Skandapurana 3.1.52.1.10

3.1.52.1.10

yathāśaktyannapānādyaiḥ pṛthaṅmaṃtraiḥ samarcayet ..
kāṃsyapātraṃ samādāya nūtanaṃ dāravaṃ tu vā .. 3.1.52.130 ..
viprāṇāṃ purataḥ sthāpya payasā paripūritam ..
saphalaṃ saguḍaṃ sājyaṃ satāṃbūlaṃ sadakṣiṇam .. 31 ..
dadyādyajñopavītaṃ ca gāṃ savatsāṃ payasvinīm ..
alaṃkṛtebhyo viprebhyo yathāśakti vadedidam .. 32 ..
śravaṇarkṣe jaga nnātha janmarkṣe tava keśava ..
yanmayā dattamarthibhyastadakṣayamihāstu me .. 33 ..
nakṣatrāṇāmadhipate devānāmamṛtaprada ..
trāhi māṃ rauhiṇīkāṃta kalā śeṣanamo'stu te .. 34 ..
dīnanātha jagannātha kalānātha kṛpākara ..
tvatpādapadmayugalabhaktirastvacalā mama .. 35 ..
vyatīpāta namaste'stu soma sūryognisaṃnibha ..
yaddānādikṛtaṃ kicittadakṣayamihāstu te .. 36 ..
arthināṃ kalpavṛkṣo'si vāsudeva janārdana ..
māsartvayanakāleśa pāpaṃ śamaya me hare .. 37 ..
ityarcayitvā vipreṃdrāstataḥ śrāddhaṃ samācaret ..
hiraṇyaśrāddhamāmaṃ vā pākaśrāddhamathāpi vā .. 38 ..
pārvaṇaṃ ca tataḥ kuryādvitta śāṭhayaṃ na kārayet ..
ācāryaṃ pūjayetpaścādvastrabhūṣaṇakuṇḍalaiḥ .. 39 ..
pratimāmarpayettasmai gāṃ ca chatramupānaham ..
evamarddhodaye setau vrataṃ kuryāddvi jottamāḥ .. 3.1.52.140 ..
tenaiva kṛtakṛtyaḥ syātkartavyaṃ nāsti kiṃcana ..
sthalāṃtare'pyevametadvratamardhodaye caret .. 41 ..
setuḥ samudre rāmeṇa nirmito gandhamādane ..
setuḥ seturiti prājñāstasya nātra prakīrtanāt .. 42 ..
snānakāle manuṣyāṇāṃ pātakānāṃ tu koṭayaḥ ..
tatkṣaṇādeva naśyaṃti yāsyaṃtyapyatyutaṃ padam .. 43 ..
nimiṣaṃ nimiṣārddhaṃ vā setau tiṣṭhati yo naraḥ ..

he should honor according to his ability with food, drinks, and other things, with separate mantras. / Taking a bronze vessel, or a new wooden one, / placing it before the brahmins filled to the brim with milk, / accompanied by fruit, accompanied by jaggery, accompanied by clarified butter, accompanied by betel, accompanied by a priestly fee, / he should give a sacred thread and a cow with her calf, rich in milk. / To the decorated brahmins, he should say this according to his ability: / 'In the Śravaṇa lunar mansion, O Lord of the Universe, in your birth-star, O Keśava, / whatever has been given by me to petitioners, let that be imperishable for me here! / O lord of the lunar mansions, giver of nectar to the gods, / protect me, beloved of Rohiṇī, homage to you who remain as [digits of] light! / O protector of the wretched, Lord of the Universe, master of the arts, compassion-maker, / let my devotion to your pair of lotus feet be unswerving! / Homage to you, O Vyatīpāta, resembling moon, sun, and fire! / Whatever donation and the like has been made, let that be imperishable here for you! / You are the wishing-tree of petitioners, O Vāsudeva, Janārdana! / O Lord of months, seasons, solstices, and time, pacify my sin, O Hari!' / Having thus worshipped the foremost brahmins, he should then perform the ancestral rites: / an ancestral offering with gold, or uncooked food, or cooked food, / and then he should perform the ancestral ceremony for conjunctions; he must not practice deceit regarding wealth. / Afterward he should worship the preceptor with garments, ornaments, and earrings; / he should present an icon to him, and a cow, an umbrella, and shoes. / In this way, O best of twice-borns, one should perform the observance at the Setu during the Ardhodaya; / by that alone he becomes one who has accomplished his duty; there is nothing whatever left to be done. / In another place also, one should perform this observance in this very manner during the Ardhodaya. / The Setu was constructed in the ocean by Rāma on Mount Gandhamādana; / because of proclaiming its name here as 'Setu, Setu', O wise ones, / at the time of ritual ablution, the crores of sins of men / are destroyed at that very moment, and they will go to the highest abode. / Whatever person stays at the Setu for an instant, or for half an instant...