[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 4.36 # Skandapurana 4.36 Skandapurāṇa 4.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.1) skaṃda uvāca .. .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.2) punarviśeṣaṃ vakṣyāmi sadācārasya kuṃbhaja .. > "I will state further particulars of right conduct, O pot-born \[Agastya\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.3) yaṃ śrutvāpi naro dhīmānnājñānatimiraṃ viśet .. 1 .. > Having heard which even an ordinary man becomes wise and does not enter the darkness of ignorance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.4) brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāstrayo varṇā dvijāḥ smṛtāḥ .. > Brahmins, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas—the three classes are known as the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.5) prathamaṃ mātṛto jātā dvitīyaṃ copanāyanāt .. 2 .. > First born from the mother, and second from the upanayana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.6) eṣāṃ kriyāniṣekādi śmaśānāṃtā ca vaidikī.. > Their rites are Vedic, beginning with conception and ending at the cremation ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.7) ādadhīta sudhīrgarbhamṛtaumūlaṃ maghāṃ tyajet .. 3 .. > The wise man should deposit the semen during the fertile season, avoiding Mūla and Maghā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.8) spaṃdanātprākpuṃsavanaṃ sīmaṃtonnayanaṃ tataḥ .. > Before quickening, the puṃsavana \[is done\], then the sīmantonnayana > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.9) māsi ṣaṣṭhe'ṣṭame vāpi jātetho jātakarma ca .. 4 .. > In the sixth or eighth month; and then, once born, the birth rite (jātakarma). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.10) nāmāhnyekādaśe gehāccaturthemāsi niṣkramaḥ .. > The naming on the eleventh day; taking out from the house in the fourth month; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.11) māsennaprāśanaṃ ṣaṣṭhe cūḍābde vā yathākulam .. 5 .. > The first feeding of food in the sixth month; tonsure in the \[third\] year, or according to family tradition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.12) śamameno vrajedevaṃ baijaṃ garbhajamave ca .. > In this way the sin arising from the seed and born of the womb is pacified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.13) strīṇāmetāḥ kriyāstūṣṇīṃ pāṇigrāhastu maṃtravān .. 6 .. > For women, these rites are performed silently, but marriage is accompanied by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.14) saptamethāṣṭamevābde sāvitrīṃ brāhmaṇorhati .. > In the seventh or eighth year a brahmin is fit for the Sāvitrī \[initiation\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.15) nṛpastvekādaśe vaiśyo dvādaśe vā yathākulam .. 7 .. > A king in the eleventh, and a vaiśya in the twelfth, or according to family tradition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.16) brahmatejobhivṛddhyarthaṃ viprobdepaṃcamerhati .. > For the increase of Vedic radiance, a brahmin is fit in the fifth year; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.17) ṣaṣṭhe balārthī nṛpatirmaujīṃ vaiśyoṣṭame dhriyet .. 8 .. > A king desiring strength should take the muñja-girdle in the sixth, and a vaiśya in the eighth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.18) mahāvyāhṛtipūrvaṃ ca vedamadhyāpayedguruḥ .. > And the guru should teach the Veda preceded by the great vyāhṛtis, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.19) upanīya ca taṃ śiṣyaṃ śaucācāre ca yojayet ..9.. > And having initiated that student, he should engage him in purification and right conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.20) pūrvoktavidhinā śaucaṃ kuryādācamanaṃ tathā .. > He should perform purification according to the rule declared before, and likewise the sipping of water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.21) daṃtāñjihvāṃ viśodhyātha kṛtvā malaviśodhanam ..4.1.36.10.. > Having cleaned teeth and tongue, and having purified bodily impurities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.22) snātvāṃbudaivatairmaṃtraiḥ prāṇānāyamya yatnataḥ .. > Having bathed with mantras to the water-deities, carefully having restrained his breaths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.23) upasthānaṃ raveḥ kṛtvā saṃdhyayorubhayorapi .. 11 .. > And having performed the standing worship of the sun at both twilights, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.24) agnikāryaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā brāhmaṇānabhivādayet .. > And having then performed the fire sacrifice, he should salute the brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.25) bruvannamuka gotrohamabhivādaya ityapi .. 12 .. > Saying: 'I of such-and-such gotra salute \[you\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.26) abhivādanaśīlasya vṛddhasevāratasya ca .. > For one devoted to salutation and devoted to serving elders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.27) āyuryaśobalaṃ buddhirvardhate'harahodhikam .. 13 .. > Life span, fame, strength, and intellect increase day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.28) adhīte guruṇā hūtaḥ prāptaṃ tasmai nivedayet .. > Called by the guru, he studies; he should offer to him what he has received; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.29) karmaṇā manasā vācā hitaṃ tasyācaretsadā .. 14 .. > In action, mind, and speech, he should always act for his welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.30) adhyāpyādharmatonārthātsādhvāptajñānavittadāḥ .. > Those who should be taught are: one who asks out of righteousness, not for wealth; the virtuous, the trustworthy, the giver of knowledge, and the giver of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.31) śaktāḥ kṛtajñāḥ śucayo'drohakāścānasūyakāḥ .. 15 .. > \[and those who are\] capable, grateful, pure, free from malice, and free from envy. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.32) dhārayenmekhalādaṃḍopavītājinameva ca .. > He should wear a girdle, a staff, a sacred thread, and an antelope skin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.33) aniṃdyeṣu caredbhaikṣyaṃ brāhmaṇeṣvātmavṛttaye .. 16 .. > he should beg alms for his subsistence among irreproachable brahmins. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.34) brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāmādimadhyāvasānataḥ .. > For a brahmin, a kṣatriya, and a vaiśya, at the beginning, middle, and end, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.35) bhaikṣyacaryā krameṇa syādbhavacchabdopalakṣitā .. 17 .. > the begging of alms should respectively be marked by the word bhavat. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.36) vāgyato gurvanujñāto bhuṃjītānnamakutsayan .. > Restraining his speech and permitted by his teacher, he should eat his food without despising it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.37) ekānnaṃ na samaśnīyācchrāddhe'śnīyāttathāpadi .. 18 .. > he should not eat food provided by a single person, \[except that\] he may eat \[it\] at a śrāddha and in times of distress. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.38) anārogyamanāyuṣyamasvargyaṃcātibhojanam .. > Overeating produces unhealthiness, shortens life, and bars heaven; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.39) apuṇyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ tasmāttatparivarjayet .. 19 .. > it destroys merit and is hated by the world; therefore, one should avoid it. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.40) na dvirbhuṃjīta caikasmindivā kvāpi dvijottamaḥ .. > The best among twice-born should nowhere eat twice during a single day; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.41) sāyaṃprātardvijo'śnīyādagnihotravidhānavit .. 4.1.36.20 .. > knowing the rules of the agnihotra, a twice-born should eat in the evening and morning. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.42) madhumāṃsaṃ prāṇihiṃsāṃ bhāskarālokanāṃjane .. > Honey, meat, injury to living beings, gazing at the sun, applying collyrium, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.43) striyaṃ paryuṣitocchiṣṭaṃparivādaṃ vivajaryet .. 21 .. > \[consorting with\] women, stale food, remnants of meals, and slander he must avoid. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.44) aupanāyanikaḥ kālo brahmakṣatra viśāṃ paraḥ .. > The maximum time for initiation for a brahmin, a kṣatriya, and a vaiśya > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.45) ā ṣoḍaśādādvāviṃśādā caturviṃśadabdataḥ .. 22 .. > is up to the sixteenth, the twenty-second, and the twenty-fourth year \[respectively\]. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.46) itopyūrdhvaṃ na saṃskāryāḥ patitā dharmavarjitāḥ .. > Beyond this they are not to be consecrated; they are fallen, devoid of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.47) vrātyastomena yajñena tatpātityaṃ parivrajet .. 23 .. > By means of the sacrifice called Vrātyastoma one may rid oneself of that fallen state. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.48) sāvitrīpatitaiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃbaṃdhaṃ na samācaret .. > One should not enter into relations with those who have fallen from the Sāvitrī. / For the twice-born, the skin \[should be\] of a black antelope, a ruru deer, and a goat, respectively. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.49) aiṇaṃ ca rauravaṃ vāstaṃ kramāccarma dvijanmanām ..24.. > The skins of the twice-born are, in order, black antelope, deer, and goat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.50) vasīrannānupūrvyeṇa śāṇa kṣaumāvikāni ca.. > They should wear, in order, hempen, linen, and woolen garments. / The girdle of a brahmin should be made of muñja grass; of a kṣatriya, bowstring; (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.51) dvijasya mekhalā mauṃjī maurvī ca bhujajanmanaḥ .. > The girdle of a twice-born is made of muñja grass, and that of the arm-born is of bowstring bowstring-hemp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.52) bhavettrivṛtsamāślakṣṇā viśastu śaṇatāṃtavī .. 25 .. > it should be threefold, smooth, and even; but that of a vaiśya \[should be\] made of hemp threads. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.53) muṃjābhāve vidhātavyā kuśāśmaṃtakabalvajaiḥ .. > In the absence of muñja, it should be made of kuśa grass, aśmantaka, or balvaja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.54) graṃthinaikena saṃyuktā tribhiḥ paṃcabhireva vā .. 26 .. > furnished with one knot, or with three, or with five. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.55) upavītakrameṇa syātkārpāsaṃ śāṇamāvikam .. > The sacred thread should be, in order, of cotton, hemp, and wool; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.56) trivṛdūrdhvavṛtaṃ tacca bhavedāyurvivṛddhaye .. 27 .. > it should be three-stranded and twisted upward for the increase of life. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.57) bilvapālāśayordaṃḍo brāhmaṇasya nṛpasya tu .. > The staff of a brahmin should be of bilva or palāśa; of a king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.58) nyagrodhabāladalayoḥ pīlūduṃbarayorviśaḥ .. 28 .. > of nyagrodha or a young branch \[of badara\]; of a vaiśya, of pīlu or udumbara. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.59) āmauliṃ vā''lalāṭaṃvā''nāsamūrdhvapramāṇataḥ .. > In height, it should reach up to the crown of the head, to the forehead, or to the nose; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.60) brahmakṣatraviśāṃ daṃḍastvagāḍhyonāgnidūṣitaḥ .. 29 .. > the staff for a brahmin, a kṣatriya, and a vaiśya should have intact bark and not be marred by fire. (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.61) pradakṣiṇaṃ parītyāgnimupasthāya divākaram .. > Having circumambulated the fire from left to right and worshiped the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.62) daṃḍājinopavītāḍhyaścaredbhaikṣyaṃ yathoditam .. 4.1.36.30 .. > equipped with a staff, skin, and sacred thread, he should beg alms as prescribed. (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.63) mātṛmātṛṣvasṛsvasṛpitṛsvasṛpuraḥsarāḥ .. > Beginning with his mother, mother's sister, sister, and father's sister, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.64) prathamaṃ bhikṣaṇīyāḥ syuretāyācana no vadet.. 31 .. > these should be begged from first; he should utter the solicitation to them. (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.65) yāvadvedamadhīte ca caranvedavratāni ca .. > As long as he studies the Veda, observing the Vedic observances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.66) brahmacārī bhavettāvadūrdhvaṃ snāto gṛhī bhavet .. 32 .. > so long should he remain a student; thereafter, having bathed, he should become a householder. (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.67) proktosāvupakurvāṇo dvitīyastatra naiṣṭhikaḥ .. > This \[student\] is declared to be the upakurvāṇa; the second among them is the naiṣṭhika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.68) tiṣṭhettāvadgurukule yāvatsyādāyuṣaḥ kṣayaḥ .. 33 .. > He should remain in the teacher's house for as long as his life lasts. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.69) gṛhāśramaṃ samāśritya yaḥ punarbrahmacaryabhāk.. > He who, having entered the householder stage, again observes student celibacy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.70) nāsau yatirvanastho vā syātsarvāśramavarjitaḥ .. 34 .. > is neither an ascetic nor a forest hermit; he is excluded from all life stages. (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.71) anāśramī na tiṣṭheta dinamekamapi dvijaḥ .. > A twice-born should not remain even for a single day without an āśrama; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.72) āśramaṃ tu vinā tiṣṭhanprāyaścittī yato hi saḥ ..35.. > for one who remains without an āśrama must perform expiation. (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.73) japaṃ homaṃ vrataṃ dānaṃ svādhyāyaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam.. > Recitation, oblations, vows, gifts, personal study, and libations to the ancestors— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.74) kurvāṇothāśramabhraṣṭo nāsau tatphalamāpnuyāt .. .. 36.. > performing \[these\] while fallen from his āśrama, he does not obtain their fruit. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.75) mekhalājinadaṃḍāśca liṃgaṃ syādbrahmacāriṇaḥ .. > The girdle, skin, and staff are the distinguishing marks of the student; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.76) gṛhiṇo vedayajñādi nakhalomavanasthiteḥ .. 37 .. > Vedic sacrifices and the like of the householder; \[untrimmed\] nails and hair of the forest dweller; (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.77) tridaṃḍādi yateruktamupalakṣaṇamatra vai .. > the triple staff and so forth are declared to be the marks of the ascetic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.78) etallakṣaṇahīnastu prāyaścittī dine dine .. 38 .. > Lacking these marks, one must perform expiation day after day. (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.79) jīrṇaṃ kamaṃḍaluṃ daṃḍamupavītājine api .. > A worn-out water pot, staff, sacred thread, and antelope skin— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.80) apsveva tāni nikṣipya gṛhṇītānyacca maṃtravat .. 39 .. > throwing these into the water, he should take other ones with mantras. (39) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.81) vidadhyātṣoḍaśe varṣe keśāṃtakarma ca kramāt .. > One should perform the ceremony of shaving the hair in the sixteenth year, and in order, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.82) dvāviṃśe ca caturviṃśe gārhasthya pratipattaye .. 4.1.36.40 .. > in the twenty-second and twenty-fourth \[for the others\], for the attainment of the householder state. (40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.83) tapo yajña vratebhyaśca sarvasmācchubhakarmaṇaḥ .. > Above austerity, sacrifice, vows, and every auspicious rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.84) dvijātīnāṃ śrutirhyekā heturniśreyasa śriyaḥ .. 41 .. > the Śruti alone is the cause of the prosperity of final beatitude for twice-born men. (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.85) vedāraṃbhe visarge ca vidadhyātpraṇavaṃ sadā .. > At the beginning and completion of the Veda, one should always utter the praṇava; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.86) aphalo'noṃkṛto yasmātpaṭhitopi na siddhaye .. 42 .. > for what is recited without 'oṃ' is fruitless and does not lead to accomplishment. (42) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.87) vedasya vadanaṃ proktaṃ gāyatrī tripadā parā .. > The three-footed supreme Gāyatrī is declared to be the mouth of the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.88) tisṛbhiḥ praṇavādyābhirmahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ saha .. 43 .. > together with the three great vyāhṛtis preceded by the praṇava. (43) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.89) sahasraṃ sādhikaṃ kiṃcittrikamaitajjapanyamī .. > A self-controlled man who repeats this triad a little over a thousand times > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.90) māsaṃ bahiḥ pratidinaṃ mahāghādapi mucyate .. 44 .. > outside \[the village\] every day for a month is released even from a great sin. (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.91) atyabdamiti yobhyasyetpratighasramananyadhīḥ .. > He who practices this every day throughout the year with undivided mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.92) sa vyomamūrtiḥ śuddhātmā paraṃ brahmādhigacchati .. 45 .. > having a body of ether and a purified self, attains the supreme Brahman. (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.93) trivarṇamayamoṃkāraṃ bhūrbhuvaḥsvariti trayam .. > The three syllables of the oṃkāra, the triad 'bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.94) pādatrayaṃ ca sāvitryāstrayovedā adūduhan .. 46 .. > and the three lines of the Sāvitrī were milked by the three Vedas. (46) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.95) etadakṣaramenāṃ ca japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām .. > If a Veda-knowing brahmin recites this syllable and this \[verse\] preceded by the vyāhṛtis > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.96) saṃdhyayorvedavidvipro vedapuṇyena yujyate .. 47 .. > at the two twilights, he is endowed with the merit of the Vedas. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.97) vidhikratordaśaguṇaṃ japasyaphalamaśnute .. > He enjoys ten times the fruit of a ritual sacrifice of prescribed rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.98) vidhikratordaśaguṇo japakraturudīritaḥ .. 48 .. > A sacrifice of recitation is declared to be ten times greater than a prescribed rite. (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.99) upāṃśustacchataguṇaḥ sahasro mānasastataḥ .. 49 .. > A whispered recitation is a hundred times that, and a mental recitation a thousand times that. (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.100) adhītyavedānvedau vā vedaṃ vā śaktito dvijaḥ .. > Having studied the Vedas, or two Vedas, or one Veda according to his ability, a twice-born > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.101) suvarṇapūrṇa dharaṇī dānasya phalamaśnute .. 4.1.36.50 .. > reaps the fruit of the gift of the earth filled with gold. (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.102) śrutimeva sadābhyasyettapastaptuṃ dvijottamaḥ .. > To practice austerity, the best of the twice-born should constantly study the Śruti alone; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.103) śrutyabhyāso hi viprasya paramaṃ tapa ucyate .. 51 .. > for the study of the Śruti is declared to be the supreme austerity of a brahmin. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.104) hitvā śruteradhyayanaṃ yonyatpaṭhitumicchati .. > He who, having abandoned the study of the Śruti, wishes to read something else, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.105) sa dogdhrīṃ dhenumutsṛjya grāmakroḍīṃ dudhukṣati .. 52 .. > abandons a milch cow and wishes to milk a village sow. (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.106) upanīya ca vai śiṣyaṃ vedamadhyāpayeddvijaḥ .. > And when a twice-born performs the initiation of a student and teaches him the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.107) sakalpaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca tamācāryaṃ vidurbudhāḥ .. 53 .. > along with the ritual manuals and secret teachings, the wise know him as an ācārya. (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.108) yodhyāpayedekadeśaṃ śruteraṃgānyathāpi vā .. > He who teaches a portion of the Śruti, or its auxiliary limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.109) vṛttyarthaṃ sa upādhyāyo vidvadbhiḥ parigīyate .. 54 .. > for the sake of a livelihood, is called an upādhyāya by the learned. (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.110) yathāvidhi niṣekādi yaḥ karma kurute dvijaḥ .. > That twice-born who performs rites according to the rule, beginning with the impregnation rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.111) saṃbhāvayettathānnena guruḥ sa iha kīrtyate .. 59 .. > and nourishes him with food, is celebrated here as the guru. (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.112) agnyādheyaṃ pākayajñānagniṣṭomādikānmakhān .. > He who, being chosen by someone, performs the establishment of the sacred fire, the cooked offerings, and sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.113) yaḥ karoti vṛto yasya sa tasyarttvigihocyate .. 56 .. > is called his officiating priest (ṛtvij) here. (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.114) upādhyāyāddaśācārya ācāryāttu śataṃ pitā .. > An ācārya exceeds ten upādhyāyas, and a father exceeds a hundred ācāryas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.115) sahasraṃ tu piturmātā gauraveṇātiricyate .. 57 .. > but a mother exceeds a thousand fathers in venerability. (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.116) viprāṇāṃ jñānato jyaiṣṭhyaṃ bāhujānāṃ tu vīryataḥ .. > Seniority among brahmins is through knowledge, but among the arm-born (kṣatriyas) through valor; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.117) vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanataḥ pajjātānāṃ tu janmataḥ .. 58 .. > among vaiśyas it is through grain and wealth, but among the foot-born (śūdras) through age alone. (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.118) yathā dārumayo hastī yathā kṛttimayo mṛgaḥ .. > Just as an elephant made of wood, just as a deer made of leather, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.119) tathā vipro'nadhīyānastrayo'mī nāmadhāriṇaḥ .. 59 .. > so is a brahmin who does not study: these three merely bear the name. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.120) svapne siktvā brahmacārī dvijaḥ śukramakāmataḥ .. > If a celibate twice-born involuntarily discharges semen in a dream, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.121) snātvārkamarcayitvā triḥ punarmāmityṛcaṃ japet .. 4.1.36.60 .. > he should bathe, worship the sun, and recite three times the verse beginning with 'punar mām'. (60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.122) svadharmaniratānāṃ ca vedayajñakriyāvatām .. > In the houses of those devoted to their own duty and engaged in Vedic rites and sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.123) brahmacārī caredbhaikṣyaṃ veśmasuprayato'nvaham .. 61 .. > a celibate student, restrained, should beg for food daily. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.124) akṛtvā bhaikṣyacaraṇamasamidhya hutāśanam .. > If, without being sick, he does not go begging and does not kindle the sacred fire > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.125) anāturaḥ saptarātramavakīrṇi vrataṃ caret .. 62 .. > for seven nights, he must perform the vow of an avakīrṇin (one who has broken his vow of celibacy). (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.126) yatheṣṭaceṣṭo nabhavedgurornayanagocare .. > He should not behave as he pleases within the sight of his guru; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.127) na nāmaparigṛhṇīyātparokṣepyaviśeṣaṇam .. 63 .. > he should not utter his name without an honorific title, even in his absence. (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.128) guruniṃdābhavedyatra parivādastu yatra ca .. > Where censure of the guru takes place, or where there is slander, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.129) śrutī pidhāya vāstheyaṃ yātavyaṃ vā tatonyataḥ .. 64 .. > one should either cover both ears or depart from that place to elsewhere. (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.130) kharo guroḥ parīvādācchvā bhavedguruniṃdakaḥ .. > By slandering the guru one becomes a donkey; a censurer of the guru becomes a dog; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.131) matsarī kṣudrakīṭaḥsyātparibhoktā bhavetkṛmiḥ .. 65 .. > an envious person becomes a petty insect; one who enjoys his property becomes a worm. (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.132) nābhivādyā guroḥ patnī spṛṣṭvāṃghrī yuvatī satī .. > A guru's wife who is a young woman should not be greeted by touching her feet > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.133) kvāpi viṃśativarṣeṇa jñātṛṇā guṇadoṣayoḥ .. 66 .. > anywhere by one who is twenty years of age and knows virtues and faults. (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.134) svabhāvaścaṃcalaḥ strīṇāṃ doṣaḥ puṃsāmataḥ smṛtaḥ .. > The nature of women is fickle, and that is remembered as a danger for men; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.135) pramadāsu pramādyaṃti kvacinnaiva vipaścitaḥ .. 67 .. > wise men are never careless with women. (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.136) vidvāṃsamapyavidvāṃsaṃ yatastādharṣayaṃtyalam .. > Because they thoroughly subdue both the wise and the unwise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.137) svavaśaṃ vāpi kurvaṃti sūtrabaddhaśakuṃtavat .. 68 .. > and bring them under their control like a bird tied with a string. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.138) na mātrā na duhitrā vā na svasraikāṃtaśīlatā .. > One should not remain in solitude with a mother, a daughter, or a sister; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.139) balavaṃtīdriyāṇyatra mohayaṃtyapi kovidān .. 69 .. > the senses are powerful in this world and delude even the learned. (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.140) prayatnena khananyadvadbhūmervāryadhigacchati .. > Just as one who digs with effort reaches water in the ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.141) śuśrūṣayā gurostadvadvidyā śiṣyodhigacchati..4.1.36.70.. > so the disciple reaches knowledge through service to the guru. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.142) śayānamabhyudayate bradhnaścedbrahmacāriṇam .. > If the sun should rise or set over a celibate student > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.143) pramādādatha nimlocejjapannapavaseddinam .. 71 .. > while sleeping due to negligence, he should fast for the day while reciting \[sacred verses\]. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.144) sutasya saṃbhave kleśaṃ sahete pitarau ca yat .. > The suffering that parents endure at the birth of a son > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.145) śakyā varṣaśatenāpi no kartuṃ tasya niṣkṛtiḥ .. 72 .. > cannot be repaid even in a hundred years. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.146) atastayoḥ priyaṃ kuryādgurorapi ca sarvadā .. > Therefore, one should always do what is pleasing to the two of them and to the guru; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.147) triṣu teṣu sutuṣṭeṣu tapaḥ sarvaṃ samāpyate .. 73 .. > when those three are thoroughly pleased, all austerity is fulfilled. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.148) teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ śuśrūṣā paramaṃ tapa ucyate .. > Service to those three is said to be the supreme austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.149) tānatikramya yaḥ kuryāttannasiddhyetkadācana .. 74 .. > whatever one does while transgressing them can never succeed. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.150) trīnevāmūnsamārādhya trīm̐llokānsa jayetsudhīḥ .. > Only by honoring these three may the wise person conquer the three worlds. (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.151) devavaddivi dīvyeta teṣāṃ toṣaṃ vivardhayan .. 75 .. > He shines in heaven like a god, increasing their delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.152) bhūrlokaṃ jananī bhaktyā bhuvarlokaṃ tathā pituḥ .. > Through devotion to his mother \[he conquers\] the earth; likewise through devotion to his father, the mid-region; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.153) guroḥ śuśrūṣaṇāttadvatsvarlokaṃ ca jayetkṛtī .. 76 .. > and by serving his guru, the successful man likewise conquers heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.154) etadeva nṛṇāṃ proktaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam .. > This indeed is declared to be the four aims of human life for men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.155) yadeteṣāṃ hi saṃtoṣa upadharmonya ucyate .. 77 .. > namely, the satisfaction of these \[three\]; any other duty is called secondary. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.156) adhītya vedānvedau vā vedaṃ vāpi kramāddvijaḥ .. > Having studied the Vedas, or two Vedas, or even one Veda in due order, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.157) apraskhaladbrahmacaryo gṛhāśramamathāśrayet .. 78 .. > with his celibate studenthood unswerving, the twice-born should then enter the householder stage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.158) avipluta brahmacaryo viśveśānugrahādbhavet .. > Celibacy remains unbroken through the grace of the Lord of All; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.159) anugrahaśca vaiśveśaḥ kāśīprāptikaraḥ paraḥ .. 79 .. > and the supreme grace of the Lord of All brings about the attainment of Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.160) kāśīprāptyā bhavejjñānaṃ jñānānnirvāṇamṛcchati .. > Through the attainment of Kāśī knowledge arises, and from knowledge one attains nirvāṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.161) nirvāṇārthaṃ prayatno hi sadācārasya dhīmatām .. 4.1.36.80 .. > for right conduct among the wise is an endeavor directed toward nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.162) sadācāro gṛhe yadvanna tathāstyāśramāṃtare .. > Just as right conduct exists in the household, it does not exist in any other stage of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.163) vidyājātaṃ paṭhitvāṃte gṛhasthāśramamāśrayet .. 81 .. > Having studied all the branches of knowledge, one should finally enter the householder stage of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.164) gṛhāśramātparaṃ nāsti yadi patnīvaśaṃvadā .. > There is nothing superior to the householder stage if the wife is obedient; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.165) ānukūlyaṃ hi daṃpatyostrivargodaya hetave .. 82 .. > for harmony between husband and wife is the cause of the flourishing of the three ends of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.166) ānukūlyaṃ kalatraṃ cettridivenāpi kiṃ tataḥ .. > If a wife is compliant, what need is there even for heaven? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.167) prātikūlyaṃ kalatraṃ cennarakeṇāpi kiṃ tataḥ .. 83 .. > If a wife is hostile, what need is there even for hell? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.168) gṛhāśramaḥ sukhārthāya bhāryāmūlaṃ ca tatsukham .. > The householder stage is for the sake of happiness, and a wife is the root of that happiness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.169) sā ca bhāryā vinītāyā trivargo vinayo dhuvam .. 84 .. > and she is a \[true\] wife who is modest; modesty is surely \[the basis of\] the three ends of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.170) jalaukayopamīyaṃte pramadā maṃdabuddhibhiḥ .. > Women are compared to leeches by the dull-witted; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.171) mṛgīdṛśāṃ jalaukānāṃ vicārānmahadataṃram .. 85 .. > upon reflection, there is a vast difference between doe-eyed women and leeches. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.172) jalaukā kevalaṃ raktamādadānā tapasvinī .. > A poor leech draws only blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.173) pramadā sarvadā datte cittaṃ vittaṃ balaṃ sukham .. 86 .. > whereas a woman constantly takes away the mind, wealth, strength, and happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.174) dakṣā prajāvatī sādhvī priyavākca vaśaṃvadā .. > Skillful, prolific in children, virtuous, pleasant in speech, and obedient— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.175) guṇairamībhiḥ saṃyuktā sā śrīḥ strīrūpadhāriṇī .. 87.. > endowed with these qualities, she is Śrī herself in female form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.176) guroranujñayā snātvā vrataṃ vedaṃ samāpya ca .. > Having bathed with the guru's permission and having completed his vow and Vedic study, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.177) udvaheta tato bhāryāṃ savarṇāṃ sādhulakṣaṇām .. 88 .. > he should then marry a wife of equal class, endowed with auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.178) jane tu rasagotrāyā māturyāpyasapiṃḍakā .. > She who is not of the father's gotra and also not a sapiṇḍa of the mother > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.179) dārakarmaṇi yogyā sā dvijānāṃ dharmavṛddhaye ..89.. > is fit for marriage for twice-born men, for the increase of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.180) strīsaṃbaṃdhepyapasmāri kṣayi śvitri kulaṃ tyajet .. > In making a marital alliance, one should avoid a family afflicted with epilepsy, consumption, or leukoderma; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.181) abhiśastisamāyuktaṃ tathā kanyāprasūṃ tyajet ..4.1.36.90.. > likewise, one should avoid one under public reproach, and one producing only daughters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.182) rogahīnāṃ bhrātṛmatīṃ svasmātkiṃcillaghīyasīm .. > Free from disease, having brothers, slightly younger than himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.183) udvaheta dvijo bhāryāṃ saumyāsyāṃ mṛdubhāṣiṇīm ..91.. > gentle-faced, and sweet-spoken—such a wife a twice-born man should marry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.184) na parvatarkṣavṛkṣāhvāṃ na nadīsarpanāmikām .. > Not named after a mountain, a constellation, or a tree, nor bearing the name of a river or a serpent, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.185) na pakṣyahipreṣyanāmnīṃ saumyākhyāmudvahetsudhīḥ ..92.. > nor bearing the name of a bird, a snake, or a servant: the wise man should marry one with a gentle name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.186) na cātiriktahīnāṃgīṃ nātidīrghāṃ na vā kṛśām .. > Nor should she have redundant or missing limbs; she should not be too tall or emaciated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.187) nālomikāṃ nātilomāṃ nāsnigdhasthūlamaulijām .. 93 .. > neither hairless nor overly hairy, nor having rough or thick hair on her head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.188) mohātsamupayaccheta kulahīnāṃ na kanyakām .. > He should not out of infatuation marry a maiden of a low family; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.189) hīnopayamanādyāti saṃtānamapi hīnatām ..94.. > from marrying a low woman, even his offspring falls into debasement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.190) lakṣaṇāni parīkṣyādau tataḥ kanyāṃ samudvahet .. > Having examined the bodily marks first, he should then marry the maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.191) sulakṣaṇā sadācārā patyurāyurvivardhayet ..95.. > A maiden of auspicious marks and right conduct increases the lifespan of her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.192) brahmacāri samācāra iti te samudī ritaḥ .. > Thus the conduct of a celibate student has been fully expounded to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.193) ghaṭodbhava prasaṃgena strīlakṣaṇamatha bruve..96.. > O Pot-born Sage, in this context I shall now describe the bodily marks of women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.36.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36.194) iti śrī skāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe ṣaṭtriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ ..36.. > Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the fourth part of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.36.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.2411) — Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.41) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.1.p142) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.36) · Pramāṇa