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(1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.4) sa brāhmo varamāhūya yatra kanyā svalaṃkṛtā .. > That is the Brāhma \[marriage\] where, having summoned the groom, a well-adorned maiden > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.5) dīyate tatsutaḥ pūyātpuruṣānekaviṃśatim .. 2 .. > is given away; the son born of it purifies twenty-one generations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.6) yajñasthāyartvije daivastajjaḥpāti caturdaśa .. > The Daiva is \[given\] to an officiating priest engaged in a sacrifice; one born of that protects fourteen \[generations\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.7) varādādāya godvaṃdvamārṣastajjaḥ punāti ṣaṭ .. 3 .. > The Ārṣa is \[conducted\] having received a pair of cattle from the groom; one born of that purifies six \[generations\]. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.8) sahobhau caratāṃ dharmamityuktvā dīyaterthine .. > Having said, 'May both of you practice righteousness together,' she is given to the suitor— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.9) yatra kanyā prājāpatyastajjo vaṃśānpunāti ṣaṭ .. 4 .. > where a maiden \[is so given\], that is Prājāpatya; the son born of it purifies six lineages. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.10) catvāra ete viprāṇāṃ dharmyāḥ pāṇigrahāḥ smṛtāḥ .. > These four marriages are remembered as righteous for brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.11) āsuraḥ krayaṇāddravyairgāṃdharvonyonya maitrataḥ .. 5 .. > The Āsura is through purchasing with wealth; the Gāndharva is through mutual affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.12) prasahyakanyāharaṇādrākṣaso niṃditaḥ satām .. > The Rākṣasa is through violently abducting the maiden; it is condemned by the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.13) chalena kanyāharaṇātpaiśāco garhito'ṣṭamaḥ .. 6 .. > The Paiśāca, the eighth, is despised, being through the abduction of a maiden by deceit. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.14) prāyaḥ kṣatraviśoruktā gāṃdharvāsurarākṣasāḥ .. > The Gāndharva, Āsura, and Rākṣasa are generally stated for Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.15) aṣṭamastveṣa pāpiṣṭhaḥ pāpiṣṭhānāṃ ca saṃbhavet .. 7 .. > This eighth \[form\], however, is the most sinful, and occurs among the most sinful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.16) savarṇayā karo grāhyo dhāryaḥ kṣatriyayā śaraḥ .. > The hand should be grasped with a woman of the same class; an arrow should be held by a Kṣatriya woman; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.17) pratodo vaiśyayā dhāryo vāsoṃtaḥ pajjayā tathā .. 8 .. > A goad should be held by a Vaiśya woman, and the hem of a garment by a Śūdra woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.18) asavarṇastveṣa vidhiḥ smṛto dṛṣṭaśca vedane .. > This rule, handed down by tradition, is observed in marriage when the parties are not of the same class. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.19) savarṇābhistu sarvābhiḥ pāṇirgrāhyastvayaṃ vidhiḥ .. 9 .. > With all women of the same class, however, the hand is to be taken: this is the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.20) dharmyairvivāhairjāyaṃte dharmyā eva śatāyuṣaḥ .. > From righteous marriages are born righteous \[children\], living a hundred years; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.21) adharmyairdharmarahitā maṃdabhāgyadhanāyuṣaḥ .. 4.1.38.10 .. > From unrighteous ones \[are born those\] devoid of righteousness, with little fortune, wealth, or lifespan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.22) ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ dharmoyaṃ gṛhiṇaḥ paraḥ .. > Approaching \[one's wife\] during the fertile period is the supreme duty of a householder; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.23) strīṇāṃ varamanusmṛtya yathākāmyathavā bhavet .. 11 .. > Or, bearing in mind the boon granted to women, he may approach her as she desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.24) divābhigamanaṃ puṃsāmanāyuṣyaṃ paraṃ matam .. > Approaching her by day is considered by men to be highly destructive to lifespan; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.25) śrāddhāhaḥ sarvaparvāṇi yatnāttyājyāni dhīmatā .. 12 .. > The day of an ancestral rite and all holy festivals must be avoided with effort by the wise man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.26) tatra gacchanstriyaṃ mohāddharmātpracyavate parāt .. 13 .. > Approaching a woman at such times out of delusion, he falls from the highest virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.27) ṛtukālābhigāmī yaḥ svadāranirataśca yaḥ .. > He who approaches \[his wife\] only during the fertile period, and he who is devoted to his own wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.28) sa sadā brahmacārī ca vijñeyaḥ sadgṛhāśramī .. 14.. > Is to be known as a perpetual celibate student and a true dweller in the householder stage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.29) ṛtuḥ ṣoḍaśayāminyaścatasrastā sugarhitāḥ .. > The fertile season consists of sixteen nights; the \[first\] four among them are severely condemned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.30) putrāstāsvapi yā yugmā ayugmāḥ kanyakā prajāḥ .. 15 .. > Among those, sons are born on the even nights, and on odd nights, female offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.31) tyaktvā caṃdramasaṃ duḥsthaṃ maghāṃ pauṣṇaṃ vihāya ca .. > Avoiding an ill-placed moon, and having avoided Maghā and Pauṣṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.32) śuciḥ sannirviśetpatnīṃ punnāmarkṣe viśeṣataḥ .. > Being pure, he should unite with his wife, especially under a constellation with a masculine name; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.33) śuciṃ putraṃ prasūyeta puruṣārthaprasādhakam .. 16 .. > She will give birth to a pure son who achieves the aims of human life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.34) ārṣe vivāhe godvaṃdvaṃ yaduktaṃ tanna śasyate .. > The pair of cattle prescribed in the ārṣa marriage is not praised; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.35) śulkamaṇvapi kanyāyāḥ kanyā vikrayapāpakṛt .. 17 .. > Even a minute bride-price for a maiden makes one guilty of the sin of selling a maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.36) apatyavikrayī kalpaṃ vasedviṭkṛmibhojane .. > The seller of an offspring shall dwell for an eon feeding on excrement and worms; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.37) ato nāṇvapi kanyāyā upajīvetpitā dhanam .. 18 .. > Therefore, a father must not live on even the slightest wealth belonging to his daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.38) strīdhanānyupajīvaṃti ye mohādiha bāṃdhavāḥ .. > Those kinsmen who here out of delusion live on a woman's property, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.39) na kevalaṃ nirayagāsteṣāmapi hi pūrvajāḥ .. 19 .. > Not only do they go to hell, but their ancestors do as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.40) patyā tuṣyati yatra strī tuṣyedyatra striyā patiḥ .. > Where the wife is pleased with her husband, and where the husband is pleased with his wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.41) tatra tuṣṭā mahālakṣmīrnivaseddānavā'riṇā .. 4.1.38.20 .. > There Great Lakṣmī, delighted, dwells with the Enemy of the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.42) vāṇijyaṃ nṛpateḥ sevā vedānadhyāpanaṃ tathā .. > Commerce, serving the king, not teaching the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.43) kuvivāhaḥ kriyālopaḥ kule patanahetavaḥ .. 21 .. > A bad marriage, and omission of prescribed rites are causes for the fall of a family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.44) kuryādvaivāhike vahnau gṛhyakarmānvahaṃ gṛhī .. > In the domestic fire, the householder should perform the domestic rites every day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.45) paṃcayajñakriyāṃ cāpi paktiṃ dainaṃdinīmapi .. 22 .. > As well as the performance of the five sacrifices and the daily cooking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.46) gṛhasthāśramiṇaḥ paṃca sūnā karma dine dine .. > For a man in the householder stage, there are five slaughterhouses of daily work: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.47) kaṃḍanī peṣaṇī cullī hyudakuṃbhastu mārjanī .. 23 .. > The mortar, the grinding stone, the hearth, the water jar, and the broom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.48) tāsāṃ ca paṃcasūnānāṃ nirākaraṇahetavaḥ .. > To neutralize these five slaughterhouses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.49) kratavaḥ paṃca nirdiṣṭā gṛhi śreyobhivardhanāḥ .. 24 .. > Five sacrifices have been prescribed, which increase the welfare of the householder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.50) pāṭhanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ syāttarpaṇaṃ ca pitṛ kratuḥ .. > Teaching is the sacrifice to Brahman, libation is the sacrifice to the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.51) homo daivo balirbhauto'tithyarcā nṛkratuḥ kramāt .. 25 .. > Burnt offering is for the gods, food-offering is for living beings, and honoring guests is the sacrifice to men, in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.52) pitṛprītiṃ prakurvāṇaḥ kurvīta śrāddhamanvaham .. > Desiring the satisfaction of the ancestors, the householder should perform a śrāddha daily > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.53) annodakapayomūlaiḥ phalairvāpi gṛhāśramī..26.. > With cooked food, water, milk, roots, or fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.54) godānena ca yatpuṇyaṃ pātrāya vidhipūrvakam .. > And whatever merit is obtained by the gift of a cow to a worthy recipient according to the rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.55) satkṛtya bhikṣave bhikṣāṃ dattvā tatphalamāpnuyāt .. 27 .. > He shall attain that fruit by respectfully giving alms to a beggar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.56) tapovidyāsamiddīpte hutaṃ viprāsya pāvake .. > An oblation offered into the fire of a brahmin's mouth, blazing with austerity and sacred knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.57) tārayedvighnasaṃghebhyaḥ pāpābdherapi dustarāt .. 28 .. > Rescues one from a multitude of obstacles and even from the impassable ocean of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.58) anarcito'tithirgehādbhagnāśo yasya gacchati .. > From whose house a guest departs unhonored and disappointed in hope, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.59) ājanmasaṃcitātpuṇyātkṣaṇātsa hi bahirbhavet .. 29 .. > He instantly becomes excluded from all the merit accumulated since birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.60) sāṃtvapūrvāṇi vākyāni śayyārthe bhūstṛṇodake .. > Words preceded by consolation, ground for resting, grass, and water— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.61) etānyapi pradeyāni sadābhyāgata tuṣṭaye .. 4.1.38.30 .. > Even these must always be given to satisfy an arriving guest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.62) gṛhasthaḥ parapākādī pretya tatpaśutāṃ vrajet .. > A householder who eats food cooked by another becomes that person's domestic animal after death; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.63) śreyaḥ parānnapuṣṭasya gṛhṇīyādannado yataḥ .. 31 .. > For the giver of food takes the welfare of the one nourished on another's food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.64) ādityoḍho'tithiḥ sāyaṃ satkartavyaḥ prayatnataḥ .. > A guest brought by the setting sun in the evening must be honored with effort; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.65) asatkṛtonyato gacchanduṣkṛtaṃ bhūri yacchati .. 32 .. > Departing elsewhere unhonored, he passes on extensive sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.66) bhuṃjāno'tithiśeṣānnamihāyurdhanabhāgbhavet .. > Eating the food left over from a guest, he partakes of longevity and wealth in this world; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.67) praṇodyātithimannāśī kilbiṣī ca gṛhāśramī .. 33 .. > A householder who eats his meal after turning away a guest is a sinner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.68) vaiśvadevāṃta saṃprāptaḥ sūryoḍho vātithiḥ smṛtaḥ.. > A guest is defined as one who arrives at the end of the vaiśvadeva sacrifice, or brought by the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.69) na pūrvakāla āyāto na ca dṛṣṭacaraḥ kvacit .. 34 .. > Who has not come at an earlier time, and has never been seen before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.70) balipātrakare vipre yadyanyotithirāgataḥ .. > If another guest arrives while the food-offering vessel is in the brahmin's hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.71) adattvā taṃ baliṃ tasmai yathāśaktyānnamarpayet .. 35 .. > Without giving that offering, he should provide food to him according to his capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.72) kumārāśca svavāsinyo garbhiṇyo'tirujānvitāḥ .. > Young children, married daughters staying in the home, pregnant women, and the afflicted: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.73) atitherāditopyete bhojyā nātra vicāraṇā .. 36 .. > These should be fed even before the guest; on this matter there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.74) pitṛdevamanuṣyebhyo dattvāśnātyamṛtaṃ gṛhī .. > Having given to the ancestors, the gods, and men, the householder partakes of nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.75) svārthaṃ pacannaghaṃ bhuṃkte kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ .. 37 .. > cooking for his own sake, he eats \[only\] sin, merely filling his own belly. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.76) mādhyāhnikaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ gṛhasthaḥ svayamācaret .. > The householder should perform the midday Vaiśvadeva \[offering\] himself; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.77) patnī sāyaṃ baliṃ dadyātsiddhānnairmaṃtravarjitam .. 38 .. > in the evening, his wife should offer the bali offering with cooked food, without mantras. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.78) etatsāyaṃtanaṃ nāma vaiśvadevaṃ gṛhāśrame .. > This is known as the evening Vaiśvadeva in the householder order of life; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.79) sāyaṃprātarbhavedeva vaiśvadevaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 39 .. > Vaiśvadeva must indeed take place evening and morning with diligent effort. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.80) vaiśvadevena ye hīnā ātithyena vivarjitāḥ .. > Those who are devoid of the Vaiśvadeva, destitute of hospitality, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.81) sarve te vṛṣalā jñeyāḥ prāptavedā api dvijāḥ .. 4.1.38.40 .. > are all to be known as outcasts, even if they are twice-born who have acquired the Vedas. // 4.1.38.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.82) akṛtvā vaiśvadevaṃ tu bhuṃjate ye dvijādhamāḥ .. > The lowest of the twice-born who eat without having performed the Vaiśvadeva > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.83) iha lokennahīnāḥ syuḥ kākayoniṃ vrajaṃtyatha .. 41 .. > become deprived of food in this world, and then go to the womb of a crow. // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.84) vedoditaṃ svakaṃ karma nityaṃ kuryādataṃdritaḥ .. > Unwearied, one should constantly perform one's own duty declared in the Veda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.85) taddhi kurvanyathāśakti prāpnuyātsadgatiṃ parām .. 42 .. > for performing that according to one's ability, one attains the supreme good destination. // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.86) ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorvasetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi .. > On the sixth and eighth \[lunar days\], sin always resides in oil and meat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.87) paṃcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ tathaiva ca bhagekṣure .. 43 .. > and likewise on the fifteenth and the fourteenth, \[sin resides\] in sexual intercourse and sugarcane. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.88) udayaṃ taṃ na cekṣeta nāstaṃ yaṃtaṃ na madhyagam .. > One should not gaze upon the sun rising, nor setting, nor at midday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.89) na rāhuṇopasṛṣṭaṃ ca nāṃbusaṃsthaṃ divākaram.. 44 .. > nor seized by Rāhu, nor reflected in water. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.90) na vīkṣetātmamanorūpamāśudhāvenna varṣati .. > One should not look at one's own image \[in water\]; one should not run fast when it rains; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.91) nollaṃghayedvatsataṃtrīṃ na nagno jalamāviśet .. 45 .. > one should not step over a calf-rope; one should not enter water naked. // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.92) devatāyatanaṃ vipraṃ dhenuṃ madhumṛdaṃ ghṛtam .. > A temple of a deity, a brahmin, a cow, honey, clay, clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.93) jātivṛddhaṃ vayovṛddhaṃ vidyāvṛddhaṃ tapasvinam .. 46 .. > one senior in caste, senior in age, senior in learning, an ascetic, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.94) aśvatthaṃ caityavṛkṣaṃ ca guruṃ jalabhṛtaṃ ghaṭam .. > a sacred fig tree, a caitya-tree, an elder, a water-filled jar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.95) siddhānnaṃ dadhisiddhārthaṃ gacchankuryātpradakṣiṇam .. 47 .. > cooked food, curd, and white mustard seeds—passing \[these\], one should make a clockwise circumambulation. // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.96) rajasvalāṃ na seveta nāśnīyātsaha bhāryayā.. > One should not consort with a menstruating woman; one should not eat together with one's wife; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.97) ekavāsā na bhuṃjīta na bhuṃjītotkaṭāsane.. 48 .. > one should not eat wearing a single garment; one should not eat on an elevated seat. // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.98) nāśnaṃtīṃ strīṃ samīkṣeta tejaskāmo dvijottamaḥ .. > An excellent twice-born desiring splendour should not look at a woman who is eating; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.99) asaṃtarpya pitṝndevānnādyādannaṃ navaṃ kvacit .. 49 .. > without gratifying the ancestors and the gods, one should never eat new grain. // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.100) pakvānnaṃ cāpi no māṃsaṃ dīrghakālaṃ jijīviṣuḥ .. > \[Nor should one eat\] cooked food \[kept\] a long time, nor meat, if one desires to live long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.101) na mūtraṃ govraje kuryānna valmīke na bhasmani .. 4.1.38.50 .. > One should not pass urine in a cattle-pen, nor on an anthill, nor on ashes, // 4.1.38.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.102) na garteṣu sasatveṣu na tiṣṭhanna vrajannapi .. > nor in cavities containing living creatures, nor standing, nor even walking. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.103) goviprasūryavāyvagni caṃdrarkṣāṃbu gurūnapi .. 51 .. > Cows, brahmins, the sun, wind, fire, the moon, stars, water, and teachers— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.104) abhipaśyanna kurvīta malamūtravisarjanam.. > facing towards them, one should not discharge faeces or urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.105) tiraskṛtyāvaniṃ loṣṭakāṣṭhaparṇatṛṇādibhiḥ .. 52 .. > Having covered the ground with clods of earth, pieces of wood, leaves, grass, and the like, // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.106) prāvṛtya vāsasā mauliṃ maunī viṇmūtramutsṛjet .. > \[and\] having covered the head with a garment, silent, one should discharge faeces and urine; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.107) yathāsukhamukho rātrau dinecchāyāṃdhakārayoḥ .. 53 .. > facing comfortably at night, and in the day in shade or darkness. // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.108) bhītiṣu prāṇabādhāyāṃ kuryānmalavisarjanam .. > In dangers and in peril to life, one may discharge bodily waste \[in any way\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.109) mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ nagnāṃ nekṣeta yoṣitam .. 54 .. > One should not blow on fire with the mouth; one should not gaze at a naked woman. // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.110) nāṃghrī pratāpayedagnau na vastvaśuci nikṣipet.. > One should not warm one's feet in fire; one should not cast an impure object \[into fire\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.111) prāṇihiṃsāṃ na kurvīta nāśnīyātsam̐dhyayordvayoḥ..55.. > one should not commit harm to living beings; one should not eat at the two twilights. // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.112) na saṃviśeta saṃdhyāyāṃ pratyaksaumyaśirā api.. > One should not lie down at twilight, even with head towards the west or the north; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.113) viṇmūtraṣṭhīvanaṃ nāpsu kuryāddīrghajijīviṣuḥ.. 56.. > one who desires to live long should not discharge faeces, urine, or phlegm into water. // 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.114) nācakṣīta dhayaṃtīṃ gāṃ neṃdracāpaṃ pradarśayet.. > One should not announce a suckling cow; one should not point out a rainbow; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.115) naikaḥ supyātkvacicchūnye na śayānaṃ prabodhayet.. 57.. > one should not sleep alone anywhere in an empty place; one should not awaken someone who is sleeping. // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.116) paṃthānaṃ naikalo yāyānna vāryaṃjalinā pibet .. > One should not travel a road alone; one should not drink water with folded hands; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.117) na divodbhūta sāraṃ ca bhakṣayeddadhino niśi .. 58 .. > and one should not consume curd at night whose essence arose during the day. // 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.118) strīdharmiṇyā nābhivadennādyādātṛpti rātriṣu .. > One should not speak to a menstruating woman; one should not eat to full satiety at night; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.119) tauryatrika priyo na syātkāṃsye pādau na dhāvayet .. 59 .. > one should not be fond of the triple symphony; one should not wash one's feet in a bell-metal vessel. // 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.120) śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā para śrāddhe yo'śnīyājjñānavarjitaḥ .. > He who, having performed a śrāddha, eats at another's śrāddha, devoid of discernment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.121) dātuḥ śrāddhaphalaṃ nāsti bhoktā kilbiṣabhugbhavet .. 4.1.38.60 .. > for the giver there is no fruit of the śrāddha, and the eater becomes a consumer of sin. // 4.1.38.60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.122) na dhārayedanyabhuktaṃ vāsaśco pānahāvapi .. > One should not wear clothing or shoes used by another; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.123) na bhinna bhājaneśnīyānnāsītāgnyādi dūṣite.. 61.. > one should not eat from a broken vessel, nor sit \[where\] defiled by fire and the like. // 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.124) ārohaṇaṃ gavāṃ pṛṣṭhe pretadhūmaṃ sarittaram.. > Riding on the back of cattle, the smoke of a corpse, swimming across a river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.125) bālātapaṃ divāsvāpaṃ dyajeddīrghaṃ jijīviṣuḥ.. 62.. > the morning sun, and daytime sleep—one who desires to live long should avoid. // 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.126) snātvā na mārjayedgātraṃ visṛjenna śikhāṃ pathi.. > Having bathed, one should not wipe one's body; one should not unloose one's topknot on the road; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.127) hastau śiro na dhunuyānnākarṣedāsanaṃ padā.. 63.. > one should not shake one's hands or head; one should not drag a seat with one's foot. // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.128) notpāṭayellomanakhaṃ daśanena kadācana.. > One should never pull out hair or nails with one's teeth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.129) karajaiḥ karajacchedaṃ tṛṇacchedaṃ vivarjayet..64.. > one should avoid cutting nails with nails, and cutting grass. // 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.130) śubhāyana yadāyatyāṃ tyajettatkarma yatnataḥ.. > That action which does not lead to auspiciousness in the future, one should diligently avoid; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.131) advāreṇa na gaṃtavyaṃ svaveśmaparaveśmanoḥ.. 65.. > one should not enter one's own house or another's house through an improper entrance. // 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.132) krīḍennākṣaiḥ sahāsīta na dharmaghnairna rogibhiḥ .. > One should not play with dice; one should not sit with destroyers of dharma nor with diseased persons; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.133) na śayīta kvacinnagnaḥ pāṇau bhuṃjīta naiva ca .. 66 .. > one should never sleep naked, and one should never eat from the palm of the hand. // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.134) ārdrapādakarāsyośnandīrghakālaṃ ca jīvati .. > Eating with wet feet, hands, and mouth, one lives for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.135) saṃviśennārdracaraṇo nocchiṣṭaḥ kvacidāvrajet .. 67 .. > He should not go to sleep with wet feet, nor should he go anywhere impure from food \[with unwashed hands and mouth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.136) śayanastho na cāśnīyānnapibenna japeddvijaḥ .. > Lying in bed, a twice-born man should not eat, / nor should he drink, nor should he recite sacred texts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.137) sopānatkaścanācāmenna tiṣṭhandhārayā pibet .. 68 .. > Wearing shoes, he should not perform ācamana, nor should he drink from a stream while standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.138) sarvaṃ tilamayaṃ nādyātsāyaṃ śarmābhilāṣukaḥ.. > Desiring well-being, he should not eat anything made of sesame in the evening. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.139) na nirīkṣeta viṇmūtre nocchiṣṭaḥ saṃspṛśecchiraḥ .. 69 .. > He should not gaze at feces and urine, nor touch his head when impure from food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.140) nādhitiṣṭhettuṣāṃgāra bhasmakeśakapālikāḥ .. > He should not step upon chaff, burning coals, ashes, hair, or potsherds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.141) patitaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ patanāyaiva jāyate .. 4.1.38.70 .. > Dwelling together with fallen men leads only to falling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.142) śrāvayedvaidikaṃ maṃtraṃ na śūdrāya kadācana .. > He should never recite a Vedic mantra to a Śūdra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.143) brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate .. 71 .. > The brahmin falls from brahminhood, and the Śūdra falls from dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.144) dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet .. > Instructing Śūdras in dharma strikes down one's own welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.145) dvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharmaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ hi paro mataḥ .. 72 .. > For serving the twice-born is considered the highest dharma of Śūdras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.146) kaṃḍūyanaṃ hi śirasaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ na śubhaṃ matam .. > Scratching the head with both hands is not considered auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.147) ātāḍanaṃ karābhyāṃ ca krośanaṃ keśaluṃcanam ..73 .. > nor striking \[oneself\] with both hands, shouting, or tearing one's hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.148) aśāstravartino bhūpāllubdhātkṛtvā pratigraham .. > By accepting a gift from a king who acts against the scriptures and is greedy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.149) brāhmaṇaḥ sānvayo yāti narakānekaviṃśatim .. 74 .. > a brahmin, along with his family, goes to the twenty-one hells. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.150) akālavidyutstanite varṣartau pāṃsuvarṣaṇe .. > During unseasonal lightning and thunder, in the rainy season when dust rains down, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.151) mahāvātadhvanau rātrāvanadhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ .. 75 .. > and in the roaring of a great wind at night, times of non-recitation are proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.152) ulkāpāte ca bhūkaṃpe digdāhe madhyarātriṣu .. > During the fall of meteors, earthquakes, an eerie glow on the horizons, at midnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.153) saṃdhyayorvṛṣalopāṃte rājñorāhośca sūtake .. 76 .. > at the two twilights, in the presence of a Śūdra, during the pollution from birth or death of a king or during an eclipse \[by Rāhu\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.154) darśāṣṭakāsu bhūtāyāṃ śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca .. > on the new-moon day, on the Aṣṭakās, on the fourteenth tithi, and having received gifts from an ancestral rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.155) pratipadyapi pūrṇāyāṃ gajoṣṭrābhyāṃ kṛtāṃtare .. 77 .. > on the first tithi, on the full-moon day, when an elephant or a camel comes between \[teacher and student\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.156) kharoṣṭrakroṣṭra virute samavāye rudatyapi .. > at the braying of a donkey, camel, or jackal, in a crowd, and while someone weeps, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.157) upākarmaṇi cotsarge nāvimārge tarau jale .. 78 .. > at the Upākarma and the Utsarga, on a boat, on a path, in a tree, in water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.158) āraṇyakamadhītyāpi bāṇasāmnorapi dhvanau .. > having studied the Āraṇyaka, and at the sound of the flute and the singing of Sāmans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.159) anadhyāyeṣu caiteṣu nādhīyīta dvijaḥ kvacit .. 79 .. > at these times of non-recitation, a twice-born man should never study. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.160) kṛtāṃtarāyo na paṭhedbhekākhu śvāhi babhrubhiḥ .. > Interrupted by a frog, a mouse, a dog, a snake, or a mongoose, he should not recite; / on the fourteenth, eighth, and fifteenth tithis, he should always remain celibate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.161) bhūtāṣṭamyoḥ paṃcadaśyorbrahmacārī sadā bhavet .. 4.1.38.80 .. > \[Combined with segment 26 in verse count 80\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.162) anāyuṣyakaraṃ caiva paradāropasarpaṇam .. > Approaching another man's wife shortens one's lifespan; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.163) tasmāttaddūratastyājyaṃ vairiṇāṃ copasevanam .. 81 .. > therefore, it must be avoided from afar, as well as serving enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.164) pūrvarddhibhiḥ parityaktamātmānaṃ nāvamānayet .. > Deprived of former wealth, he should not despise himself; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.165) sadodyamavatāṃ yasmācchriyo vidyā na durlabhāḥ .. 82 .. > for to those who are ever energetic, prosperity and knowledge are not difficult to obtain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.166) satyaṃ brūyātpriyaṃ brūyānnabrūyātsatyamapriyam .. > He should speak truth, he should speak pleasantly; he should not speak an unpleasant truth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.167) priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyādeṣa dharmo ghaṭodbhava .. 83 .. > nor should he speak a pleasant falsehood: this is the eternal law, O pot-born \[Agastya\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.168) bhadrameva vadennityaṃ bhadrameva viciṃtayet .. > He should always speak only what is auspicious; he should contemplate only what is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.169) bhadraireveha saṃsargo nābhadraiśca kadācana .. 84 .. > Here, association should only be with the virtuous, never with the unvirtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.170) rūpavittakulairhīnānsudhīrnādhikṣipennarān .. > A wise man should not insult men devoid of beauty, wealth, or good birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.171) puppavaṃtau na cekṣeta tvaśucirjyotiṣāṃ gaṇam .. 85 .. > When impure, he should not look upon the sun and moon, nor upon the host of luminaries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.172) vācovegaṃ manovegaṃ jihvāvegaṃ ca varjayet .. > He should check the impulse of speech, the impulse of the mind, and the impulse of the tongue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.173) utkoca dyūta dautyārta dravyaṃ dūrātparityajet ..86.. > He should shun from afar wealth \[gotten from\] bribery, gambling, or the distress of an envoy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.174) gobrāhmaṇāgnīnucchiṣṭa pāṇinā naiva saṃspṛśet.. > He should never touch cows, brahmins, or fire with hands impure from food; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.175) na spṛśedanimitte nakhāni svāni tvanāturaḥ .. 87 .. > when healthy, he should not touch his own nails without a reason. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.176) guhyajānyapi lomāni tatsparśādaśucirbhavet .. > Nor should he touch pubic hairs; from touching them he becomes impure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.177) pādadhautodakaṃ mūtramucchiṣṭānnodakāni ca.. 88.. > Water used for washing the feet, urine, water and leftover food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.178) niṣṭhīvanaṃ ca śleṣmāṇaṃ gṛhāddūraṃ vinikṣipet .. > spittle, and phlegm he should throw far from the house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.179) aharniśaṃ śruterjāpyācchaucācāraniṣevaṇāt .. > From day and night recitation of the Veda, from following pure conduct, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.180) adrohavatyā buddhyā ca pūrvaṃ janma smareddvijaḥ .. 89 .. > and with a mind devoid of malice, a twice-born man remembers his previous birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.181) vṛddhānprayatnādvaṃdeta dadyātteṣāṃ svamāsanam .. > He should diligently bow to the elderly and give them his own seat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.182) vinamradhamanistasmādanuyāyāttataśca tān ..4.1.38.90 .. > with humbled senses, he should then follow behind them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.183) śruti bhūdeva devānāṃ nṛpa sādhu tapasvinām.. > Of the Veda, brahmins, the gods, kings, virtuous men, ascetics, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.184) pativratānāṃ nārīṇāṃ niṃdāṃ kuryānna karhicit.. 91 .. > and chaste wives, he should never make censure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.185) na manuṣyastutiṃ kuryānnātmānamapamānayet .. > He should not flatter mortals, nor should he demean himself; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.186) abhyudyataṃ na praṇudetparamarmāṇi noccaret .. 92.. > he should not turn away one who comes for help, nor disclose another's secrets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.187) adharmādedhate pūrvaṃ vidveṣṭṝnapi saṃjayet.. > By unrighteousness a man prospers at first, and even conquers his enemies; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.188) sarvatobhadramāpyāpi tato naśyecca sānvayaḥ .. 93 .. > having attained auspiciousness on all sides, he is then destroyed along with his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.189) uddhṛtya paṃca mṛtpiṃḍānsnāyātparajalāśaye .. > Taking out five lumps of clay, he should bathe in another's body of water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.190) anuddhṛtya ca tatkarturenasaḥ syātturīyabhāk .. 94 .. > not taking \[them\] out, he partakes of a fourth of the sin of its maker. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.191) śraddhayā pātramāsādya yatkiṃciddīyate vasu .. > Whatever wealth is given with faith, having found a worthy recipient, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.192) deśe kāle ca vidhinā tadānaṃtyāya kalpate .. 95 .. > in a proper place and time according to the rule, leads to endless merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.193) bhūprado maṃḍalādhīśaḥ sarvatrasukhinonnadāḥ .. > The giver of land becomes a ruler of a realm; givers of food are happy everywhere; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.194) toyadātā sadā tṛpto rūpavānrūpyado bhavet .. 96 .. > the giver of water is ever satisfied; the giver of silver becomes handsome. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.195) pradīpado nirmalākṣo godātā'ryamalokabhāk .. > The giver of a lamp possesses clear eyes; the giver of a cow attains the world of Aryaman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.196) svarṇadātā ca dīrghāyustiladaḥ syāttu suprajāḥ .. 97 .. > The giver of gold attains long life, while the giver of sesame seeds will have good offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.197) veśmado 'tyuccasaudheśo vastradaścaṃdralo kabhāk .. > The giver of a house becomes the master of lofty mansions; the giver of clothing attains the world of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.198) hayaprado divyayāno lakṣmīvānvṛṣabhapradaḥ .. 98.. > The giver of a horse attains a divine conveyance; the giver of an ox becomes possessed of fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.199) subhāryaḥ śibikā dātā suparyaṃka pradopi ca .. > The giver of a palanquin obtains a good wife, and the giver of an excellent bed also \[obtains one\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.38.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.38.200) dhānyaiḥ samṛddhimānnityamabhayaprada īśitā ..99.. > The giver of grain is ever endowed with prosperity; the giver of fearlessness becomes a ruler. > — English (machine translation) (machine 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