[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) › 3.1.36 # Skandapurana 3.1.36 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.1) .. śrīsūta uvāca .. .. > Glorious Sūta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.2) dhanuṣkoṭestu māhātmyaṃ bhūyo'pi prabravīmyaham .. > "I shall declare once again the māhātmya of Dhanuṣkoṭi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.3) durācārābhidho yatra snātvā mukto bhavaddvijāḥ.. .. 1 .. > where a man named Durācāra, having bathed, was liberated, O brahmins." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.4) .. munaya ūcuḥ .. .. > The sages said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.5) durācārābhidhaḥ ko'sau sūta tattvārthakovida .. > "Who is this man named Durācāra, O Sūta, knower of ultimate truth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.6) kiṃca pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tena durācāreṇa vai mune .. 2 .. > And what sin was committed by that Durācāra, O sage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.7) kathaṃ vā pātakā nmukto dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt .. > Or how was he freed from sin through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.8) etacchuśrūṣamāṇānāṃ vistarādvada no mune .. 3 .. > Tell this in detail to us who are eager to hear, O sage!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.9) .. śrīsūta uvāca .. .. > Glorious Sūta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.10) munayaḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya durācārasya pātakam .. > "O sages, let the sin of that Durācāra be heard, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.11) snānena dhanuṣaḥ koṭau yathā muktaśca pātakāt .. 4 .. > and how he was freed from sin by a ritual ablution at the point of the bow (Dhanuṣkoṭi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.12) durācārābhidho vipro gautamītīramāśritaḥ .. > There was a certain brahmin named Durācāra residing on the bank of the Gautamī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.13) kaścidasti dvijāḥ pāpī krūrakarmarataḥ sadā .. 5 .. > a sinner, O brahmins, constantly devoted to cruel deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.14) brahmaghnaiśca surāpaiśca steyibhirgurutalpagaiḥ .. > Corrupted by association with killers of brahmins, drinkers of liquor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.15) tadā saṃsargaduṣṭo'sau taiḥ sākaṃ nyavasadvijāḥ ..6.. > thieves, and violators of the guru's bed, he lived with them, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.16) mahāpātakisaṃsargaṃ doṣeṇāsya dvijasya vai .. > Because of the fault of associating with great sinners, of this twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.17) brāhmaṇyaṃ sakalaṃ naṣṭaṃ niḥśeṣeṇa dvijottamāḥ .. 7 .. > all brahminhood was lost completely, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.18) mahāpātakibhiḥ sārddhaṃ dinamekaṃ tu yo dvijaḥ .. > The twice-born who respectfully lives with great sinners > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.19) nivasetsādaraṃ tasya tatkṣaṇādvai dvijanmanaḥ .. . 8 .. > for even a single day—from that very moment, of that twice-born > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.20) brāhmaṇasya turīyāṃśo naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ .. > brahmin, a fourth part is destroyed indeed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.21) dvidinaṃ sevanātsparśāddarśanācchayanāttathā .. 9 .. > From two days of serving, touching, seeing, sleeping with, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.22) bhojanātsaha paṃktau ca mahāpātakibhirdvijāḥ .. > and dining in the same row with great sinners, O brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.23) dvitīyabhāgo naśyeta brāhmaṇasya na saṃśayaḥ .. 3.1.36.10 .. > the second portion of a brahmin is destroyed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.24) tridinācca tṛtīyāṃśo naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ .. > From three days, the third part is destroyed indeed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.25) caturdināccaturthāṃśo vilayaṃ yāti hi dhruvam .. 11 .. > From four days, the fourth part certainly dissolves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.26) ataḥ paraṃ tu taiḥ sākaṃ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ .. > Beyond this, however, by sleeping, sitting, and dining with them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.27) tattulyapātakī bhūyānmahāpātakasaṃbhavāt .. 12 .. > he becomes an equal sinner to them, owing to the emergence of a great sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.28) tena brāhmaṇyahīno'yaṃ durācārābhidho dvijāḥ .. > Because of that, this man named Durācāra was stripped of his brahminhood, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.29) grasto'bhavadbhīṣaṇena vetālena balīyasā ..13.. > \[he\] was seized by a fearsome, mighty vetāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.30) asau paravaśastena vetālenātipīḍitaḥ .. > He, helpless and terribly tormented by that vetāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.31) deśāddeśaṃ bhramanviprā vanāccaiva vanāṃtaram ..14.. > wandered from country to country, O brahmins, and from one forest to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.32) pūrvapuṇyavipākena daivayogena sa dvijaḥ .. > Through the ripening of former merit and through the working of destiny, that twice-born man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.33) rāmacaṃdradhanuṣkoṭiṃ mahāpātakanāśanīm .. 15 .. > pursued and possessed by that piśāca, O brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.34) anudrutaḥ piśācena tenāviṣṭo yayau dvijāḥ .. > went to Rāmacandra’s Dhanuṣkoṭi, which destroys great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.35) nyamajjayatsa vetālo dhanuṣkoṭijale tvamum .. 16 .. > That vetāla submerged him into the waters of Dhanuṣkoṭi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.36) dhanuṣkoṭijale so'yaṃ vetālena praveśitaḥ .. > Having been made to enter the waters of Dhanuṣkoṭi by the vetāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.37) udatiṣṭhatkṣaṇādeva vetālena vimocitaḥ .. 17 .. > he emerged in an instant, freed by the vetāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.38) utthito'sau dvijo viprā dhanuṣkoṭijalāttadā .. > Having risen then from the waters of Dhanuṣkoṭi, O brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.39) svastho vyaciṃtayatko'yaṃ deśo jaladhitīrataḥ .. 18 .. > that twice-born man, restored to health, reflected: “What region is this on the seashore? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.40) kathaṃ mayāgatamiha gautamītīravāsinā .. > How have I, a dweller on the banks of the Gautamī, arrived here?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.41) iti ciṃtākulaḥ so'yaṃ dhanuṣkoṭinivāsinam .. 19 .. > Thus perplexed with anxiety, he approached the great-souled Dattātreya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.42) dattātreyaṃ mahātmānaṃ yogipravaramuttamam .. > the foremost and highest of yogins, who resided at Dhanuṣkoṭi; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.43) samāgamya praṇamyāsau durācāro'bhyabhāṣata .. 3.1.36.20 .. > bowing down to him, that Durācāra spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.44) na jāne bhagavandeśaḥ katamo'yaṃ vadādhunā .. > “I do not know, O Lord, what country this is. Tell me now! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.45) gautamītīranilayo durācārābhidho hyaham .. 21 .. > I am indeed Durācāra by name, residing on the bank of the Gautamī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.46) kṛpayā brūhi me brahmanmayātra kathamāgatam.. > Out of compassion, tell me, O holy one: how did I come here?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.47) iti pṛṣṭo munistena durācāreṇa suvrataḥ .. 22 .. > Thus asked by that Durācāra, the sage of noble vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.48) dhyātvā muhūrtamavadaddurācāraṃ ghṛṇānidhiḥ .. > a treasury of compassion, meditated for a moment and said to Durācāra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.49) mahāpātakisaṃsarge durācāra kṛte purā .. 23 .. > “O Durācāra, when contact with a great sinner was made formerly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.50) brāhmaṇyaṃ naṣṭamabhavadvetālastvāṃ tato'grahīt .. > \[your\] brahminhood was lost, and then a vetāla seized you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.51) tenāviṣṭastvamāyāto vivaśo'tra vimūḍhadhīḥ .. 24 .. > Possessed by him, helpless and bewildered in mind, you arrived here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.52) nyamajjayattvāṃ vetālo dhanuṣkoṭijale'tra tu .. > The vetāla plunged you into the waters of Dhanuṣkoṭi here; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.53) tatra majjanamātreṇa vimuktaḥ pātakādbhavān .. 25 .. > and by the mere immersion there, you were freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.54) dhanuṣkoṭau tu ye snānaṃ puṇye kurvaṃti mānavāḥ .. > Those men who take a ritual ablution at sacred Dhanuṣkoṭi— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.55) teṣāṃ naśyaṃti vai satyaṃ paṃcapātakasaṃcayāḥ .. 26 .. > truly, their accumulations of the five great sins are destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.56) rāmacaṃdradhanuṣkoṭāvatra majjanamātrataḥ .. > By the mere immersion here at Rāmacandra’s Dhanuṣkoṭi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.57) mahāpātakisaṃsargadoṣaste vilayaṃ yayau .. 27 .. > the fault of contact with a great sinner has gone to dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.58) tannāśādeva vetālastvāṃ muktvā vilayaṃ gataḥ .. > Through that very destruction, the vetāla released you and vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.59) tvāmagrahīdyo vetālaḥ purāyaṃ brāhmaṇo'bhavat .. 28 .. > The vetāla who seized you was formerly a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.60) so'yaṃ bhādrapade māse kṛṣṇapakṣe mahālayam .. > In the month of Bhādrapada, during the dark fortnight, he did not perform > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.61) pārvaṇena vidhānena pitṝṇāṃ nākaronmudā .. 29 .. > the Mahālaya rite for the ancestors with joy, according to the rule of the Pārvaṇa rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.62) tena svapitṛbhiḥ śapto vetālatvamagādayam .. > Therefore, cursed by his ancestors, he became a vetāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.63) sopi cāsya dhanuṣkoṭeravalokanamātrataḥ .. 3.1.36.30 .. > Yet even he, by merely beholding this Dhanuṣkoṭi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.64) vetālatvaṃ vihāyeha viṣṇulokama vāptavān .. > abandoned his vetāla state here and attained the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.65) ato bhādrapade māse kṛṣṇapakṣe mahālayam .. 31 .. > Therefore, in the month of Bhādrapada, during the dark fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.66) uddiśya svapitṝnye tu na kurvantyatilobhataḥ .. > those who, out of excessive greed, do not perform the Mahālaya rite intended for their ancestors— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.67) mahālobhayutāste'ddhā vetālāḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ .. 32 .. > filled with immense greed, they will certainly become vetālas; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.68) tasmādbhādrapade māse kṛṣṇapakṣe mahālayam .. > Therefore, in the month of Bhādrapada, during the dark fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.69) pitṝnuddiśya śaktyā ye brāhmaṇānvedapāragān .. 33 .. > those who, according to their ability, feed brahmins who have mastered the Vedas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.70) bhojayeyurmahānnena na te viṃdaṃti durgatim .. > with abundant food for the sake of the ancestors, do not suffer an evil state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.71) yastu bhādrapade māse kṛṣṇapakṣe mahālayam .. 34 .. > And in the month of Bhādrapada, during the dark fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.72) svaśaktyanuguṇaṃ vipramekaṃ dvau trīnakiṃcanaḥ .. > even a destitute man who feeds one, two, or three brahmins according to his ability > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.73) bhojayennahi daurgatyaṃ bhavedasya kadācana .. 35 .. > for the Mahālaya, shall never suffer misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.74) ayaṃ bhādrapade māse pitṝṇāmanupāsanāt .. > This brahmin who seized you, a sinner, went to the state of a vetāla > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.75) yayau vetālatāṃ vipro yastvāṃ jagrāha pāpinam .. 36 .. > due to neglecting the worship of the ancestors in the month of Bhādrapada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.76) kālo bhādrapadamāsamārabhya vṛścikāvadhi .. > The time for the Mahālaya, starting from the month of Bhādrapada up to Vṛścika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.77) mahālayasya kathito munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ .. 37 .. > has been declared by sages who see reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.78) māso bhādrapadaḥ kālastatrāpi hi viśiṣyate .. > Even therein, the month of Bhādrapada is distinguished as the proper time; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.79) kṛṣṇa pakṣo viśiṣṭaḥ syāddurācāraka tatra vai .. 38 .. > and therein, O Durācāra, the dark fortnight is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.80) tasmiñchubhe kṛṣṇapakṣe prathamāyāṃ tathā tithau .. > In that auspicious dark fortnight, on the first lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.81) śrāddhaṃ mahālayaṃ kuryādyo naro bhaktipūrvakam.. 39 .. > whichever man performs the Mahālaya ancestral rite with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.82) tasya prīṇāti bhagavānpāvakaḥ sarvapāvanaḥ .. > the Lord Fire, purifier of all, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.83) sa vahnilokamāpnoti vahninā saha modate .. 3.1.36.40 .. > He attains the realm of Fire and rejoices together with Fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.84) tasmai ca jvalano devaḥ sarvaiśvaryaṃ dadātyapi .. > And the blazing god grants him all sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.85) prathamāyāṃ tithau martyo yo na kuryānmahālayam.. 41 .. > Whichever mortal does not perform the Mahālaya rite on the first lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.86) vahnirgṛhaṃ dahettasya śriyaṃ kṣetrādikaṃ tathā .. > fire will burn his house, as well as his wealth, fields, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.87) vedajñe brāhmaṇe bhukte prathamāyāṃ mahālaye .. 42 .. > When a Veda-knowing brahmin has eaten at the Mahālaya on the first lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.88) daśa kalpasahasrāṇi pitaro yāṃti tṛptatām .. > the ancestors attain satisfaction for ten thousand kalpas.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.89) dvitīyāyāṃ tu yo bhaktyā kuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam .. 43 .. > Moreover, he who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on the second lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.90) tasya prīṇāti bhagavānbhavānīpatirīśvaraḥ .. > the blessed Lord, the consort of Bhavānī, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.91) sa kailāsamavāpnoti śivena saha modate.. 44 .. > He reaches Kailāsa and rejoices together with Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.92) vipulāṃ saṃpadaṃ tasmai prīto dadyānmaheśvaraḥ .. > Pleased, Maheśvara would bestow abundant prosperity upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.93) dvitīyāyāṃ tithau martyo yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 45 .. > The mortal who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the second lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.94) tasya vai kupitaḥ śaṃbhurnāśayedbrahmavarcasam .. > Śambhu, indeed enraged, will destroy his spiritual radiance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.95) rauravaṃ kālasūtrākhyaṃ narakaṃ cāsya dāsyati .. 46.. > and will cast him into the hell named Raurava and Kālasūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.96) vedajñe brāhmaṇe bhukte dvitīyāyāṃ mahālaye .. > When a Veda-knowing brahmin is fed in the Mahālaya on the second lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.97) viṃśatkalpa sahasrāṇi pitaro yāṃti tṛptatām.. 47 .. > the ancestors attain satisfaction for twenty thousand kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.98) anugrahātpitṝṇāṃ ca saṃtatiścāsya varddhate .. > And through the grace of the ancestors, his lineage increases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.99) tṛtīyāyāṃ naro bhaktyā kuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam .. 48 .. > If a man performs the Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on the third lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.100) tasya prīṇāti bhagavām̐llokapālo dhanādhipaḥ .. > the blessed Lord, the world-guardian and master of wealth, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.101) mahāpadmādinidhayo vartaṃte tasya vai vaśe .. 49 .. > The treasures beginning with Mahāpadma truly remain under his control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.102) tasyānugāstrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .. > The three gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara—favour him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.103) tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau martyo yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 3.1.36.50 .. > The mortal who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the third lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.104) dhanado bhagavāṃstasya saṃpadaṃ harati kṣaṇāt .. > the blessed Giver of Wealth strips away his prosperity in an instant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.105) dāridyaṃ ca dadātyasmai bahuduḥkhasamākulam .. .. 51 .. > and gives him poverty filled with much suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.106) tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau martyo yaḥ karoti mahālayam .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the third lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.107) tṛpyaṃti pitarastasya triṃśatkalpasahasrakam .. 52 .. > his ancestors are satisfied for thirty thousand kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.108) caturthyāṃ tu naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > If a man performs the Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on the fourth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.109) tasya prīṇāti bhagavānheraṃbaḥ pārvatīsutaḥ .. 53 .. > the blessed Lord Heramba, the son of Pārvatī, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.110) tasya vighnāśca naśyaṃti gajavaktraprasādataḥ .. > His obstacles are destroyed by the grace of the Elephant-Faced One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.111) caturthyāṃ tu tithau martyo yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 54 .. > The mortal who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the fourth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.112) vighneśo bhagavāṃstasya sadā vighnaṃ karoti hi .. > the blessed Lord of Obstacles constantly places obstacles before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.113) caṇḍakolāhalābhikhye narake ca patatyatha .. 55 .. > and then he falls into the hell known as Caṇḍakolāhala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.114) caturthyāṃ vai tithau martyo yaḥ karoti mahālayam .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the fourth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.115) pitaraḥ kalpasāhasraṃ catvāriṃśatpraharṣitāḥ .. 56 .. > the ancestors, exceedingly delighted for forty thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.116) bahūnputrānpradāsyaṃti śrāddhakarturniraṃtaram .. > will continuously grant many sons to the performer of the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.117) paṃcamyāṃ tu tithau bhaktyā yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 57 .. > He who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] with devotion on the fifth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.118) tasya lakṣmīrbhagavatī parityajati maṃdiram .. > the blessed Lady Lakṣmī abandons his home, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.119) alakṣmīḥ kalahādhārā tasya prādurbhavedgṛhe .. 58 .. > and Alakṣmī, the foundation of discord, appears in his house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.120) pacamyāṃ tu tithau martyo yaḥ karoti mahālayam .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya \[rite\] on the fifth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.121) tasya tṛpyaṃti pitaraḥ paṃcakalpasahasrake .. 59 .. > his ancestors are satisfied for fifty thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.122) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāmasmai dāsyaṃti tarpitāḥ .. > and, being gratified, they will grant him an unbroken lineage; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.123) pārvatī ca prasannā syānmahadaiśvaryadāyinī .. 3.1.36.60 .. > and Pārvatī, granter of great sovereignty, becomes propitious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.124) ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tithau naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > If a man performs the Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on the sixth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.125) tasya prīṇāti bhagavānṣaṇmukhaḥ pārvatī sutaḥ .. 61 .. > the blessed Six-Faced One, the son of Pārvatī, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.126) tasya putrāśca pautrāśca ṣaṇmukhasya prasādataḥ .. > Through the grace of the Six-Faced One, his sons and grandsons > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.127) grahairvālagrahaiścaiva na bādhyaṃte kadācana .. 62 .. > are never afflicted by planetary spirits or childhood seizures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.128) ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tithau naro bhaktyā yo na kuryānmahālayam .. > The man who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] with devotion on the sixth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.129) tasya skando mahāseno vimukhaḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ .. 63 .. > Skanda Mahāsena will turn away from him, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.130) garbhānnirgatamātraiva prajā tasya vinaśyati .. > His offspring perishes as soon as it emerges from the womb, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.131) pūtanādigrahakulairbādhyate ca niraṃtaram .. 64 .. > and is constantly afflicted by the host of seizing spirits such as Pūtanā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.132) vahnijvālāpraveśākhye narake ca patatyadhaḥ .. > And he falls down into the hell known as Entry into Blazing Fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.133) ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tithau yaḥ śraddhāvānkuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam .. 65 .. > He who, full of faith, performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the sixth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.134) ṣaṣṭikalpasahasraṃ tu pitaro yāmati tṛptatām .. > the ancestors attain satisfaction for sixty thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.135) putrānapi pradāsyaṃti saṃpadaṃ vipulāṃ tathā .. 66 .. > and they will grant him sons as well as abundant prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.136) saptamyāṃ tu tithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the seventh lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.137) hiraṇyapāṇirbhagavānādityastasya tuṣyati .. 67 .. > the blessed golden-handed Āditya is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.138) arogo dṛḍhagātraḥ syādbhāskarasya prasādataḥ .. > He becomes free from disease and of firm limbs by the grace of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.139) hiraṇyapāṇirbhagavānhiraṇyaṃ pāṇinā svayam .. 68 .. > The blessed golden-handed \[god\], with a delighted mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.140) mahālayaśrāddhakartre dadāti prītamānasaḥ .. > himself gives gold with his own hand to the performer of the Mahālaya śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.141) saptamyāṃ tu tithau bhaktyā yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 69 .. > He who does not perform the Mahālaya \[rite\] with devotion on the seventh lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.142) vyādhibhiḥ kṣayarogādyai bādhyate sa divāniśam .. > he is tormented day and night by diseases, beginning with consumption, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.143) tīkṣṇadhārāstraśayyākhye narake ca patatyadhaḥ .. 3.1.36.70 .. > and he falls down into the hell known as Bed of Sharp-Edged Weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.144) saptamyāṃ yo naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > The man who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on the seventh \[lunar day\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.145) saptatiṃ kalpasāhasraṃ prīṇaṃti pitaro'sya vai .. 71 .. > his ancestors are indeed pleased for seventy thousand kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.146) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ sadā .. > And the hosts of ancestors will always grant an unbroken lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.147) aṣṭamyāṃ tu tithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahāla yam .. 72 .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the eighth lunar day— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.148) mṛtyuṃjayaḥ kṛttivāsāstasya prīṇāti śaṃkaraḥ .. > Śaṃkara, conqueror of death, clad in an animal pelt, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.149) karasthaṃ tasya kaivalyaṃ śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ .. 73 .. > Liberation is in his hand by the grace of Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.150) mahālayena śrāddhena tuṣṭe sākṣāttri yaṃbake .. > When the three-eyed Lord Himself is pleased by the Mahālaya śrāddha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.151) caturdaśasu lokeṣu durlabhaṃ tasya kiṃ bhavet .. 74 .. > what could be hard to obtain for him in the fourteen worlds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.152) mahālayaṃ na kuryādvai yo'ṣṭamyāṃ mūḍhacetanaḥ .. > He of foolish mind who does not perform the Mahālaya \[śrāddha\] on the eighth \[tithi\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.153) saṃsārasāgare ghore sadā majjati duḥkhitaḥ .. 75 .. > ever sinks, sorrowful, in the terrible ocean of cyclic existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.154) kadācidapi tasyeṣṭaṃ naiva siddhyati bhūtale .. > Never does what he desires come to pass on the earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.155) vaitariṇyākhyanarake patatyācaṃdratārakam .. 76 .. > he falls into the hell named Vaitaraṇī as long as the moon and stars endure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.156) yo'ṣṭamyāṃ śraddhayā śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kuryānmahālayam .. > The man who with faith performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the eighth \[tithi\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.157) aśītikalpasāhasraṃ tṛpyaṃti pitaro'sya vai .. 77 .. > his ancestors are indeed satisfied for eighty thousand kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.158) āśīrbhirvarddhayaṃtyenaṃ vighnaścāsya vyapohati .. > They prosper him with blessings, and his obstacles are dispelled; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.159) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ sadā .. 78 .. > the hosts of ancestors always grant him unbroken lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.160) navamyāṃ tu tithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > And if a mortal performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the ninth tithi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.161) durgādevī bhagavatī tasya prīṇāti śāṃbhavī .. 79 .. > the venerable Goddess Durgā, the consort of Śambhu, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.162) kṣayāpasmārakuṣṭhā dīnkṣudrapretapiśācakān .. > Consumption, epilepsy, leprosy, and the like, as well as petty spirits and piśācas— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.163) nāśayettasya santuṣṭā durgā mahiṣamardinī ..3.1.36.80 .. > Durgā, the slayer of Mahiṣa, destroys them for him when she is pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.164) navamyāṃ tu tithau martyo yo na kuryānmahālayam .. > The mortal who does not perform the Mahālaya \[śrāddha\] on the ninth tithi > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.165) apasmāreṇa pīḍyeta tathaiva brahmarakṣasā .. 81 .. > will be afflicted with epilepsy as well as by a brahmarakṣasa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.166) abhicārārthakṛtyābhirvādhyeta ca nirantaram .. > and will be continually tormented by malignant spirits invoked through sorcery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.167) navamyāṃ yastithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam.. 82 .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the ninth tithi— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.168) navatiṃ kalpasāhasraṃ tṛpyanti pitaro'sya vai .. > his ancestors are indeed satisfied for ninety thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.169) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ sadā .. 83 .. > and the hosts of ancestors always grant him unbroken lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.170) daśamyāṃ tu tithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. > If a mortal performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the tenth tithi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.171) tasyāmṛtakalaścandraḥ ṣoḍaśātmā prasīdati .. 84 .. > the sixteen-fold Moon, whose rays are nectar, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.172) auṣadhīnāmadhīśe'smiñchrāddhenānena toṣite .. > When this lord of medicinal plants is satisfied by this śrāddha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.173) vrīhyādīni tu dhānyāni dadyuroṣadhayaḥ sadā.. .. 85 .. > the plants always bestow paddy and other grains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.174) yo na kuryāddaśamyāṃ tu mahālayamanuttamam .. > He who does not perform the unsurpassed Mahālaya \[śrāddha\] on the tenth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.175) oṣadhyo niṣphalāstasya kṛṣiścāpyasya niṣphalā .. 86 .. > his medicinal plants are fruitless, and his agriculture too is fruitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.176) daśamyāṃ yastithau martyaḥ śrāddhaṃkuryānmahālayam .. > The mortal who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the tenth tithi— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.177) śatakalpasahasrāṇi tṛpyaṃti pitaro'sya vai .. 87 .. > his ancestors are indeed satisfied for a hundred thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.178) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ sadā .. > and the hosts of ancestors always grant him unbroken lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.179) ekādaśyāṃ naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. 88 .. > If a man with devotion performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the eleventh \[tithi\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.180) saṃhartā sarvalokasya tasya rudraḥ prasīdati .. > Rudra, the destroyer of all the worlds, is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.181) rudrasya sarvasaṃhartuḥ prasādena jagatpateḥ .. 89 .. > By the grace of Rudra, the destroyer of all, the lord of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.182) śatrūnparājaya tyeṣa śrāddhakartā nirantaram .. > this performer of the śrāddha constantly defeats his enemies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.183) brahmahatyāyutaṃ cāpi tasya naśyati tatkṣaṇāt .. 3.1.36.90 .. > and even ten thousand sins of killing a brahmin are destroyed in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.184) agniṣṭomādiyajñānāṃ phalamāpnoti puṣkalam .. > He attains the full fruit of sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.185) ekādaśyāṃ naro bhaktyā yo na kuryānmahālayam .. 91 .. > The man who does not devotedly perform the Mahālaya \[śrāddha\] on the eleventh \[tithi\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.186) tasya vai vimukho rudro na prasīdati karhicit .. > to him Rudra is turned away and is never pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.187) sarvato vardhamānāśca bādhante śatravo hyamum .. 92 .. > Enemies increasing on all sides afflict him indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.188) agniṣṭomādikā yajñāḥ kṛtāśca bahudakṣiṇāḥ .. > Sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma performed with generous priestly fees > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.189) niṣphalā eva tasya syurbhasmani nyastahavyavat .. 93 .. > would be entirely fruitless for him, like an oblation poured into ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.190) brahmavātakatulyaḥ syācchrāddhākaraṇadoṣataḥ .. > He would become equal to a slayer of a brahmin from the fault of not performing the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.191) ekādaśyāṃ tithau yastu śrāddhaṃ kuryānmahālayam .. 94 .. > He who performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the eleventh tithi— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.192) dviśataṃ kalpasāhasraṃ tṛpyaṃti pitaro'sya vai .. > his ancestors are indeed satisfied for two hundred thousand kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.193) saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṛ gaṇāḥ sadā .. 95 .. > and the hosts of ancestors always grant him unbroken lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.194) dvādaśyāṃ tu tithau martyaḥ kuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam . tasya lakṣmīpatiḥ sākṣātprasīdati janārdanaḥ .. 96 .. > If a mortal performs the Mahālaya śrāddha on the twelfth tithi, > Janārdana, the Lord of Lakṣmī, is directly pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.195) prasanne sati deveśe devadeve janārdane .. > When the Lord of the gods, the God of gods, Janārdana, is pleased, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.196) carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ prītameva na saṃśayaḥ .. 97 .. > the entire world, moving and unmoving, is pleased beyond doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.197) bhūmirharipriyā cāsya sasyaṃ saṃvarddhayatyapi .. > The Earth, beloved of Hari, also makes his crops flourish, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.198) lakṣmīśca varddhate tasya maṃdire harivallabhā .. 98 .. > and Lakṣmī, the beloved of Hari, increases in his house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.199) gadā kaumodakī nāma nārāyaṇakarasthitā .. > The mace named Kaumodakī, held in Nārāyaṇa's hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.36.200) apasmārādibhūtāni nāśayatyeva sarvadā .. 99 .. > always destroys spirits that cause epilepsy and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 443 passages. 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