[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) › 3.2.40.40 # Skandapurana 3.2.40.40 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.40.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.40.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40.1) .. nārada uvāca .. .. jñātibhede tu saṃjāte tasminmoherake pure .. traividyaiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ brahmaṃstanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ .. 1 ... .. .. brahmovāca .. .. svasthāne vāḍavāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ .. agnihotraparā ke'pi ke'pi yajñaparāyaṇāḥ .. 2 .. ke'pi cāgnisamādhānāḥ ke'pi smārtā niraṃtaram .. purāṇanyāyavettāro vedavedāṃgavādinaḥ .. 3 .. sukhena svānsadācārānkurvanto brahmavādinaḥ .. evaṃ dharmasamācārānkurvatāṃ kuśalātmanām .. 4 .. sthānācārānkulācārānadhidevyāśca bhāṣitān .. dharmaśāstrasthitaṃ sarvaṃ kājeśairuditaṃ ca yat .. 5 .. paraṃparāgataṃ dharma mūcuste vāḍavottamāḥ .. 6 .. .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. upāste yaśca likhitaṃ raktapādaistu vāḍavāḥ .. jñātiśreṣṭhaḥ sa vijñeyo valirdeyastataḥ param .. 7 .. raktacaṃdanaṃ prasādhyātha prasiddhaṃ svakulaṃ tathā .. kuṃkumāraktapādaistairgaṃdhapuṣpādicarcitaiḥ .. 8 .. saṃbhūya likhitaṃ tacca raktapādaṃ taducyate .. rāmasya lekhyaṃ te sarve pūjayaṃtu samāhitāḥ .. 9 .. rāmasya karamudrāṃ ca pūjayaṃtu dvijāḥ sadā .. yeṣāṃ doṣāḥ sadācāre vyabhicārādayo yadi .. .. 3.2.40.10 .. teṣāṃ daṇḍo vidheyastu ya ukto vidhivadvijaiḥ .. cihnaṃ na rāmamudrāyā yāvaddaṃḍaṃ dadāti na .. 11 .. vinā daṇḍapradānena mudrācihnaṃ na dhāryate .. mudrāhastāśca vijñeyā vāḍavā nṛpasattama .. 12 .. putre jāte pitā daddyācchrīmātre tu baliṃ sadā .. palāni viṃśatiḥ sarppirguḍaḥ paṃcapa lāni ca .. 13 .. kuṃkumādibhirabhyarcya jātamātraḥ sutastadā .. ṣaṣṭhe ca divase rājanṣaṣṭhīṃ pūjayate sadā .. 14 .. dadyāttatra baliṃ sājyaṃ kuryāddhi balipaṃcakam .. > Nārada said: / When the division of castes occurred in that town of Moheraka, / what was done by those conversant with the three Vedas, O Brahmā? Relate that to me who am asking. / Brahmā said: / All the brahmins in their own abode, their minds full of joy, / some devoted to the Agnihotra, some intent on Vedic sacrifices, / some tending the sacred fire, some continually engaged in Smārta rites, / knowers of the Purāṇas and Nyāya, expounders of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, / performing their righteous conduct with happiness, speakers of the Veda— / while those skilled souls were thus observing righteous conduct, / the best of brahmins spoke of the traditional duty, / the local customs, the family customs, those spoken by the tutelary goddess, / all that is laid down in the Dharmaśāstras, and that which was proclaimed by the Kājeśas. / The brahmins said: / O brahmins, whoever reveres the document with the red footprints, / he should be known as the chief of the caste; thereafter tribute should be given. / Having prepared red sandalwood, and likewise their renowned family, / with their feet reddened with saffron, anointed with fragrant unguents, flowers, and the like, / uniting, that which is written is called "the Red Footprint". / Attentive, let them all revere the written deed of Rāma; / and let the twice-born always worship the handprint of Rāma. / If there are faults in anyone’s good conduct, such as infidelity and the like, / a punishment should be imposed upon them as properly stated by the twice-born. / Let there be no mark of Rāma’s seal as long as he does not pay the fine; / without paying the fine, the mark of the seal is not to be worn. / And the brahmins should be known as having the seal on their hand, O best of kings. / When a son is born, the father should always give an offering to Śrīmātṛ: / twenty palas of clarified butter and five palas of molasses. / Having worshipped the son with saffron and the like as soon as he is born, / on the sixth day, O king, he should always worship Ṣaṣṭhī. / He should make an offering there with clarified butter and perform a fivefold offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40.2) paṃcaprasthānbalīndadyātsavastrāñchrīphalairyutān .. 15 .. kuṃkumādibhirabhyarcya śrīmātre bhaktipūrvakam .. vitaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvīta kule saṃtativṛddhaye .. 16 .. taddhi cārpayatā dravyaṃ vṛddhau yaddhrīṇitaṃ punaḥ .. janmano naṃtaraṃ kāryaṃ jātakarma yathāvidhi .. 17 .. viprānukīrtitā yāśca vṛttiḥ sāpi vibhajyate .. prathamā labhyamānā ca vṛttirvai yāvatī punaḥ .. 18.. tasyā vṛtterarddhabhāgo gotradevyai tu kalpyatām .. dviguṇaṃ vaṇijā caiva putraṃ jāte bhavediti .. 19 .. māṃḍalīyāśca ye śūdrāsteṣāmarkakaraṃ tvidam .. aḍālajānāṃ triguṇaṃ gobhujānāṃ caturguṇam .. 3.2.40.20 .. ityetatkathitaṃ sarvamanyacca śūdrajātiṣu .. yasya doṣastu hatyāyāḥ samudbhūto vidhervaśāt .. 21 .. daṇḍastu vidhivattasya karttavyo vedaśāstribhiḥ .. anyāyo nyāyavādī syānnirddoṣe doṣadāyakaḥ .. 22 .. paṃktibhedasya kartā ca gosahasravadhaḥ smṛtaḥ .. vṛttibhāgavibhajanaṃ tathā nyāyavicāraṇam .. śrīrāmadūtakasyāgre karttavyamiti niścayaḥ .. 23 .. tasya pūjāṃ prakurvīta tadā kāle'thavā sadā.. tailena lepayettasya dehe vai vighnaśāṃtaye .. 24 .. dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ phalaṃ dadyātpuṣpairnānāvidhaiḥ kila .. pūjito hanumāneva dadāti tasya vāṃchitam .. 25 .. pratiputraṃ tu tasyāgre kuryānnānyatra kutracit .. śrīmātābakulasvāmibhāgadheyaṃ tu pūrvataḥ .. 26 .. paścātpratigrahaṃ vipraiḥ karttavyamiti niścitam .. samāgameṣu viprāṇāṃ nyāyānyāyavinirṇaye .. .. 27 .. nirṇayaṃ hṛdaye dhṛtvā tatrasthaṃ śrāvayeddvijān .. kevalaṃ dharmabuddhyā ca pakṣapātaṃ vivarjayet .. 28 .. sarveṣāṃ saṃmataṃ kāryaṃ taddhyavikṛtameva ca .. > He should offer five prastha measures of offerings, accompanied by cloths and coconuts. / Having worshipped the Holy Mother with devotion using saffron and other offerings, / he should not practice deceit in matters of family wealth for the increase of offspring. / That wealth which was borrowed during prosperous times must surely be given back. / Immediately after birth, the natal rite must be performed according to the rule. / And whatever livelihood was specified for the brahmins, that too is divided: / indeed, whatever initial livelihood is obtained, / half of that livelihood should be allocated to the family goddess. / And from a merchant it shall be double when a son is born. / And for the Śūdras of Māṇḍala, this is twelve coins; / for those of Aḍālaja, three times as much; for the Gobhujas, four times as much. / All this has been stated, and similarly for the other Śūdra castes. / When the guilt of homicide arises in a person by the power of fate, / a punishment must be imposed upon him according to rule by those learned in the Veda and Śāstras. / One who speaks unrighteousness in place of righteousness, or casts blame on the blameless, / and one who creates division in the dining-row, is considered equal to the killer of a thousand cows. / The division of livelihood shares, as well as the determination of justice, / must be executed in front of Śrī Rāma’s messenger—this is the decision. / One should perform his worship at that time or always; / one should anoint his body with oil indeed for the pacification of obstacles. / One should offer incense, a lamp, fruit, and various kinds of flowers. / Hanumān, when worshipped, surely grants his desired wish. / For each son, one should perform \[rites\] before him and nowhere else. / The share for the Holy Mother and Bakulasvāmin should be given first; / afterwards, the acceptance of gifts by the brahmins is to be made—this is settled. / In the assemblies of the brahmins for deciding justice and injustice, / holding the verdict in one's heart, one stationed there should announce it to the twice-born. / Purely through the sense of righteousness, he must avoid bias. / That which is agreed upon by all, and indeed unaltered, is to be enacted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40.3) ākāritastato vipraḥ sabhāyāṃ bhayameti cet .. 29 .. na tasya vākyaṃ śrotavyaṃ nirṇītārthanivāraṇe .. yasya varjastu kriyate militvā sarva vāḍavaiḥ .. 3.2.40.30 .. khānapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ tena vivarjayet .. tasya kanyā na dātavyā tatsaṃsargī ca tādṛśaḥ .. 31 .. tato daṃḍaṃ prakurvīta sarvaireva dvijottamaiḥ .. bhojanaṃ kanyakādānamiti dāśarathermatam .. 32 .. yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ labdhuṃ sthalamathāpi vā .. śuṣkārdraṃ vasate cānne tasmādannaṃ pari tyajet .. 33 .. kurvaṃstatpāpabhāgī syāttasya daṃḍo yathāvidhi .. nyāyaṃ na paśyate yastu śaktau satyāṃ sadā yataḥ ..34.. pāpabhāgī sa vijñeya iti satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. utkocaṃ yastu gṛhṇāti pāpināṃ duṣṭakarmiṇām .. sakalaṃ ca bhavettasya pāpaṃ naivātra saśayaḥ ..35.. tasyānnaṃ gṛhyate naiva kanyāpi na kadācana .. hitamācarate yastu putrāṇāmapi vai naraḥ .. 36 .. sa etānniyamānsarvānpālayennātra saṃśayaḥ .. evaṃ patraṃ likhitvā tu vāḍavāste praha rṣitāḥ .. 37 .. prāpte kaliyuge ghore yathā pāpaṃ na kurvate .. iti jñātvā tu sarve te nyāyadharmaṃ pracakrire .. 38 .. .. vyāsa uvāca .. .. kalau prāpte dvijāḥ sarve sthānabhraṣṭā yatastataḥ.. pakṣamutkalaṃ grahīṣyaṃti tathā syuḥ pakṣapātinaḥ .. 39 .. bhokṣyaṃte mlecchakagrāmānkolāvidhvaṃsibhiḥ kila .. vedabhraṣṭāśca te viprā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge.. 3.2.40.40 .. > If a brahmin summoned there feels fear in the assembly, / his word is not to be heard in setting aside a decided matter. / The person who is ostracized by all the brahmins assembled together / must be avoided by everyone in matters of food, drink, and the like. / No daughter should be given to him, and one who associates with him is deemed the same. / Then a fine should be imposed on him by all the excellent twice-born. / Dining together and the giving of a maiden are prohibited—such is the opinion of the son of Daśaratha. / Whatever sin one commits in order to obtain a place or property, / it dwells in dry and wet food; therefore, one should abandon his food. / One who consumes it becomes a sharer in that sin; his fine shall be according to rule. / He who, though having the power, does not uphold justice, / is to be known as a sharer in sin; this is truth, without a doubt. / He who takes a bribe from sinners who perform wicked deeds, / all their sin falls upon him; of this there is no doubt. / His food is never to be accepted, nor ever his daughter. / A man who seeks the welfare of his sons / should observe all these rules; of this there is no doubt. / Having written this deed, those brahmins rejoiced greatly. / Knowing how, when the terrible Kali age arrives, they might not commit sin, / they all established this righteous law. > > Vyāsa said: > When the Kali age arrives, all the twice-born will fall from their places here and there; / they will take sides with partiality and become partisans. / They will feed upon the villages of the mlecchas, destroyed by the Kolas; / those brahmins will fall away from the Veda in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.40.40.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40) · Pramāṇa