[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 # Skandapurana 3.2.40 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.2.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40) — 3 parts ### [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) ### [3.2.40.40\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.40_1) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca.. .. deśedeśe gamiṣyaṃti te viprā vaṇijastathā.. kathaṃ vai jñāyate sarvai kena cihnena māriṣa...11.. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: > Those brahmins and merchants will go to different lands. / How then will they all be known? By what mark, venerable sir? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.42) yasmingotre samutpannā vāḍavā ye mahābalāḥ ..42.. > In which gotra are those mighty brahmins born? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.43) vyāsa uvāca... jñāyate gotrasaṃjñā'tha keciccaiva parākramaiḥ .. yasyayasya ca yatkarma tasya tasyāvaṭaṃkakaḥ..43.. > Vyāsa said: > The designation of their gotras is known, and some by their heroic deeds; / whatever work belongs to each person, from that arises his family name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.44) avaṭaṃkairhi jñāyaṃte nānyathā jñāyate kvacit.. gotraiśca pravaraiścaiva avaṭaṃkairnṛpātmaja..44.. > For they are known by their family names; nowhere are they known otherwise; / by gotras, pravaras, and family names, O prince, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.44\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.44_2) jñāyaṃte hi dvijā rājanmoḍha brāhmaṇasattamāḥ..19.. > the twice-born, the best among the Moḍha brahmins, are recognized, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.44\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.44_3) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. .. gotraiśca pravaraiścaiva śrutā ete tavānanāt .. kāṃ vā śākhāmadhīyānāstanme brūhi pitāmaha .. 16.. .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: > These have been heard from your mouth by gotras and pravaras; / tell me, grandfather, which Vedic branch were they studying? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.47) .. vyāsa uvāca .. .. jñāyaṃte yatrayatrasthā mādhyaṃdinīyā mahābalāḥ .. kauthamīṃ ca samāśritya kecidviprā guṇānvitāḥ ..47.. > Vyāsa said: > Wherever they dwell, the mighty followers of the Mādhyandina \[branch\] are known, / and some virtuous brahmins rely upon the Kauthuma \[branch\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.48) ṛgatharvaṇajā śākhā naṣṭā sā ca mahāmate.. evaṃ vai vartamānāste vāḍavā dharmasaṃbhavāḥ..48.. > The branches born of the Ṛgveda and Atharvaveda were lost, O wise one. / Thus living, those brahmins born of dharma > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.49) dharmāraṇye mahābhāgāḥ putrapautrānvitā'bhavan .. śūdrāḥ sarve mahābhāgāḥ putrapautra samāvṛtāḥ .. 49.. > in Dharmāraṇya, highly fortunate, were accompanied by sons and grandsons. / All the Śūdras, highly fortunate, were surrounded by sons and grandsons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.50) dharmāraṇye mahātīrthe sarve te dvijasevakāḥ .. abhavanrāmabhaktāśca rāmājñāṃ pālayaṃti ca .. 3.2.40.50 .. > In the great sacred ford of Dharmāraṇya, they were all servants of the twice-born; / they were devotees of Rāma, and they obey Rāma's command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.51) ājñāmatyā''dareṇeha hanūmaṃtaśca vīryavān .. pālayetso'pi cedānīṃ suprāpte vai kalau yuge .. 51 . > The valorous Hanūmat also with great reverence / protects that command even now, when the Kali age has properly arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.52) adṛṣṭarūpī hanumāṃstatra bhramati nityaśaḥ.. traividyā vāḍavā yatra cāturvidyāstathaiva ca .. 52 .. > In an unseen form, Hanumān constantly wanders there / where the brahmins knowing three Vedas and knowing four Vedas reside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.53) sabhāyāmupaviṣṭā ye'nyāyātpāpaṃ prakurvate .. jayo hi nyāyakartṝṇāmajayo'nyāyakāriṇām .. 53 .. > For those seated in the assembly who commit sin through injustice: / victory belongs to those who act righteously, and defeat to those who act unjustly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.54) sāparādhe yastu putre tāte bhrātari cāpi vā .. pakṣapātaṃ prakurvīta tasya kupyati vāyujaḥ.. 54.. > If someone shows partiality towards a son, father, or brother / who has committed an offense, the son of the Wind becomes angry with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.55) kupito hanumāneṣa dhananāśaṃ karoti vai.. putranāśaṃ karotyeva dhāmanāśaṃ tathaiva ca .. 55 .. > Enraged, this Hanumān brings about the loss of wealth, / he brings about the loss of sons, and likewise the loss of home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.56) sevārthaṃ nirmitaḥ śūdro na viprānpariṣevate .. vṛttiṃ vā na dadātyeva hanumāṃstasya kupyati .. 56 .. > If a Śūdra, created for the purpose of service, does not serve the brahmins / or does not give their livelihood, Hanumān becomes angry with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.57) arthanāśaṃ putranāśaṃ sthānanāśaṃ mahā bhayam .. kurute vāyuputro hi rāmavākyamanusmaran .. 57.. > Remembering Rāma’s word, the son of the Wind brings about / loss of wealth, loss of sons, loss of dwelling, and great fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.58) yatra kutra sthitā viprāḥ śūdrā vā nṛpasattama .. na nirddhanā bhaveyuste prasādādrāghavasya ca ..58.. > Wherever the brahmins or Śūdras dwell, O best of kings, / they will not become impoverished, by the grace of Rāghava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.59) yo mūḍhaścāpyadharmātmā pāpapāṣaṃḍamāśritaḥ . nijānviprānparityajya parajñātīṃśca manyate .. 59.. > That fool, unrighteous in mind, who resorts to sinful heresy, / and, abandoning his own brahmins, honors the kinfolk of others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.60) tasya pūrvakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ bhasmībhavati nānyathā .. anyeṣāṃ dīyate dānaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu .. 3.2.40.60 .. > the religious merit he acquired previously turns to ash; it cannot be otherwise. / When a gift is given to others, whether small or great, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.61) yathā bhavati vai pūrvaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivaiḥ kṛtam .. tasya devā na gṛhṇaṃti hṛvyaṃ kavyaṃ ca pūrvajāḥ .. 61.. > just as it was anciently ordained by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, / the gods do not accept his offering to the gods, nor the ancestors his offering to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.62) vaṃcayitvā nijānviprānanyebhyaḥ pradadettu yaḥ .. tasya janmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ bhasmībhavati tatkṣaṇāt ..62.. > He who defrauds his own brahmins and gives to others instead, / the religious merit earned across his lifetimes turns to ash that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.65) brahmaviṣṇuśivaiścaiva pūjitā ye dvijottamāḥ.. te ṣāṃ ye vimukhāḥ śūdrā raurave nivasaṃti te.. 63.. yo laulyācca kulācāraṃ gotrācāraṃ pralopayet.. svācāraṃ yo na kurvīta kadācidvai vimohitaḥ..64.. sarvanāśo bhavettasya bhasmībhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. tasmātsarvaḥ kulācāraḥ sthānācārastathaiva ca .. 65.. > Those excellent twice-born honored by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva— / the Śūdras who turn away from them dwell in Raurava. / He who, out of greed, would abolish his family customs or lineage customs, / or who, thoroughly deluded, would ever fail to perform his own proper duties, / suffers complete ruin; it turns to ash that very moment. / Therefore, every family custom and local custom as well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.66) gotrācāraḥ pālanīyo yathāvittānusārataḥ .. evaṃ te kathitaṃ rājandharmāraṇyaṃ purātanam.. 66.. > and lineage custom must be maintained according to one's wealth. / Thus has the ancient Dharmāraṇya been related to you, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.68) sthāpitaṃ devadevaiśca brahmaviṣṇuśivādibhiḥ .. dharmāraṇyaṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ satyamaṃdiram.. dvāpare vedabhavanaṃ kālau moherakaṃ smṛtam .. 67 . . ! brahmovāca .. .. ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātputra śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ.. dharmāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam .. 68.. > established by the gods of gods: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the rest. / It is called Dharmāraṇya in the Kṛta age, Satyamandira in the Tretā, / Vedabhavana in the Dvāpara, and Moheraka in the Kali age. / Brahmā said: / Whoever hears this with supreme faith, my son, / this māhātmya of Dharmāraṇya, which destroys all sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.69) manovākkāyajanitaṃ pātakaṃ trividhaṃ ca yat.. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śravaṇātkīrtanātsukṛt .. 69.. > whatever threefold sin was born of mind, speech, or body, / all of it is destroyed by hearing or reciting \[it\] well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.70) dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sukhasaṃtānadāyakam.. māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyādvatsa sarvasaukhyāptaye naraḥ .. 3.2.40.70 .. > Bestowing fortune, fame, longevity, happiness, and offspring, / a man should hear this māhātmya, my child, to obtain all happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.71) sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvakṣetreṣu yatphalam.. tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dharmāraṇyasya sevanāt .. 71 .. > Whatever religious merit is in all sacred fords, whatever fruit in all sacred fields, / that fruit he obtains completely from serving Dharmāraṇya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.72) .. nārada uvāca .. .. dharmāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ yacchrutaṃ tvanmukhāṃbujāt .. dharmavāpyāṃ yatra dharmmastapastepe suduṣkuram .. 72.. > Nārada said: / The māhātmya of Dharmāraṇya which has been heard from your lotus face, / where Dharma performed very severe austerity at the Dharmavāpī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.75) tasya kṣetrasya mahimā mayā tvatto'vadhāritaḥ .. svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi dharmāraṇyadidṛkṣayā ..73.. tatra vākyajalaughena pāvito'haṃ caturmukha .. 74 . . vyāsa uvāca .. .. idamākhyānakaṃ sarvaṃ kathitaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana .. yacchrutvā gosahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. ..75.. > the greatness of that sacred field has been comprehended by me from you. / May it be well with you; I shall go, desiring to see Dharmāraṇya. / There I have been purified by the flood of water that is your speech, O Four-faced One! / Vyāsa said: / All this narrative has been related, O son of Pāṇḍu; / hearing which, a man obtains the fruit of \[gifting\] a thousand cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.76) aputro labhate putrānnirddhano dhanavānbhavet .. rogī rogātpramucyeta baddho mucyeta baṃdhanāt .. 76 .. > The childless obtains sons; the penniless becomes wealthy; / the sick is freed from sickness; the bound is released from bondage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.77) vidyārthī labhate vidyāmuttamāṃ karmasādhanām .. tīrthayātrāphalaṃ tasya koṭikanyāphalaṃ labhet .. 77 .. > The seeker of learning obtains supreme learning that accomplishes ritual actions; / he obtains the fruit of pilgrimage to sacred fords, the fruit of \[gifting\] ten million maidens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.78) yaḥ śrṛṇoti naro bhaktyā nārī vātha narottama .. nirayaṃ naiva paśyaṃti ekottaraśataiḥ saha .. 78.. > Whatever man or woman hears it with devotion, O best of men, / they never see hell, together with one hundred and one \[ancestors\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.79) śubhe deśe niveśyātha kṣaumavastrādibhistathā .. purāṇapustakaṃ rājanprayataḥ śiṣṭasaṃmataḥ .. 79.. > Then, having placed the Purāṇa manuscript in an auspicious place / upon silken cloth and the like, O king, pure and approved by the virtuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.80) arcayecca yathā nyāyaṃ gaṃdhamālyaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. samāptau nṛpa graṃthasya vācakasyānupūjanam .. 3.2.40.80 .. > one should worship it properly with perfumes and garlands individually. / At the conclusion of the book, O king, there is the worship of the reciter > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.81) dānādibhiryathānyāyaṃ saṃpūrṇaphalahetave .. mudrikāṃ kuṃḍale caiva brahmasūtraṃ hiraṇmayam .. 81 .. > with gifts and the like according to rule, for the sake of obtaining the complete fruit: / a finger-ring, two earrings, and a golden sacred thread, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.82) vastrāṇi ca vicitrāṇi gaṃdhamālyānulepanaiḥ .. devavatpūjanaṃ kṛtvā gāṃ ca dadyātpayasvinīm .. 82 .. > variegated garments, with perfumes, garlands, and ungents; / having performed worship as to a deity, one should also give a milch cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.83) evaṃ vidhānataḥ śrutvā dharmāraṇyakathānakam.. dharmāraṇyanivāsasya phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 83 .. > Having thus heard the narrative of Dharmāraṇya according to the precept, / one undoubtedly obtains the fruit of residing in Dharmāraṇya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.40.83\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40.83_4) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye dharmāraṇyanivāsivyavasthāvarṇanapūrvaka dharmāraṇyapurāṇaśravaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 40 .. > Thus ends the fortieth chapter, named 'The Description of the māhātmya of Hearing the Dharmāraṇya Purāṇa, Preceded by the Description of the Regulations for the Inhabitants of Dharmāraṇya', in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya, in the first part of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 40 > — 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.40) · Pramāṇa