radiant and desired even by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.74)

golokākhyaṃ harerddhāma divyāṅgo yāti pūjakaḥ .. 35 ..

> the worshipper, having a celestial body, goes to the abode of Hari known as Goloka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.75)

phalābhisaṃdhinā vāpi yastamarceddinedine ..

> Even he who worships Him day after day with an aim for results  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.76)

sopi dharmaṃ kāmamarthaṃ mokṣaṃ cāpnotyabhīpsitam .. 36 ..

> also attains righteousness, desire, wealth, and desired liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.77)

itthaṃ pūjāvidhiṃ karttumaśakto rādhayā saha ..

> Unable to perform the rite of worship in this manner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.78)

harimekaṃ yathā labdhairarcedbhaktyopacārakaiḥ .. 37 ..

> one should worship Hari alone, together with Rādhā, with devotion by means of whatever articles of worship are obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.79)

dvādaśākṣaramantreṇa dvijo'nyo nāmamantrataḥ ..

> A twice-born should worship Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa with the twelve-syllable mantra, another with a name-mantra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.80)

śrīrādhākṛṣṇamabhyarcedbhaktirevā'tra siddhidā .. 38 ..

> devotion alone grants success in this regard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.81)

ekādaśyāṃ harerjanmotsavādau tu viśeṣataḥ ..

> Especially on the eleventh day of the fortnight, on the festival of Hari’s birth, and on other occasions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.82)

mahāpūjaiva karttavyā svaśaktyā'khilavaiṣṇavaiḥ .. 39 ..

> the great worship alone must be performed by all Vaiṣṇavas according to their capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.83)

pratiṣṭhāmātramapi yaḥ kuryādanyakṛtālaye ..

> Whoever performs even mere consecration in a temple built by another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.84)

sa sārvabhauma rājyaṃ vai prāpnuyānnaṣṭakilviṣaḥ .. 2.9.29.40 ..

> his sins destroyed, truly attains universal sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.85)

kārayenmandiraṃ ramyaṃ dhanāḍhyaśca harerdṛḍham ..

> And a wealthy man who has a beautiful, sturdy temple made for Hari  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.86)

yaḥ sa tu prāpnuyādrājyaṃ trailokyasyāpyakaṇṭakam.. 41 ..

> attains undisputed sovereignty even over the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.87)

vṛttidānena pūjāyāḥ pravāhaṃ varddhayettu yaḥ ..

> He who perpetuates the continuous flow of worship through the grant of a livelihood—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.88)

sa pumānprāpnuyānnūnaṃ viṣṇuloke mahatsukham .. 42 ..

> that man certainly attains great happiness in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.89)

pratiṣṭhāṃ mandiraṃ pūjāṃ kāraye ttrīṇyapīha yaḥ ..

> Whoever causes all three to be made here—consecration, a temple, and worship—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.90)

samānaiśvaryamāpnoti vāsudevasya sa dhuvam .. 43 ..

> certainly attains lordship equal to that of Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.91)

harervṛrttiṃ haredyastu kṛtāṃ svena pareṇa vā ..

> Whoever confiscates a livelihood dedicated to Hari, whether granted by himself or by another,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.92)

kalpamekaṃ sa vai bhuṃkte narake yamayātanāḥ .. 44 ..

> truly suffers the torments of Yama in hell for an entire kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.93)

karttā kārayitā yaśca sahāyaścānumodakaḥ ..

> The doer, the one who causes it to be done, the helper, and the one who approves—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.94)

caturṇāṃ hi phale bhāgaḥ sukṛtasyetarasya ca ..45..

> the share in the fruit of a good deed as well as of the other belongs indeed to these four.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.95)

iti kriyāyogavidhirmayā nārada kīrttitaḥ ..

> Thus the rule of the yoga of action has been expounded by me, O Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.96)

yenaikāntikadharmo'tra siddhyettatpravaṇātmanām .. 46 ..

> by which single-minded duty may be accomplished in this world for those whose minds are intent upon it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.97)

viṣayāṃścintayaṃścitte bahiḥ pūjāṃ hareścaran ..

> Contemplating sense-objects in the mind while outwardly performing the worship of Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.98)

saṃbhāreṇāpi mahatā na yathoktaṃ phalaṃ labhet.. .. 47 ..

> even with abundant provisions, one does not obtain the stated fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.99)

itastato grāmyasukhe bhramatsvīyaṃ manastataḥ ..

> Restraining his own mind, which wanders here and there in vulgar pleasures, from that \[distraction\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.100)

niyamya viṣṇupūjāyāṃ mumukṣuḥ prayato bhavet .. 48 ..

> one who desires liberation should become intent upon the worship of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.101)

mahāvratā bhūritapasvinopi svadhītavedā api buddhimantaḥ ..

> Even those of great vows, those of immense austerities, those who have thoroughly studied the Vedas, those who are intelligent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.102)

sāṃkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ pariśīlayantaḥ siddhiṃ na yāntyeva vinārcanaṃ hareḥ .. 49 ..

> and those practicing Sāṃkhya and Yoga do not achieve perfection at all without the worship of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.29.103)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye kriyāyoge śrīvāsudevapūjāvidhinirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..29..

> Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Rite of Worship of Śrī Vāsudeva' in \[the section on\] the Yoga of Action, in the Glorious Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[part\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the 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.2.9.29.1) — English, machine translation

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