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# Skandapurana 3.2.6

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.1)

vyāsa uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.2)

upakārāya sādhūnāṃ gṛhasthāśramavāsinām ..

> For the benefit of good people residing in the householder stage of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.3)

yathā ca kriyate dharmo yathāvatkathayāmi te .. 1 ..

> I shall tell you properly how dharma is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.4)

vatsa gārhasthyamāsthāya naraḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat ..

> Child, relying on the householder stage of life, a man \[sustains\] this entire world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.5)

puṣṇāti tena lokāṃśca sa jayatyabhivāṃchitān .. 2 ..

> he nourishes the worlds, and thereby he wins the desired realms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.6)

pitaro munayo devā bhūtāni manujāstathā ..

> The ancestors, sages, gods, elemental spirits, and likewise men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.7)

krimikīṭapataṃgāśca vayāṃsi pitaro'surāḥ .. 3 ..

> worms, insects, moths, birds, ancestors, and asuras  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.8)

gṛhasthamupajīvaṃti tatastṛptiṃ prayāṃti ca ..

> depend upon the householder, and from him they attain satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.9)

mukhaṃ vāsya nirīkṣaṃte apo no dāsyatīti ca .. 4 ..

> They look to his face, thinking: 'He will give us water!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.10)

sarvasyādhārabhūtā ye vatsa dhenustrayīmayī ..

> Child, the cow consisting of the three Vedas is the support of all;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.11)

asyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ viśvahetuśca yā matā .. 5 ..

> the universe is established in her, and she is considered the cause of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.12)

ṛkpṛṣṭhāsau yajuḥsaṃdhyā sāmakukṣipayodharā ..

> The Ṛgveda is her back, the Yajurveda her twilight, the Sāmaveda her belly and udders;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.13)

iṣṭāpūrtaviṣāṇā ca sādhusūktatanūruhā .. 6 ..

> sacrifices and public works are her horns, and virtuous hymns her bodily hairs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.14)

śāṃti puṣṭiśakṛnmūtrā varṇapādapratiṣṭhitā ..

> Peace and prosperity are her dung and urine; she stands firm on the feet of the four classes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.15)

upajīvyamānā jagatāṃ padakramajaṭāghanaiḥ .. 7 ..

> she is sustained for all worlds by the dense recitation methods of pada, krama, and jaṭā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.16)

svāhākārasvadhākārau vaṣaṭkāraśca putraka ..

> The exclamation 'svāhā', the exclamation 'svadhā', and the exclamation 'vaṣaṭ', dear son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.17)

hantakārastathai vānyastasyāḥ stanacatuṣṭayam .. 8 ..

> and likewise 'hanta' as the other: these are her four teats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.18)

svāhākārastanaṃ devāḥ pitaraśca svadhāmayam ..

> The gods drink from the teat of 'svāhā', and the ancestors from that consisting of 'svadhā';  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.19)

munayaśca vaṣaṭkāraṃ devabhūtasureśvarāḥ .. 9 ..

> the sages, spirits, and lords of the gods drink from 'vaṣaṭ';  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.20)

hantakāraṃ manuṣyāśca pibaṃti satataṃ stanam ..

> and human beings continually drink from the teat of 'hanta'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.21)

evamadhyāpayedeva vedānāṃ pratyahaṃ trayīm .. 3.2.6.10 ..

> Thus should one daily study and teach the triad of the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.22)

teṣāmucchedakarttā yaḥ puruṣo'naṃtapāpakṛt ..

> That man who destroys them commits endless sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.23)

sa tamasyaṃdhatāmisre narake hi nimajjati .. 11 ..

> he sinks indeed into the blinding darkness of the hell of Andhatāmisra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.24)

yastvenāṃ mānavo dhenuṃ svarvatsairamarādibhiḥ ..

> But that mortal who worships this cow at the proper time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.25)

pūjayatyucite kāle sa svargāyopapadyate .. 12 ..

> accompanied by its heavenly calves such as the immortals, is destined for heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.26)

tasmātputra manuṣyeṇa devarṣi pitṛmānavāḥ ..

> Therefore, son, a man must nurture the gods, seers, ancestors, men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.27)

bhūtāni cānudivasaṃ poṣyāṇi svatanuryathā .. 13 ..

> and all creatures day by day, just as his own body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.28)

tasmātsnātaḥ śucirbhūtvā devarṣipitṛtarpaṇam ..

> Therefore, having bathed and become pure, one should perform the offering of water to gods, seers, and ancestors  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.29)

yajñasyāṃte tathaivādbhiḥ kāle kuryātsamāhitaḥ .. 14 ..

> at the end of a sacrifice, attentively, with water at the proper time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.30)

sumanogandhapuṣpaiśca devānabhyarcya mānavaḥ ..

> Having worshipped the gods with jasmine, fragrant powders, and flowers, a man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.31)

tatognestarpaṇaṃ kuryāddyāccāpi balīṃstathā .. 15 ..

> should then make an offering of water to the fire and also offer food portions (bali).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.32)

naktaṃcarebhyo bhūtebhyo balimākāśato haret ..

> He should scatter the food offering into the open air for the night-roaming spirits;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.33)

pitṝṇāṃ nirvapettadvaddakṣiṇābhimukhastataḥ .. 16 ..

> facing south, he should likewise offer libations to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.34)

gṛhasthastatparo bhūtvā samāhitamānasaḥ ..

> The householder, devoted and composed in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.35)

tatastoyamupādāya teṣvevārpaṇa satkriyām .. 17 ..

> should then take water and, performing the hospitable rite of offering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.36)

sthāneṣu nikṣipetprājño nāmnā tūdiśya devatāḥ ..

> the wise man should place it in the appropriate spots, dedicating it by name to the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.37)

evaṃ baliṃ gṛhe dattvā gṛhe gṛhapatiḥ śuciḥ .. 18 ..

> Having thus offered the bali at home, the master of the house, being pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.38)

ācamya ca tataḥ kuryātprājño dvārāvalokanam ..

> and having sipped water, the wise man should then gaze at the doorway.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.39)

muhūrtasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgamudīkṣetātithiṃ tataḥ .. 19 ..

> He should wait for a guest for the duration of the eighth part of a muhūrta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.40)

atithiṃ tatra saṃprāptamarghyapādyodakena ca ..

> When a guest has arrived there, \[he should welcome him\] with water for respect and for washing the feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.41)

bubhukṣumāgataṃ śrāṃtaṃ yācamānamakiṃcanam .. 3.2.6.20 ..

> one who is hungry, fatigued, begging, and destitute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.42)

brāhmaṇaṃ prāhuratithiṃ saṃpūjya śaktito budhaiḥ ..

> They declare a brahmin guest should be honoured by the wise according to their ability;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.43)

na pṛchettatrācaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ cāpi paṃḍitaḥ ..21..

> a wise person should not inquire about his conduct or his Vedic recitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.44)

śobhanāśobhanākāraṃ taṃ manyeta prajāpatim ..

> Whether handsome or unhandsome in appearance, one should regard him as Prajāpati;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.45)

anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāttasmādatithirucyate .. 22 ..

> because he stays non-permanently, he is therefore called an atithi (guest).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.46)

tasmai dattvā tu yo bhuṃkte sa tu bhuṃkte'mṛtaṃ naraḥ ..

> A man who eats only after giving to him eats ambrosia;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.47)

atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātprati nivartate ..23..

> he from whose house a guest turns away with hopes shattered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.48)

sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati ..

> gives his own bad deeds to him and departs carrying away his merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.49)

api vā śākadānena yadvā toyapradānataḥ ..

> Even if only by giving vegetables, or else by giving water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.50)

pūjayettaṃ naraḥ bhaktyā tenaivāto vimucyate ..24..

> a man should honour him with devotion; by that alone he is liberated from this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.51)

.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.52)

vivāhā brāhmadaivārṣāḥ prājāpatyāsurau tathā ..

> The marriages are the Brāhma, Daiva, Ārṣa, Prājāpatya, and Āsura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.53)

gāṃdharvo rākṣasaścāpi paiśācoṣṭama ucyate ..25..

> and the Gāndharva, Rākṣasa, and Paiśāca is spoken of as the eighth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.54)

eteṣāṃ ca vidhiṃ brūhi tathā kāryaṃ ca tattvataḥ ..

> Tell me the rule for these and the proper practice according to truth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.55)

gṛhasthānāṃ tathā dharmānbrūhi me tvaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 26 ..

> and tell me especially the duties of householders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.56)

.. parāśara uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.57)

sa brāhmo varamāhūya yatra kanyā svalaṃkṛtā ..

> That is the Brāhma \[marriage\], where a maiden, well adorned, is given  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.58)

dīyate tatsutaḥ pūyātpuruṣānekaviṃśatim .. 27 ..

> after inviting the bridegroom; the son born of that purifies twenty-one generations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.59)

yajñasthāyartvije daivastajjaḥ pāti caturdaśa ..

> The Daiva is \[given\] to an officiating priest engaged in a sacrifice; the son born of it protects fourteen \[generations\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.60)

varādādāya godvandvamārṣastajjaḥ punāti ṣaṭ .. 28 ..

> The Ārṣa is \[given\] having received a pair of cattle from the groom; the son born of it purifies six.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.61)

sahobhau caratāṃ dharmaṃ prājāpatyaḥ sa īritaḥ ..

> That is declared the Prājāpatya where \[it is said\]: 'May both of you practice dharma together.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.62)

varavadhvoḥ svecchayrā ca gāṃdharvo'nyonyamaitrataḥ ..

> The Gāndharva is by the voluntary wish of the bride and groom through mutual affection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.63)

prasahya kanyāharaṇādrākṣaso ninditaḥ satām .. 29 ..

> The Rākṣasa is through the forceful abduction of the maiden, condemned by good men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.64)

chalena kanyāharaṇātpaiśāco garhito'ṣṭamaḥ ..

> Because it involves abducting a maiden by deceit, the Paiśāca \[marriage\], the eighth, is condemned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.65)

prāyaḥ kṣatraviśoruktā gāṃdharvāsurarākṣasāḥ .. 3.2.6.30 ..

> The Gāndharva, Āsura, and Rākṣasa \[marriages\] are said to be generally for the Kṣatriya and Vaiśya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.66)

aṣṭamastveṣa pāpiṣṭhaḥ pāpiṣṭhānāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ ..

> This eighth \[form\] is indeed the most sinful, and is the origin of the most sinful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.67)

savarṇayā karo grāhyo dhāryaḥ kṣatriyayā śaraḥ .. 31 ..

> The hand should be grasped by a woman of the same class; an arrow should be held by a Kṣatriya woman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.68)

pratodo vaiśyayā dhāryo vāsoṃtaḥ śūdrayā tathā ..

> a goad should be held by a Vaiśya woman, and the hem of a garment by a Śūdra woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.69)

asavarṇā sveṣa vidhiḥ smṛtau dṛṣṭaśca vedane .. 32 ..

> This rule is seen in the Smṛti regarding marriage with women not of the same class.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.70)

savarṇābhistu sarvābhiḥ pāṇirgrāhyastvayaṃ vidhiḥ ..

> With all women of the same class, however, the hand is to be taken; this is the rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.71)

dharmye vivāhe jāyaṃte dharmyāḥ putrāḥ śatāyuṣaḥ .. 33 ..

> From a righteous marriage are born righteous sons who live for a hundred years;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.72)

adharmyāddharmmarahitā maṃdabhāgyadhanāyuṣaḥ ..

> from an unrighteous one \[are born sons\] devoid of righteousness, with poor fortune, wealth, and lifespan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.73)

kṛtakālābhigamane dharmoyaṃ gṛhiṇaḥ paraḥ ..34..

> Approaching \[one's wife\] at the proper time is the highest duty of a householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.74)

strīṇāṃ varamanusmṛtya yathākāmyathavā bhavet ..

> Or, bearing in mind the boon given to women, he may act according to desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.75)

divābhigamanaṃ puṃsāmanāyuṣyaṃ paraṃ matam.. 35 ..

> Sexual union by day is considered by men to be highly destructive of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.76)

śrāddhārhaḥ sarvaparvāṇi na gaṃtavyāni dhīmatā ..

> Days fit for śrāddha and all sacred festival days must not be approached \[for intercourse\] by a wise man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.77)

tatra gachanstriyaṃ mohārddharmātpracyavate parāt .. 36 ..

> Approaching a woman at that time out of delusion, he falls away from the highest duty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.78)

ṛtukālābhigāmī yaḥ svadāranirataśca yaḥ ..

> He who approaches \[his wife\] at the fertile season and is devoted to his own wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.79)

sa sadā brahmacārī hi vijñeyaḥ sa gṛhāśramī .. 37 ..

> is to be known as ever a celibate student, even though living in the stage of a householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.80)

ārṣe vivāhe godvaṃdvaṃ yaduktaṃ tatra śasyate ..

> What is spoken of in the Ārṣa marriage as a pair of cattle is praised there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.81)

śulkamaṇvapi kanyāyāḥ kanyāvikrayapāpakṛt .. 38 ..

> \[otherwise,\] even the smallest bride-price for a maiden makes one guilty of the sin of selling a maiden.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.82)

apatyavikrayātkalpaṃ vasedviṭkṛmibhojane ..

> Because of selling his offspring, he would dwell for a kalpa \[in a hell\] where one eats feces and worms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.83)

ato nāṇvapi kanyāyā upajīvyaṃ narairdhanam .. 39 ..

> Therefore, not even the smallest amount of a maiden's wealth is to be lived upon by men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.84)

tatra tuṣṭā mahālakṣmīrnivaseddānavāriṇā ..

> There Mahālakṣmī, delighted by the water of gift, will abide.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.85)

vāṇijyaṃ nīcasevā ca vedānadhyayanaṃ tathā .. 3.2.6.40 ..

> Commerce, serving the base, not studying the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.86)

kuvivāhaḥ kriyālopaḥ kule patanahetavaḥ ..

> a bad marriage, and the abandonment of rites—these are the causes of the downfall of a lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.87)

kuryādvaivāhike cāgnau gṛhyakarmmānvahaṃ gṛhī .. 41 ..

> And in the marital fire the householder should perform the domestic rites every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.88)

pañcayajñakriyāṃ cāpi paktiṃ dainaṃdinīmapi ..

> as well as the performance of the five sacrifices and the daily cooking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.89)

gṛhasthāśramiṇaḥ pañcasūnākarma dinedine .. 42 ..

> For one in the stage of a householder, there is the work of five slaughterhouses day after day:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.90)

kuṇḍanī peṣaṇī cullī hyudakumbhī tu mārjanī ..

> the mortar, the grindstone, the fireplace, the water-jar, and the broom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.91)

tāsāṃ ca paṃcasūnānāṃ nirākaraṇahetavaḥ ..

> And for the sake of expiating these five slaughterhouses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.92)

kratavaḥ paṃca nirddiṣṭā gṛhiśreyobhivarddhanāḥ .. 43 ..

> five sacrifices are prescribed, which increase the welfare of the householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.93)

paṭhanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ syāttarpaṇaṃ ca pitṛkratuḥ ..

> Recitation is the sacrifice to Brahman, and libation is the sacrifice to the ancestors;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.94)

homo daivo balirbhauta ātithyaṃ nṛkratuḥ kramāt .. 44 ..

> the burnt offering is for the gods, the bali offering is for the creatures, and hospitality is the sacrifice to humans, in that order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.95)

vaiśvadevāṃtare prāptaḥ sūryoḍho vātithiḥ smṛtaḥ ..

> One who arrives during the Vaiśvadeva rite or who arrives at sunset is known as a guest (atithi).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.96)

atitherāditopyete bhojyā nātra vicāraṇā .. 45 ..

> These \[guests\] are to be fed even before oneself; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.97)

pitṛdevamanuṣyebhyo dattvāśnātyamṛtaṃ gṛhī ..

> Having given to the ancestors, the gods, and humans, the householder eats nectar;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.98)

adattvānnaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ .. 46 ..

> whereas he who eats without having given food merely fills his own belly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.99)

vaiśvadevena ye hīnā ātithyena vivarjitāḥ ..

> Those who are devoid of the Vaiśvadeva rite and neglect hospitality—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.100)

sarve te vṛṣalā jñeyāḥ prāptavedā api dvijāḥ ..47..

> all of them are to be known as outcasts, even if they are twice-born who have attained the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.101)

akṛtvā vaiśvadevaṃ tu bhuñjate ye dvijādhamāḥ ..

> The vile twice-born who eat without having performed the Vaiśvadeva rite  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.102)

iha lokennahīnāḥ syuḥ kākayoniṃ vrajaṃtyatho .. 48..

> shall be deprived of food in this world and then enter the womb of a crow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.103)

vedoktaṃ viditaṃ karmma nityaṃ kuryādataṃdritaḥ ..

> He should constantly perform the prescribed rites taught in the Veda without indolence;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.104)

yadi kuryādyathāśakti prāpnuyātsadgatiṃ parām .. 49 ..

> if he acts according to his capacity, he will attain the supreme good destination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.105)

ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorvasetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi ..

> Sin always resides in oil and meat on the sixth and eighth lunar days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.106)

caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ tathaiva ca kṣure bhage .. 3.2.6.50 ..

> and likewise in the razor and in women on the fourteenth and fifteenth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.107)

udayantaṃ na vīkṣeta nāstaṃ yaṃtaṃ na mastake ..

> He should not look at the sun rising, nor setting, nor overhead \[at noon\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.108)

na rāhuṇopaspṛṣṭaṃ ca nāṃḍasthaṃ vīkṣayedravim ..51..

> nor touched by Rāhu, nor reflected in water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.109)

na vīkṣetātmano rūpamapsu dhāvenna kardame ..

> He should not look at his own reflection in water, nor should he run in mud;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.110)

na nagnāṃ striyamīkṣeta na nagno jalamāviśet ..52..

> he should not look at a naked woman, nor should he enter water naked.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.111)

devatāyatanaṃ vipraṃ dhenuṃ madhu mṛdaṃ tathā..

> A temple of a deity, a brahmin, a milch cow, honey, clay,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.112)

jātivṛddhaṃ vayovṛddhaṃ vidyāvṛddhaṃ tathaiva ca ..53..

> one senior by birth, one advanced in years, and likewise one eminent in learning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.113)

aśvatthaṃ caityavṛkṣaṃ ca guruṃ jalabhṛtaṃ ghaṭam..

> an aśvattha tree, a sacred tree, a guru, a jar filled with water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.114)

siddhānnaṃ dadhisiddhārthaṃ gacchankuryātpradakṣiṇam .. 54 ..

> cooked food, curds, and white mustard—one should circumambulate \[these\] clockwise as one walks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.115)

rajasvalāṃ na seveta nāśnīyātsaha bhāryayā ..

> He should not have intercourse with a menstruating woman, nor eat together with his wife;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.116)

ekavāsā na bhuñjīta na bhuñjītotkaṭāsane .. 55 ..

> he should not eat wearing a single garment, nor eat sitting on an elevated seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.117)

nāśuciṃ striyamīkṣeta teja skāmo dvijottamaḥ ..

> Desiring spiritual luster, the best of the twice-born should not look upon an impure woman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.118)

asaṃtarpya pitṝndevānnādyādannaṃ ca kutracit ..56..

> nor should he eat food anywhere without having gratified the ancestors and the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.119)

pakvānnaṃ cāpi no māṃsaṃ dīrghakālaṃ jijīviṣuḥ ..

> One who desires to live a long time should not \[eat\] cooked food or meat \[that is stale\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.120)

na mūtraṇaṃ vraje kuryānna valmī ke na bhasmani .. 57 ..

> he should not urinate on a road, nor on an ant-hill, nor on ashes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.121)

na gatteṃṣu sasattveṣu na tiṣṭhanna vrajannapi ..

> nor into holes containing living beings, nor standing, nor walking.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.122)

brāhmaṇaṃ sūryamagniṃ ca caṃdraṛkṣagurūnapi .. 58 ..

> Facing a brahmin, the sun, fire, the moon, the constellations, or gurus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.123)

abhipaśyanna kurvīta malamūtravisarja nam..

> he should not discharge feces or urine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.124)

mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ nagnāṃ nekṣeta yoṣitam .. 59 ..

> One should not blow upon a fire with one's mouth, nor look at a naked woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.125)

nāṃghrī pratāpayedagnau na vastu aśuci kṣipet ..

> One should not warm one's feet in a fire, nor cast an impure thing \[into it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.126)

prāṇihiṃsāṃ na kurvīta nāśnīyātsaṃdhya yordvayoḥ .. 3.2.6.60 ..

> One should not commit violence against living beings, nor should one eat at the two twilights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.127)

na saṃviśecca saṃdhyāyāṃ prātaḥ sāyaṃ kvacidbudhaḥ ..

> A wise man should never lie down to sleep at twilight, in morning or evening.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.128)

nācakṣīta dhayaṃtīṃ gāṃ neṃdracāpaṃ pradarśayet .. 61 ..

> One should not point out a cow that is suckling, nor point out a rainbow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.129)

naikaḥ supyātkvacicchūnye na śayānaṃ prabodhayet ..

> One should not sleep alone in an empty place, nor awaken one who is asleep.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.130)

paṃthānaṃ naikalo yāyānna vāryyaṃjalinā pibet .. 62 ..

> One should not travel a road alone, nor drink water with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.131)

na divoddhṛtasāraṃ ca bhakṣayeddadhi no niśi ..

> And one should not eat curds from which the cream has been removed by day, nor \[eat curds\] at night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.132)

strīdharmiṇī nābhivadennādyādātṛpti rātriṣu .. 63 ..

> One should not converse with a menstruating woman, nor eat to full satiety at night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.133)

tauryatrikapriyo na syātkāṃsye pādau na dhāvayet ..

> One should not be fond of the triple symphony \[of song, dance, and instrumental music\], nor wash one's feet in a bell-metal vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.134)

śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā paraśrāddhe yo'śnīyājjñānavarjitaḥ .. 64 ..

> One who, devoid of knowledge, having performed a śrāddha, eats at another's śrāddha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.135)

dātuḥ śrāddhaphalaṃ nāsti bhoktā kilbiṣabhugbhavet ..

> For that giver there is no fruit of the śrāddha, and the eater partakes of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.136)

na dhārayedanyabhuktaṃ vāsaścopānahāvapi .. 65 ..

> One should not wear a garment or sandals that have been used by another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.137)

na bhinnabhājane'śnīyānnāsītāgnyādidūṣite ..

> One should not eat from a broken vessel, nor sit \[where it is\] defiled by fire and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.138)

ārohaṇaṃ gavāṃ pṛṣṭhe pretadhūmaṃ sarittaṭam.. 66 ..

> Mounting the back of cattle, the smoke of a corpse, a riverbank,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.139)

bālātapaṃ divāsvāpaṃ tyajeddīrghaṃ jijīviṣuḥ ..

> Morning sunlight, and sleeping by day: one who wishes to live long should avoid \[these\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.140)

snātvā na mārjayedgātraṃ visṛjenna śikhāṃ pathi .. .. 67 ..

> Having bathed, one should not wipe one's limbs \[with the hands\], nor untie one's topknot on the road.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.141)

hastau śiro na dhunuyānnākarṣedāsanaṃ padā ..

> One should not shake one's hands or head, nor pull a seat with one's foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.142)

kareṇa no mṛjedgātraṃ snānavastreṇa vā punaḥ .. 68 ..

> One should not wipe one's body with the hand, or again with the bath-cloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.143)

śunocchiṣṭaṃ bhavedgātraṃ punaḥ snānena śudhyati ..

> The body becomes defiled like a dog's leavings; it is purified by bathing again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.144)

notpāṭayellomanakhaṃ daśanena kadācana..69..

> One should never tear out hair or nails with one's teeth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.145)

karajaiḥ karajacchedaṃ vivarjayecchubhāya tu..

> For good fortune, one should avoid paring nails with the fingernails.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.146)

yadāyatyāṃ tyajettanna kuryātkarma prayatnataḥ.. 3.2.6.70..

> That which one must abandon in the future, that deed one should diligently not do.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.147)

advāreṇa na gantavyaṃ svaveśmāpi kadācana..

> One should never enter even one's own house by a way other than the doorway.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.148)

krīḍennājñaiḥ sahāsīta na dharmmaghnairna rogibhiḥ..71..

> One should not play or sit with the ignorant, nor with destroyers of dharma, nor with the diseased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.149)

na śayīta kvacinnagnaḥ pāṇau bhuṃjīta naiva ca ..

> One should never sleep naked, nor eat from one's bare hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.150)

ārdrapādakarāsyo'śnandīrghakālaṃ na jīvati .. 72 ..

> Eating while one's feet, hands, and mouth are wet, one does not live for a long time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.151)

saṃviśennārdracaraṇo nocchiṣṭaḥ kvacidāvrajet ..

> One should lie down to rest with wet feet, but one should never go anywhere while impure with food-remnants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.152)

śayanastho na cāśnīyānna pibecca jalaṃ dvijaḥ .. 73 ..

> A twice-born should not eat while lying in bed, nor drink water \[there\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.153)

sopānatko nopaviśenna jalaṃ cotthitaḥ pibet ..

> Wearing shoes, one should not sit down, nor drink water while standing up.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.154)

sarvvamamlamayaṃ nādyādārogyasyābhilāṣukaḥ .. 74 ..

> Desiring health, one should not eat anything that consists wholly of sour food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.155)

na nirīkṣeta viṇmūtre nocchiṣṭaḥ saṃspṛśecchiraḥ ..

> One should not gaze at feces or urine, nor touch one's head while impure with food-remnants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.156)

nādhitiṣṭhettuṣāṃgāra bhasmakeśakapālikāḥ .. 75 ..

> One should not stand upon chaff, charcoal, ashes, hair, or potsherds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.157)

patitaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ patanāyaiva jāyate ..

> Dwelling together with fallen men leads only to falling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.158)

dadyādāsanaṃ maṃcaṃ na śūdrāya kadācana .. 76 ..

> One should never offer a high seat or a couch to a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.159)

brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate ..

> The brahmin falls from brahminhood, and the śūdra falls from dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.160)

dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet .. 77 ..

> Instruction in dharma given to śūdras destroys one's own welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.161)

dvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharmmaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ hi paro mataḥ ..

> For service to the twice-born is considered the supreme dharma of śūdras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.162)

kaṇḍūyanaṃ hi śirasaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ na śubhaṃ matam .. 78 ..

> Scratching the head with both hands is not considered auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.163)

ādiśedvaidikaṃ maṃtraṃ na śūdrāya kadācana ..

> One should never impart a Vedic mantra to a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.164)

brāhmaṇyā dīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmmācca hīyate .. .79 ..

> The brahmin falls from brahminhood, and the śūdra falls from dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.165)

ātāḍanaṃ karābhyāṃ ca krośanaṃ keśaluṃcanam ..

> Beating oneself with both hands, shrieking, tearing one's hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.166)

aśāstravartanaṃ bhūyo lubdhātkṛtvā pratigraham .. 3.2.6.80 ..

> Conduct unprescribed by the scriptures, and repeatedly accepting gifts from a greedy person:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.167)

brāhmaṇaḥ sa ca vai yāti narakānekaviṃśatim ..

> That brahmin indeed goes to the twenty-one hells.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.168)

akālameghastanite varṣartau pāṃsuvarṣaṇe .. 81 ..

> During thunder from unseasonable clouds, during a shower of dust in the rainy season,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.169)

mahābāladhvanau rātrāvanadhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ..

> And at night during the loud crying of children, times of non-recitation are declared;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.170)

ulkāpāte ca bhūkaṃpe digdāhe madhyarātriṣu .. 82 ..

> And during the fall of a meteor, an earthquake, a conflagration of the quarters, at midnights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.171)

madhyayorvṛṣalopānte rājyahāre ca sūtake ..

> Between \[the twilights\], near a śūdra, during a coup in the realm, during birth-impurity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.172)

daśāṣṭakāsu bhūtāyāṃ śrāddhāhe pratipadyapi ..83..

> On the ten Aṣṭakās, on the fourteenth day, on the day of a śrāddha, and on the first lunar day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.173)

pūrṇimāyāṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ viḍvare rāṣṭraviplave ..

> On the full moon, likewise on the eighth, in an obstruction by defecation, in a rebellion in the realm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.174)

upākarmaṇi cotsarge kalpādiṣu yugādiṣu ..84..

> At the Upākarma and the Utsarga, on the beginnings of Kalpas and the beginnings of Yugas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.175)

āraṇyakamadhītyāpi bāṇasāmnorapi dhvanau ..

> Even when studying the Āraṇyaka, and at the sound of the Bāṇa and Sāman chants:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.176)

anadhyāyeṣu caiteṣu cādhīyīta na vai kvacit ..85..

> On these occasions of non-recitation, one should never recite at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.177)

bhūtāṣṭamyoḥ pañcadaśyorbrahmacārī sadā bhavet ..

> One should always remain celibate on the fourteenth, the eighth, and the two fifteenth lunar days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.178)

anāyuṣyakaraṃ ceha paradāropasarpaṇam ..

> Approaching another's wife in this world causes loss of lifespan;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.179)

tasmāttaddūratastyājya vairiṇāṃ copasevanam .. 86 ..

> Therefore it is to be abandoned from afar, as is attendance upon enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.180)

pūrvarddhibhiḥ parityaktamātmānaṃ nāvamānayet ..

> One who is abandoned by former prosperity should not despise oneself;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.181)

sadodyamavatāṃ yasmācchriyo vidyā na durlabhāḥ .. .. 87 ..

> For fortune and learning are not difficult to obtain for those who are ever energetic.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.182)

satyaṃ brūyātpriyaṃ būyānna brūyātsatyamapriyam ..

> One should speak the truth, one should speak what is agreeable, one should not speak an disagreeable truth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.183)

priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyādeṣa dharmo vidhīyate .. 88 ..

> And one should not speak an agreeable falsehood: this is prescribed as dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.184)

vācovegaṃ manāvegaṃ jihvāvegaṃ ca varja yet ..

> One should avoid the impulse of speech, the impulse of the mind, and the impulse of the tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.185)

guhyajānyapi lomāni tatsparśādaśucirbhaveta .. 89 ..

> Even by the touch of pubic hairs, one becomes impure. 89  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.186)

pādadhautodakaṃ mūtramucchiṣṭānyudakāni ca ..

> Water used for washing feet, urine, impure remnant water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.187)

niṣṭhīvanaṃ ca śleṣmāṇaṃ dūrāddūraṃ viniḥ kṣipeta .. 3.2.6.90 ..

> and spittle and phlegm one should cast far, far away. 3.2.6.90  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.188)

aharnniśaṃ śruterjāpyācchaucācāraniṣevaṇāta ..

> Through day and night repetition of the Veda, observance of purity and good conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.189)

adrohavatyā buddhyā ca pūrvajanma mmareddvijaḥ .. 91 ..

> and an intellect free from malice, a twice-born remembers his previous birth. 91  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.190)

vṛddhānprayatnādvaṃdeta dadyātteṣāṃ svamāsanama ..

> One should respectfully salute elders and offer them one's own seat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.191)

vinamrakandharo bhūyādanuyāyāttataśca tān .. 92 ..

> with a bowed neck, one should then follow behind them. 92  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.192)

śrutibhūdevadevānāṃ nṛpasādhutapasvinām ..

> Of the Vedas, earth-gods \[brahmins\], gods, kings, virtuous persons, ascetics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.193)

pativratānāṃ nārīṇāṃ nindāṃ kuryānna karhi cita .. 93 ..

> and devoted wives, one should never utter censure. 93  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.194)

uddhṛtya pañcamṛtpiṃḍānsnāyātparajalāśaye ..

> Taking out five lumps of clay, one may bathe in another's body of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.195)

śraddhayā pātramāsādya yatkiṃciddīyate vasu .. 94 ..

> Having found a worthy recipient with faith, whatever wealth is given,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.196)

deśe kāle ca vidhinā tadānaṃtyāya kalpate ..

> in the proper place and time according to rule, leads to infinity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.197)

bhūprado maṇḍalādhīśaḥ sarvatra sukhito'nnadaḥ .. 95 ..

> The giver of land becomes a sovereign ruler; the giver of food is happy everywhere. 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.198)

toyadātā surūpaḥ syātpuṣṭaścānnaprado bhaveta ..

> The giver of water becomes handsome, and the giver of food becomes robust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.199)

pradīpado nirmalākṣo godātāryamaloka bhāk ..96..

> The giver of a lamp gains clear vision; the giver of a cow attains the realm of Aryaman. 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.6.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.6.200)

svarṇadātā ca dīrghāyustiladaḥ syācca suprajaḥ ..

> The giver of gold attains long life, and the giver of sesame seeds gains excellent offspring.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.6.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.3.16.22) — Sanskrit
- [Mokṣopāya (Kashmiri text, Śāradā transmission)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.moksopaya*kashmiri.3.16.23) — Sanskrit

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