[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) › 4.40.41.2 # Skandapurana 4.40.41.2 Skandapurāṇa 4.40.41.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.40.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41.2) śvāvidgodhe praśaste ca jñātāśca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ .. āyuṣkāmaiḥ svargakāmaistyājyaṃ māṃsaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 15 .. yajñārthaṃ paśuhiṃsā yā sā svargyā netarā kvacit .. tyajetparyuṣitaṃ sarvamakhaṃḍasneha varjitam.. 16 .. prāṇātyaye kratau śrāddhe bhaiṣaje viprakāmyayā.. alaulyamitthaṃ palalaṃ bhakṣayannaiva doṣabhāk .. 17 .. na tādṛśaṃ bhavetpāpaṃ mṛgayāvṛttikāṃkṣiṇaḥ .. yādṛśaṃ bhavati pretya laulyānmāṃsopasevinaḥ .. 18 .. makhārthaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭāḥ paśu druma mṛgauṣadhīḥ .. nighnannahiṃsako viprastāsāmapi śubhā gatiḥ .. 19 .. pitṛdevakratukṛte madhuparkārthameva ca .. tatra hiṃsāpyahiṃsā syāddhiṃsānyatra sudustarā .. 4.1.40.20 .. yo jaṃtūnātmapuṣṭyarthaṃ hinasti jñānadurbalaḥ .. durācārasya tasyeha nāmutrāpi sukhaṃ kvacit.. 21 .. bhoktānumaṃtā saṃskartā krayivikrayi hiṃsakāḥ .. upahartā ghātayitā hiṃsakāścāṣṭadhā smṛtāḥ .. 22 .. pratyabdamaśvamedhena śataṃ varṣāṇi yo yajet .. amāṃsabhakṣako yaśca tayoraṃtyo viśiṣyate .. 23 .. yathaivātmā parastadvaddraṣṭavyaḥ sukhamicchatā .. sukhaduḥkhāni tulyāni yathātmani tathā pare .. 24 .. sukhaṃ vā yadi vā cānyadyatkiṃcitkriyate pare.. tatkṛtaṃ hi punaḥ paścātsarvamātmani saṃbhavet .. 25 .. na kleśena vinā dravyamarthahīne kutaḥ kriyāḥ .. kriyāhīne kuto dharmo dharmahīne kutaḥ sukham .. .. 26 .. sukhaṃ hi sarvairākāṃkṣyaṃ tacca dharmasamudbhavam.. tasmāddharmotra kartavyaścāturvarṇyena yatnataḥ .. 27 .. nyāyāgatena dravyeṇa kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam .. dānaṃ ca vidhinā deyaṃ kāle pātre ca bhāvataḥ .. 28 .. > The hedgehog and monitor lizard are also praised, and \[certain\] known deer and birds; / By those desiring long life and heaven, meat is to be abandoned with great effort. // 15 // That killing of animals which is for the purpose of sacrifice leads to heaven, never any other; / One should avoid all stale food, except that which is saturated with unbroken fat. // 16 // At the risk of life, in a sacrifice, in a śrāddha, for medicine, or at the request of a vipra, / Eating meat in this manner without greed, one does not incur fault. // 17 // There is not such sin for one seeking a livelihood through hunting, / As that which occurs in the hereafter for one who indulges in meat out of greed. // 18 // Beasts, trees, deer, and medicinal plants were created by Brahmā for the sake of sacrifice; / A vipra who slaughters \[them\] is not a slayer, and their destiny too is auspicious. // 19 // For the sake of the ancestors, gods, and sacrifices, and also for the madhuparka offering: / In those cases, even killing is non-injury; elsewhere, the injury is exceedingly hard to cross over. // 20 // The fool weak in knowledge who harms living creatures for his own nourishment, / That person of wicked conduct has no happiness here nor anywhere in the next world. // 21 // The eater, the consenter, the cook, the buyer, the seller, the slaughterer, / The deliverer, and the cause of death—these eight are remembered as killers. // 22 // He who sacrifices every year with a horse-sacrifice for a hundred years, / And he who does not eat meat: of these two, the latter is superior. // 23 // Just as oneself, so another should be regarded by one desiring happiness; / Pleasures and pains are equal: as in oneself, so in another. // 24 // Whether happiness or whatever else is done to another, / All that which was done will indeed afterwards happen to oneself. // 25 // There is no wealth without trouble; for one devoid of wealth, whence rituals? / For one devoid of rituals, whence dharma? For one devoid of dharma, whence happiness? // 26 // Happiness is indeed desired by all, and that arises from dharma; / Therefore dharma must be performed here with effort by all four classes. // 27 // Transmundane rites should be performed with wealth acquired through righteous means; / And a gift should be given according to rule, at the proper time, to a worthy recipient, with sincerity. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.40.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41.1) - [Next: 4.40.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41.3) - [Up: 4.40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.40.41.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.2654) — Sanskrit - [Dakṣasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.3.20) — Dakṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.40.41.2) · Pramāṇa