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# Skandapurana 3.2.5

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.1)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Vyāsa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dharmāraṇyanivāsinā ..

> Hereafter I shall proclaim what is to be done by a dweller of Dharmāraṇya,  
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### [3.2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.3)

yatkāryaṃ puruṣeṇeha gārhasthyamanutiṣṭhatā .. 1 ..

> by a man here who observes the duties of a householder. 1  
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### [3.2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.4)

dharmāraṇyeṣu ye jātā brāhmaṇāḥ śuddhavaṃśajā ..

> Those brahmins born in Dharmāraṇya, sprung from pure lineage,  
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### [3.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.5)

aṣṭādaśasahasrāśca kājeśaiśca vinirmitāḥ .. 2 ..

> and eighteen thousand were created by the lords of Kāñcī,  
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### [3.2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.6)

sadācārāḥ pavitrāśca brāhmaṇā brahmavittamāḥ ..

> of good conduct and pure, brahmins best among knowers of the ultimate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.7)

teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa mahāpāpairvimucyate .. 3 ..

> Merely by the darśana of them, one is liberated from great sins. // 3  
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### [3.2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.8)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
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### [3.2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.9)

pārāśarya samākhyāhi sadācāraṃ ca me prabho ..

> O son of Parāśara, lord, tell me also of good conduct;  
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### [3.2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.10)

ācārāddharmamāpnoti ācārāllabhate phalam..

> from \[good\] conduct one obtains dharma, from \[good\] conduct one gains the fruit,  
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### [3.2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.11)

ācārācchriyamāpnoti tadācāraṃ vadasva me .. 4 ..

> from \[good\] conduct one obtains prosperity; tell me that \[good\] conduct! // 4  
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### [3.2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.12)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Vyāsa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.13)

sthāvarāḥ kṛmayo'bjāśca pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo narāḥ ..

> Immobile things, worms, water-born creatures, birds, beasts, \[and\] human beings—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.14)

krameṇa dhārmikāstveta etebhyo dhārmikāḥ surāḥ .. 5 ..

> these are righteous in order, and more righteous than these are the gods. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.15)

sahasrabhāgātprathame dvitīyānukramāstathā ..

> By a thousandth part the first \[are surpassed\], and likewise in succession the second;  
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### [3.2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.16)

sarva ete mahābhāgāḥ pāpānmuktisamāśrayāḥ .. 6 ..

> all these fortunate ones have liberation from sin as their resort. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.17)

caturṇāmapi bhūtānāṃ prāṇinotīva cottamāḥ ..

> Even among the four kinds of beings, living creatures are exceedingly superior;  
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### [3.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.18)

prāṇikebhyopi muniśreṣṭhāḥ sarve buddhyupajīvinaḥ .. 7 ..

> and superior even to living creatures, O best of sages, are all those who live by intelligence. // 7  
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### [3.2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.19)

matimadbhyo narāḥ śreṣṭhāstebhya śreṣṭhāstu vāḍavāḥ ..

> Human beings are superior to the intelligent, and brahmins are superior to them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.20)

viprebhyo'pi ca vidvāṃso vidvadbhyaḥ kṛtabuddhayaḥ .. 8 ..

> the learned are superior even to brahmins, and those with formed intellects are superior to the learned; // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.21)

kṛtadhībhyo'pi kartāraḥ kartṛbhyo brahmatatparāḥ ..

> doers are superior even to those with formed intellects, and those intent upon the ultimate are superior to doers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.22)

na tebhyo'bhyadhikaḥ kaścittriṣu lokeṣu bhārata .. 9 ..

> there is no one superior to them in the three worlds, O descendant of Bharata. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.23)

anyonyapūjakāste vai tapo vidyāviśeṣataḥ ..

> They indeed worship one another, especially through austerity and knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.24)

brāhmaṇo brahmaṇā sṛṣṭaḥ sarvabhūteśvaro yataḥ .. 3.2.5.10 ..

> since the brahmin was created by Brahmā as the lord of all beings. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.25)

ato jagatsthitaṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇo'rhati nāparaḥ ..

> Therefore, the brahmin is entitled to everything in the world, and no one else;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.26)

sadācāro hi sarvārho nācārādvicyutaḥ punaḥ .. 11 ..

> for one of good conduct is entitled to all, but not one fallen away from \[good\] conduct. // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.27)

tasmādvipreṇa satataṃ bhāvyamācāraśīlinā ..

> Therefore, a brahmin should always be possessed of \[good\] conduct;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.28)

vidveṣarāgarahitā anutiṣṭhanti yaṃ mune .. 12 ..

> that which \[virtuous men\] practice, devoid of hostility and passion, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.29)

saddhi yastaṃ sadācāraṃ dharmamūlaṃ vidurbudhāḥ ..

> the conduct of the virtuous—the wise know that as good conduct, the root of dharma. // 12–13a  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.30)

lakṣaṇaiḥ parihīno'pi samyagācāratatparaḥ .. 13 ..

> Even if devoid of auspicious marks, a man who is devoted to proper conduct,  
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### [3.2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.31)

śradāluranasūyuśca naro jīvetsamāḥ śatam ...

> faithful, and free from malice, may live a hundred years. // 13b–14a  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.32)

śrutismṛtibhyāmuditaṃ sveṣusveṣu ca karmasu .. 14 ..

> Taught by revelation and tradition, in each of his own duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.33)

sadācāraṃ niṣeveta dharmamūlamatandritaḥ ..

> he should practice good conduct, the root of dharma, without slackness. // 14b–15a  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.34)

durācārarato loke garhaṇīyaḥ pumā nbhavet .. 15 ..

> A man devoted to bad conduct becomes blameworthy in the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.35)

vyādhibhiścābhibhūyeta sadālpāyuḥ suduḥkhabhāk ..

> and is overcome by diseases, always short-lived and sharing in great sorrow. // 15b–16a  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.36)

tyājyaṃ karma parādhīnaṃ kāryamātmavaśaṃ sadā .. 16 ..

> Work that depends on another should be abandoned; work under one's own control should always be done; // 16b  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.37)

duḥkhī yataḥ parādhīnaḥ sadaivātmavaśaḥ sukhī ..

> for one dependent on another is unhappy, while one under his own control is always happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.38)

yasminkarmaṇyaṃtarātmā kriyamāṇe prasīdati .. 17 ..

> The action by the doing of which the inner self is pleased— // 17  
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### [3.2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.39)

tadeva karma karttavyaṃ viparītaṃ na ca kvacit ..

> that action alone should be done, and never its opposite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.40)

prathamaṃ dharmmasarvasvaṃ proktaṃ yanniyamā yamāḥ .. 16 ..

> The sum of dharma declared first is this: the restraints and observances. // 18  
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### [3.2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.41)

atasteṣveva vai yatnaḥ kartavyo dharmamicchatā ..

> Therefore, exertion should indeed be made in them by one desiring dharma:  
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### [3.2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.42)

satyaṃ kṣamārtavaṃ dhyānamānṛśaṃsyamahiṃsanam .. 19 ..

> truthfulness, forbearance, straightforwardness, meditation, non-cruelty, non-violence, // 19  
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### [3.2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.43)

damaḥ prasādo mādhuryaṃ mṛduteti yamā daśa ..

> self-control, serenity, sweetness, and gentleness—these are the ten restraints.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.44)

śaucaṃ snānaṃ tapo dānaṃ maunejyādhyayanaṃ vratam .. 3.2.5.20 ..

> Purity, ritual ablution, austerity, generosity, silence, sacrifice, study, vow, // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.45)

upoṣaṇopasthadaṃḍo daśaite niyamāḥ smṛtāḥ ..

> fasting, and control of the sexual organ—these are remembered as the ten observances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.46)

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ damaṃ mohaṃ mātsaryaṃ lobhameva ca .. 21 ..

> Desire, anger, pride, delusion, malice, and greed— // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.47)

amūnṣaḍvairiṇo jitvā sarvatra vijayī bhavet ..

> having conquered these six enemies, one becomes victorious everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.48)

śanaiḥ saṃcinuyāddharmaṃ valmīkaṃ śṛṃgavānyathā .. 22 ..

> One should slowly amass dharma, as \[ants build\] an anthill with a peak, // 22  
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### [3.2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.49)

parapīḍāmakurvāṇaḥ para lokasahāyinam ..

> causing no injury to others, \[accumulating it as\] a helper in the other world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.50)

dharma eva sahāyī syādamutra parirakṣitaḥ .. 23 ..

> Only dharma, preserved, becomes a helper in the hereafter, // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.51)

pitṛmātṛsutabhrātṛyoṣidbaṃdhujanādhikaḥ ..

> more than father, mother, son, brother, wife, or kinsmen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.52)

jāyate caikalaḥ prāṇī mriyate ca tathai kalaḥ .. 24 ..

> A living being is born alone, and dies alone; // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.53)

ekalaḥ sukṛtaṃ bhuṃkte bhuṃkte duṣkṛtamekalaḥ ..

> alone he enjoys good deeds, and alone he experiences evil deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.54)

dehe paṃcatvamāpanne tyaktvaikaṃ kāṣṭhaloṣṭavat .. 25 ..

> When the body has met its dissolution, leaving him alone like a piece of wood or a clod of earth, // 25  
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### [3.2.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.55)

bāṃdhavā vimukhā yāṃti dharmo yāṃtamanu vrajet ..

> his kinsmen turn their faces away and depart; dharma follows him as he goes.  
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### [3.2.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.56)

ataḥ saṃcinuyāddharmmamatrā'mutra sahāyinam .. 26 ..

> Therefore, one should amass dharma, one's helper here and in the hereafter; // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.57)

dharmaṃ sahāyinaṃ labdhvā saṃtareddustaraṃ tamaḥ ..

> having obtained dharma as a helper, one crosses over the darkness difficult to cross.  
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### [3.2.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.58)

saṃbaṃdhānācārennityamuttamairuttamaiḥ sudhīḥ .. ..27..

> The wise person should always form relationships with the highest and best; // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.59)

adhamānadhamāṃstyaktvā kulamutkarṣatāṃ nayet ..

> avoiding the lowest of the low, he elevates his family to excellence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.60)

uttamānuttamāneva gaccheddhīnāṃśca varjayet ..

> One should go only to the highest of the high, and avoid the inferior;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.61)

brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāmeti pratyavāyena śūdratām .. 28 ..

> a brahmin attains superiority \[thereby\], \[or\] through transgression becomes a śūdra. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.62)

anadhyayanaśīlaṃ ca sadācāravilaṃghinam ..

> A brahmin who does not study, who transgresses good conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.63)

sālasaṃ ca durannādaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bādhateṃ'takaḥ .. 29 ..

> who is lazy, and who eats bad food, is tormented by the End-Maker. // 29  
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### [3.2.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.64)

ato'bhyasyetprayatnena sadācāraṃ sadā dvijaḥ ..

> Therefore, the twice-born should always practice good conduct with effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.65)

tīrthānyapyabhilaṣyaṃti sadācārisamāgamam .. 3.2.5.30 ..

> Even the sacred fords long for union with one who observes good conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.66)

rajanīprāṃtayāmārddhaṃ brāhmaḥ samaya ucyate ..

> The half-watch at the end of the night is called the hour of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.67)

svahitaṃ ciṃtayetprājñastasmiṃścotthāya sarvadā .. .. 31 ..

> A wise man should always rise at that time and contemplate his own highest good.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.68)

gajāsyaṃ saṃsmaredādau tata īśaṃ sahāṃbayā ..

> First he should remember the elephant-faced one, then the Lord together with the Mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.69)

śrīraṃgaṃ śrīsametaṃ tu brahmāṇaṃ kamalodbhavam.. 32..

> and Śrīraṅga along with Śrī, and Brahmā born from the lotus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.70)

iṃdrādīnsakalāndevānvasiṣṭhādīnmunīnapi ..

> all the gods beginning with Indra, and the sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.71)

gaṃgāyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ śrīśailāyakhilāngirīn.. 33 ..

> all the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā, and all the mountains beginning with Śrīśaila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.72)

kṣīrodādīnsamudrāṃśca mānasādisarāṃsi ca ..

> the oceans beginning with the ocean of milk, the lakes beginning with Mānasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.73)

vanāni naṃdanādīni dhenūḥ kāmadughādayaḥ .. .. 34 ..

> the celestial groves beginning with Nandana, the cows beginning with the wish-granting cow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.74)

kalpavṛkṣādivṛkṣāṃśca dhātūnkāṃcanamukhyataḥ ..

> the trees beginning with the wish-granting tree, the minerals beginning with gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.75)

divyastrīrurvaśīmukhyāḥ prahrādāvadyānhareḥ priyān .. 35 ..

> the celestial women beginning with Urvaśī, and Hari's beloved devotees beginning with Prahrāda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.76)

jananīcaraṇau smṛtvā sarvatīrthoktta mottamau ..

> Remembering the mother's feet, which are proclaimed superior to all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.77)

pitaraṃ ca gurūṃścāpi hadi dhyātvā prasannadhīḥ .. 36 ..

> and meditating in his heart upon his father and gurus with a serene mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.78)

tataścāvaśyakaṃ karttuṃ nairṛtīṃ diśamāvrajet ..

> he should then go to the south-west direction to relieve himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.79)

grāmāddhanuḥśataṃ gacchennagarācca caturguṇa m .. 37 ..

> He should go one hundred bow-lengths from a village, and four times that from a town.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.80)

tṛṇairācchādya vasudhāṃ śiraḥ prāvṛtya vāsasā ..

> Having covered the ground with grass and covered his head with a cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.81)

karṇopavīta udagvaktro divase saṃdhyayorapi .. 38 ..

> with his sacred thread placed on his ear, facing north during the day and at both twilights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.82)

viṇmūtre visṛjenmaunī niśāyāṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ ..

> he should silently discharge feces and urine, facing south at night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.83)

na tiṣṭhannāśu no vipra govanhyanilasaṃmukhaḥ .. 39 ..

> Not standing, not hastily, O brahmin, nor facing cattle, fire, or the wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.84)

na phālakṛṣṭe bhūbhāge na rathyāsevyabhūtale ..

> not on ground ploughed with a ploughshare, not on ground traversed by public roads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.85)

nālokayeddiśo bhāgañjyo tiścakraṃ nabho malam .. 3.2.5.40 ..

> he should not look at the quarters, the celestial sphere, or impurities in the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.86)

vāmena pāṇinā śiśnaṃ dhṛtvottiṣṭhetprayatnavān ..

> Holding his penis with his left hand, he should carefully rise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.87)

atho mṛdaṃ samādadyājjaṃtukarkkaravarjitām .. 41 ..

> Then he should take earth that is free from worms and pebbles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.88)

vihāya mūṣako tkhātāṃ cocchiṣṭāṃ keśasaṃkulām ..

> avoiding \[earth\] dug up by mice, impure leftover \[earth\], and \[earth\] mixed with hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.89)

guhye dadyānmṛdaṃ caikāṃ prakṣālya cāṃbunā tataḥ .. 42 ..

> He should apply one lump of earth to the private part and wash it with water; then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.90)

punarvāmakareṇeti paṃcadhā kṣālayedgudam ..

> again using the left hand in this way, he should wash the anus five times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.91)

ekaika pādayordadyāttisraḥ pāṇyormṛdastathā .. 43 ..

> He should apply one \[lump of earth\] to each foot, and likewise three to both hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.92)

itthaṃ śaucaṃ gṛhī kuryādgaṃdhalepakṣayāvadhi ..

> In this manner a householder should perform purification until the smell and smearing are gone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.93)

kramādvaiguṇyataḥ kuryādbrahmacaryādiṣu triṣu .. 44 ..

> In the three \[stages of life\] beginning with studentship, he should perform progressively double \[the amount\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.94)

divāvihitaśaucācca rātrāvarddhaṃ samācaret ..

> At night he should perform half of the purification prescribed for the daytime;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.95)

paragrāme tadardhaṃ ca pathi tasyārdhameva ca .. 45 ..

> in another village half of that, and on the road half of that indeed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.96)

tadardhaṃ rogiṇāṃ cāpi susthe nyūnaṃ na kāra yet ..

> half of that for the sick, but when healthy he must not reduce it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.97)

api sarvanadītoyairmṛtkūṭaiścāpyagopamaiḥ .. 46 ..

> Even with the waters of all rivers and with mounds of earth resembling mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.98)

āpātamācarecchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śuddhibhāk ..

> if he merely performs external purification while corrupted in mind, he attains no purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.99)

ārdradhātrīphalonmānā mṛdaḥ śauce prakīrtitāḥ .. 47 ..

> The portions of earth for purification are prescribed to be the size of a fresh āmalaka fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.100)

sarvāścāhutayo'pyevaṃ grāsāścāṃdrāyaṇepi ca ..

> All oblations are likewise of this size, as are the mouthfuls in the cāndrāyaṇa penance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.101)

prāgāsya udagāsyo vā sūpaviṣṭaḥ śucau bhuvi .. 48 ..

> Facing east or facing north, seated well on clean ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.102)

upaspṛśedvihīnābhistuṣāṃgārāsthibhasmabhiḥ ..

> he should sip \[water\] that is free from chaff, charcoal, bones, and ashes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.103)

atisvacchābhiradbhiśca yāvaddhṛdgābhiratvaraḥ .. 49 ..

> and with very clear water, in such quantity that it reaches the heart, without haste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.104)

brāhmaṇo brahmatīrthena dṛṣṭipūtābhirācamet ..

> A brahmin should sip \[water\] purified by sight with the brahmatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.105)

kaṇṭhagābhirnṛpaḥ śudhyettālugābhistathorujaḥ .. 3.2.5.50 ..

> A king is purified by water reaching the throat, and a vaiśya likewise by water reaching the palate;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.106)

strīśūdrāvātha saṃsparśamātreṇāpi viśudhyataḥ ..

> a woman and a śūdra are purified even by mere contact.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.107)

śiraḥ śabdaṃ sakaṃṭhaṃ vā jale muktaśikho'pi vā .. 51 ..

> With his head covered, making sound with his throat, standing in water, or with his topknot untied,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.108)

akṣālitapadadvadva ācāṃto'pyaśucirmmataḥ ..

> or having both feet unwashed, even though he has sipped water he is considered impure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.109)

triḥ pītvāṃbu viśuddhyarthaṃ tataḥ khāni viśodhayet .. 52 ..

> Having drunk water three times for complete purity, he should then cleanse the cavities \[of the face\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.110)

aṃguṣṭhamūladeśena hyadharoṣṭhau pari mṛjet ..

> With the base of the thumb he should wipe both lips.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.111)

spṛṣṭvā jalena hṛdayaṃ samastābhiḥ śiraḥ spṛśet .. 53 ..

> Having touched the chest with water, he should touch the head with all fingers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.112)

aṃgulyagraistathā skandhau sāṃbu sarvvatra saṃspṛśet ..

> likewise with the tips of the fingers both shoulders, touching every part with water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.113)

ācāṃtaḥ punarācāmetkṛtvā rathyopasarpaṇam.. 54 ..

> Though he has sipped water, he should sip water again after walking on a road,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.114)

snātvā bhuktvā payaḥ pītvā prāraṃbhe śubhakarmaṇām ..

> after bathing, after eating, after drinking milk, at the beginning of auspicious rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.115)

suptvā vāsaḥ parīdhāya dṛṣṭvā tathāpyamaṃgalam .. 55 ..

> after sleeping, after putting on a garment, or after seeing something inauspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.116)

pramādādaśuci smṛtvā dvirācāṃtaḥ śucirbhavet ..

> If through carelessness he remembers an impure thing, by sipping water twice he becomes pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.117)

daṃtadhāvanaṃ prakurvīta yathokta dharmaśāstrataḥ ..

> He should clean his teeth according to what is stated in the dharmaśāstra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.118)

ācāṃto'pyaśuciryasmādakṛtvā daṃtadhāvanam .. 56 ..

> for even if he has sipped water, he is impure without having cleaned his teeth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.119)

pratipaddarśaṣaṣṭhīṣu navamyāṃ ravivāsare ..

> On the first day of the lunar fortnight, the new moon, the sixth, the ninth, and on Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.120)

daṃtānāṃ kāṣṭhasaṃyogo dahedāsaptamaṃ kulam .. 57 ..

> the contact of a wooden stick with the teeth will burn the family up to the seventh generation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.121)

alābhe daṃtakāṣṭhānāṃ niṣiddhe vātha vāsare ..

> In the absence of tooth-sticks, or on a forbidden day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.122)

gaṃḍūṣā dvādaśa grāhyā mukhasya pariśuddhaye .. 58 ..

> twelve mouthfuls \[of water\] should be taken for the complete purification of the mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.123)

kaniṣṭhāgraparīmāṇaṃ satvacaṃ nirvraṇārujam ..

> Measuring the thickness of the tip of the little finger, having bark, free from wounds and decay,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.124)

dvādaśāṃgulamānaṃ ca sārdraṃ syāddaṃtadhāvanam .. 59 ..

> twelve finger-breadths in length, and fresh: such should be the tooth-cleansing stick.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.125)

ekekāṃgulamānaṃ taccarvayeddaṃtadhāvanam ..

> One should chew that tooth-stick inch by inch  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.126)

prātaḥ snānaṃ caritvā ca śuddhyai tīrthe viśeṣataḥ .. 3.2.5.60 ..

> and perform morning ritual ablution for purification, especially at a sacred ford. // 3.2.5.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.127)

prātaḥ snānādyataḥ śuddhyetkāyo'yaṃ malinaḥ sadā..

> Because through morning ritual ablution this body, which is always impure, is purified—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.128)

yanmalaṃ navabhiśchidraiḥ sravatyeva divāniśam .. 61 ..

> its filth verily flows continuously through the nine openings day and night. // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.129)

utsāhamedhāsaubhāgyarūpasaṃpatpravarddhakam ..

> It promotes energy, intellect, good fortune, beauty, and prosperity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.130)

prājāpatyasamaṃ prāhustanmahāghavināśakṛt .. 62 ..

> they say it equals the Prājāpatya penance, destroying great sins. // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.131)

prātaḥ snānaṃ haretpāpamalakṣmīṃ glānimeva ca ..

> Morning ritual ablution removes sin, misfortune, and weariness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.132)

aśucitvaṃ ca duḥsvapnaṃ tuṣṭiṃ puṣṭiṃ prayacchati .. 63 ..

> as well as impurity and bad dreams, and bestows satisfaction and vigor. // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.133)

nopasarpaṃti vai duṣṭāḥ prātasnāyijanaṃ kvacit ..

> Wicked beings never approach a person who bathes in the morning;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.134)

dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaṃ yasmātprātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret .. 64 ..

> therefore one should perform morning ritual ablution, since its fruit is both seen and unseen. // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.135)

prasaṃgataḥ snānavidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi nṛpottamāḥ ..

> In this context I shall explain the rule of ritual ablution, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.136)

vidhisnānaṃ yataḥ prāhuḥ snānā cchataguṇottaram .. 65 ..

> for they declare that an ablution done according to rule is a hundred times superior to an ordinary bath. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.137)

viśuddhāṃ mṛdamādāya barhiṣastilagomayam ..

> Taking pure earth, sacrificial grass, sesame seeds, and cow dung,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.138)

śucau deśe paristhāpya hyācamya snānamācaret .. 66 ..

> depositing them in a pure place, and sipping water, one should perform ritual ablution. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.139)

upagrahī baddha śikho jalamadhye samāviśet ..

> Holding blades of grass in hand and with topknot bound, one should enter the water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.140)

svaśākhoktavidhānena snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. 67 ..

> one should perform ritual ablution duly according to the rule prescribed in one's own Vedic branch. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.141)

snātvetthaṃ vastramāpīḍya gṛhṇīyāddhautavāsasī ..

> Having thus bathed and wrung out the cloth, one should take two washed garments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.142)

ācamya ca tataḥ kuryātprātaḥsaṃdhyāṃ kuśānvitaḥ .. 68 ..

> and then, having sipped water, one should perform the morning twilight devotion holding kuśa grass. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.143)

prāṇāyāmāṃścaranvipro niyamya mānasaṃ dṛḍham ..

> A brahmin performing breath-controls with firmly restrained mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.144)

ahorātrakṛtaiḥ pāpairmukto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. .. 69 ..

> is freed instantly from the sins committed by day and night. // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.145)

daśa dvādaśasaṃkhyā vā prāṇāyāmāḥ kṛtā yadi ..

> If ten or twelve breath-controls are performed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.146)

niyamya mānasaṃ tena tadā taptaṃ mahattapaḥ .. 3.2.5.70 ..

> with a restrained mind, then great austerity has been practiced by him. // 3.2.5.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.147)

savyāhṛtipraṇavakāḥ prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa ..

> Sixteen breath-controls, however, performed with the Vyāhṛtis and the Praṇava  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.148)

api bhrūṇahanaṃ māsātpunaṃtyaharahaḥ kṛtāḥ .. 71 ..

> day after day, purify even the killer of an embryo within a month. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.149)

yathā pārthivadhātūnāṃ dahyate dhamanānmalāḥ ..

> Just as the impurities of metallic ores are burned away by smelting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.150)

tatheṃdriyaiḥ kṛtā doṣā jvālyaṃte prāṇasaṃyamāt.. 72 ..

> so the faults committed by the senses are consumed by restraint of breath. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.151)

ekākṣaraṃ paraṃ brahma prāṇāyāmaḥ paraṃ tapaḥ ..

> The single syllable is the supreme Brahman; breath-control is the supreme austerity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.152)

gāyatryāstu paraṃ nāsti pāvanaṃ ca nṛpottama .. 73 ..

> and there is nothing more purifying than the Gāyatrī, O best of kings. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.153)

karmaṇā manasā vācā yadrātrau kurute tvagham..

> Whatever sin one commits at night through action, mind, or speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.154)

uttiṣṭhanpūrvasaṃdhyāyāṃ prāṇāyāmairviśodhayet .. 74 ..

> standing during the morning twilight devotion, one should purify through breath-controls. // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.155)

yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ ..

> Whatever sin one commits during the day through actions of mind, speech, and body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.156)

āsīnaḥ paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ prāṇāyāmairvyapohati ..

> seated during the evening twilight devotion, one dispels through breath-controls;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.157)

paścimāṃ tu samāsīno malaṃ haṃti divākṛtam .. 75 ..

> seated during the evening twilight devotion, he destroys the taint done during the day. // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.158)

nopatiṣṭhettu yaḥ pūrvvāṃ nopāste yastu paścimām ..

> He who does not stand for the morning devotion, nor worship in the evening,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.159)

sa śūdravadbahiṣkāryaḥ sarvasmāddvijakarmaṇaḥ .. 76 ..

> is to be cast out like a śūdra from all duties of the twice-born. // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.160)

apāṃ samīpamāsādya nityakarma samācaret ..

> Having approached the water, one should perform the obligatory daily rite;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.161)

tata ācamanaṃ kuryādyathāvidhyanu pūrvaśaḥ .. 77 ..

> then one should perform sipping of water in proper sequence according to rule. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.162)

āpohiṣṭheti tisṛbhirmārjanaṃ tu tataścaret ..

> Then one should perform sprinkling with the three verses beginning with 'āpo hi ṣṭhā',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.163)

bhūmau śirasi cākāśa ākāśe bhuvi mastake .. 78 ..

> on the ground, on the head, and in the ether; in the ether, on the earth, on the head; // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.164)

mastake ca tathākāśaṃ bhūmau ca navadhā kṣipet ..

> and on the head, likewise in the ether, and on the ground—one should sprinkle nine times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.165)

bhūmiśabdena caraṇāvākāśaṃ hṛdayaṃ smṛtam ..

> By the word 'ground' the two feet are meant, and 'ether' is understood as the heart;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.166)

śirasyeva śiraḥśabdo mārjanaṃ tairudāhṛtam .. 79 ..

> the word 'head' applies to the head itself: by these the sprinkling is explained. // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.167)

vāruṇādapi cāgneyādvāyavyādapi ceṃdrataḥ ..

> Higher than the Vāruṇa, the Āgneya, the Vāyavya, and the Aindra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.168)

maṃtrasthānādapi paraṃ brāhmaṃ snānamidaṃ param ..

> even higher than the mantra-bath, is this supreme Brāhma ablution;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.169)

brāhmasnānena yaḥ snātaḥ sa bāhyābhyaṃtaraṃ śuciḥ .. 3.2.5.80 ..

> he who has bathed with the Brāhma ablution is pure both outwardly and inwardly, // 3.2.5.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.170)

sarvatra cārhatāmeti devapūjādikarmaṇi ..

> and attains eligibility everywhere in the worship of deities and other rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.171)

naktaṃdinaṃ nimajjyāpsu kaivartāḥ kimu pāvanāḥ .. 81 ..

> Do fishermen become pure by plunging into the waters day and night? // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.172)

śataśo'pi tathā snātā na śuddhā bhāvadūṣitāḥ ..

> Likewise, even if they bathe hundreds of times, those corrupted in mind are not pure;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.173)

aṃtaḥkaraṇaśuddhāṃśca tānvibhūtiḥ pavitrayet .. 82 ..

> and sacred ash purifies those whose inner faculties are pure. // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.174)

kiṃ pāvanāḥ prakīrtyaṃte rāsabhā bhasmadhūsarāḥ ..

> Are donkeys grey with ashes celebrated as pure?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.175)

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu malaiḥ sarvairvivarjitaḥ ..83..

> He has bathed in all sacred fords, freed from all impurities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.176)

tena kratuśatairiṣṭaṃ ceto yasyeha nirmalam ..

> and by him a hundred sacrifices have been offered, whose mind here is spotless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.177)

tadeva nirmalaṃ ceto yathā syāttanmune śṛṇu .. 84 ..

> Hear, O sage, how that mind may become truly spotless: // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.178)

viśveśaścetprasannaḥ syāttadā syānnānyathā kvacit ..

> if the Lord of the Universe is pleased, then it happens, never otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.179)

tasmācceto viśuddhyarthaṃ kāśīnāthaṃ samāśrayet..85..

> Therefore, for the purification of the mind, one should take refuge in the Lord of Kāśī; // 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.180)

idaṃ śarīramutsṛjya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati..

> abandoning this body, one attains the supreme Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.181)

drupadāṃtaṃ tato japtvā jalamādāya pāṇinā..

> Then, having recited up to the end of the Drupada verse and taken water with the palm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.182)

.. 86 .. kuyādṛtaṃ ca maṃtreṇa vidhijñastvaghamarṣaṇam ..

> one who knows the rules should perform the sin-expelling rite with the mantra 'ṛtaṃ ca'. // 86  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.183)

nimajjyāpsu ca yo vidvāñjapettriraghamarṣaṇam .. 87 ..

> The wise man who, plunging into the waters, recites the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn three times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.184)

jale vāpi sthale vāpi yaḥ kuryādaghamarṣa ṇam ..

> or who performs the sin-expelling rite either in water or on dry land,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.185)

tasyāghaugho vinaśyeta yathā sūryodaye tamaḥ .. 88 ..

> his mass of sin is destroyed, just as darkness is destroyed at sunrise. (88)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.186)

gāyatrīṃ śirasā hīnāṃ mahāvyāhṛtipūrvvikām ..

> Standing and reciting the Gāyatrī, preceded by the great Vyāhṛtis and  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.187)

praṇavādyāṃ japaṃstiṣṭhankṣipedaṃbhoṃjali trayam.. 89 ..

> commencing with the praṇava, \[even\] without its head, he should offer three handfuls of water. (89)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.188)

tena vajrodakenāśu maṃdehā nāma rākṣasāḥ ..

> By that vajra-water, the rākṣasas named Mandehas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.189)

sūryatejaḥ pralopaṃte śailā iva vivasvataḥ .. 3.2.5.90 ..

> who attempt to destroy the brilliance of the sun, are melted away like mountains before the sun. (3.2.5.90)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.190)

sahāyārthaṃ ca sūryasya yo dvijo nāṃjali trayam..

> And that twice-born who, to aid the sun, does not offer three handfuls  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.191)

kṣipenmaṃdehanāśāya sopi maṃdehatāṃ vrajet ..91..

> for the destruction of the Mandehas, he too shall become a Mandeha. (91)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.192)

prātastāvajjapaṃstiṣṭhedyāvatsūryasya darśanam ..

> In the morning, he should stand reciting until the sight of the sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.193)

upaviṣṭo japetsāyamṛkṣāṇāmāvilokanāt .. .. 92 ..

> seated in the evening, he should recite until the stars become visible. (92)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.194)

kālalopo na karttavyo dvijena svahitepsunā..

> A twice-born desiring his own welfare must not allow the proper time to elapse;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.195)

arddhodayāstasamaye tasmādvajrodakaṃ kṣipet .. 93 ..

> therefore, at the moment of half-rise and half-setting, he should cast the vajra-water. (93)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.196)

vidhināpi kṛtā saṃdhyā kālātītā 'phalā bhavet ..

> Even if performed according to rule, a saṃdhyā performed past its proper time becomes fruitless;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.197)

ayameva hi dṛṣṭāṃto vaṃdhyāstrīmaithunaṃ yathā ..94..

> indeed, this is the very example: just like intercourse with a barren woman. (94)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.198)

jale vāmakaraṃ kṛtvā yā saṃdhyā''caritā dvijaiḥ ..

> The saṃdhyā performed by twice-born with the left hand placed in water  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.199)

vṛṣalī sā parijñeyā rakṣogaṇamudā vahā .. 95 ..

> is to be known as a śūdra woman, bringing joy only to the hordes of rākṣasas. (95)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.5.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.5.200)

upasthānaṃ tataḥ kuryācchākhoktavidhinā tataḥ ..

> Then, he should perform the worshipful standing according to the rule declared in his branch \[of the Veda\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāraṇāgama (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.karana*alt.10.117) — Sanskrit

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