[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) › 3.1.52.1.6 # Skandapurana 3.1.52.1.6 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.52.1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.52.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.6) yuktā'mā cennāgahīnā tu pāte viṣṇorṛkṣe puṇyamardhodayaṃ syāt .. 73 .. tasminnardhodaye setau snānaṃ sāyujyakāraṇam.. vyatīpātasahasreṇa darśamekaṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 74 .. darśāyutasamaṃ puṇyaṃ bhānuvāro bhavedyadi .. śravaṇarkṣa yadi bhave dbhānuvāreṇa saṃyutam .. 75 .. puṇyameva tu vijñeyamanyonyasyaiva yogataḥ .. ekaikamapyamṛtadaṃ snānadānajapārcanāt .. 76 .. paṃcasvapi ca yukteṣu kimu vaktavyamatra hi .. śravaṇaṃ jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhamamā śreṣṭhā tithiṣvapi .. 77 .. vyatīpāta tu yogānāṃ vāraṃ vāreṣu vai raveḥ .. caturṇāmapi yo yogo makarasthe ravau bhavet.. 78 .. tasminkāle rāmasetau yadi snāyāttu mānavaḥ .. garbhaṃ na māturāpnoti kintu sāyujyamāpnuyāt .. 79 .. ardhodayasamaḥ kālo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati .. evaṃ mahodayaḥ kālo dharmakālaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 3.1.52.80 .. eteṣu puṇyakāleṣu setau dānaṃ prakīrtitam .. ācāraśca tapo vedo vedāṃtaśravaṇaṃ tathā .. 81 .. śivaviṣṇvādipūjāpi purāṇārthapravaktṛtā .. yasminvipre tu vidyaṃte dānapātraṃ taducyate .. 82 .. pātrāya tasmai dānāni setau dadyāddvijātaye .. yadi pātraṃ na labhyeta setāvācārasaṃyutam .. 83 .. saṃkalpyoddiśya satpātraṃ pradadyādgrāmamāgataḥ .. ato nādhamapātrāya dātavyaṃ phalakāṃkṣibhiḥ .. uttamaṃ setumāhātmyaṃ vakturdeyaṃ na cānyataḥ .. 84 .. atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi vasiṣṭhoktamanuttamam .. dilīpāya mahārājñe dānapātravi vitsave .. 85 .. .. dilīpa uvāca .. .. dānāni kasmai deyāni brahmaputra purohita .. etanme tattvato brūhi tvacchiṣyasya mahāmune .. 86 .. .. .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. > if the new-moon day is joined without the Nāga tithi, under the conjunction (pāta) and Viṣṇu's asterism, it becomes the meritorious Ardhodaya. > At that Ardhodaya, ablution at the bridge is the cause of sāyujya liberation. > A single new-moon day is considered equal to a thousand vyatīpātas. > If it falls on a Sunday, the merit equals ten thousand new-moon days; > if the asterism of Śravaṇa is combined with a Sunday, > it is known to be truly auspicious from their mutual conjunction. > Even each one individually grants immortality through bath, donation, recitation, and worship; > what need be said here when all five are united? > Śravaṇa is best among asterisms; the new moon is best among tithis; > Vyatīpāta among conjunctions; and Sunday among the days of the week. > The conjunction of all four that occurs when the Sun is in Capricorn: > if a person bathes at Rāma's bridge at that time, > he does not enter a mother's womb, but attains sāyujya liberation. > No time equal to Ardhodaya has been or ever will be. > Similarly, the time of Mahodaya is proclaimed as a time of righteousness. > During these meritorious times, giving donations at the bridge is extolled. > Right conduct, austerity, Vedic study, and hearing the Vedānta, > worship of Śiva, Viṣṇu, and others, and the exposition of the meaning of the Purāṇas: > in whatever brahmin these exist, he is said to be a worthy recipient of gifts. > To that worthy recipient, a twice-born, one should give gifts at the bridge. > If a worthy recipient endowed with right conduct cannot be found at the bridge, > having made a resolution and designated a worthy recipient, one should give \[the gift\] upon returning to one's village. > Therefore, those desiring the fruit \[of gifts\] must not give to an unworthy recipient. > The excellent Setumāhātmya should be given to the narrator, and to no one else. > Here I shall relate an incomparable ancient story, uttered by Vasiṣṭha > to the great king Dilīpa, who wished to know about worthy recipients of gifts. > Dilīpa said: > To whom should gifts be given, O son of Brahmā, O family priest? > Explain this to me in truth, O great sage, to your disciple. > Vasiṣṭha said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.52.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.5) - [Next: 3.1.52.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.7) - [Up: 3.1.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.52.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.6) · Pramāṇa