[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) › 5.202 # Skandapurana 5.202 Skandapurāṇa 5.202 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.202.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.1) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. evaṃ śuddhyarthamāyāto nāgarāṇāṃ puraḥ sthitaḥ .. nāgaraḥ śuddhimāproti yathā tanme vada dvijaḥ .. 1 .. > Ānarta said: / “O brahmin, tell me how a N膩gara, who has approached for purification / and stands before the Nāgaras, attains purification.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.1\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.1_1) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.2) evaṃ madhyasthavacanātsamudāye sthire sati .. sa praṣṭavyaḥ piturmātā katamā te vadasva naḥ .. 2 .. > “When the assembly has become steady through the word of the arbiter, / he should be asked: ‘Tell us, which was your father’s mother? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.3) kiṃ gotraḥ katamastasyāḥ pitā kiṃpravaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. evaṃ tasyānvayaṃ jñātvā gotrapravarasaṃyutam .. 3.. > Of what gotra was she? Who was her father, and what was his pravara remembered to be?’ / Having thus ascertained her lineage, along with gotra and pravara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.4) praṣṭavyā ca tato mātā tasyāścāpi ca yā bhavet .. jananī cāpi praṣṭavyā tasyāścāpi ca yā bhavet .. 4 .. > then her mother should be questioned, / and the mother who bore her should also be questioned, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.5) jñātavyā sāpi yatnena brāhmaṇaiḥ śuddhi karmaṇi..5.. > and she too must be diligently investigated by the brahmins in the rite of purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.6) pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ.. śodhanīyāḥ prayatnena trayaścaite'pi tasya ca..6.. > The father, the paternal grandfather, and likewise the paternal great-grandfather— / these three of his must also be carefully verified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.7) tathā pitāmahīpakṣe traya ete dvijottamāḥ.. mātāmahastatastasya pitā tasyāpi yaḥ pitā..7.. > Likewise on the paternal grandmother’s side, these three \[generations\], O best of brahmins; / then his maternal grandfather, that man's father, and whoever was his father; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.8) mātā mātāmahī caiva tathaivānyā prapūrvikā.. pitāmahyāśca yā mātā sāpi śodhyā sabhartṛkā .. 8 .. > the mother, the maternal grandmother, and likewise the one preceding her; / and the mother of the paternal grandmother must also be verified, along with her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.9) evaṃ śākhā'gamaṃ jñātvā tasya sarvaṃ yathākramam .. mūlavaṃśādadhiṣṭhānaṃ nyagrodhasyeva sarvataḥ .. 9 .. > Having thus ascertained his tradition and lineage in due order, / extending on all sides from the root lineage like \[the branches and roots of\] a banyan tree, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.10) tataḥ śuddhiḥ pradātavyā sindūrati lakena tu .. cātuścaraṇamaṃtraiśca dattvāśīrvacanaṃ kramāt .. 6.203.10 .. > purification should then be granted by applying a red-lead mark / and reciting benedictions in order, with the four-footed mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.11) tato vācyaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha madhyasthena tadagrataḥ .. dattvā tālatrayaṃ rājañchuddho'yaṃ nāgaro dvijaḥ .. sāmānyapadayogyaśca saṃjātaḥ sāṃprataṃ dvijaḥ .. 11 .. > Then, O best of kings, after giving three claps of the hands in front of him, / the arbiter should proclaim: ‘O king, this Nāgara brahmin is purified; / now this brahmin has become worthy of common status.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.12) tato'gniśaraṇaṃ gatvā saṃtarpya ca hutāśanam .. pañcavaktreṇa maṃtreṇa dattvā pūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ.. viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātsvaśaktyā bhojanānvitām .. 12 .. > Then, having gone to the fire sanctuary and propitiated the fire, / having offered the final full oblation with the five-faced mantra, / he should give a sacrificial fee to the brahmins according to his ability, accompanied by a meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.13) sindūratilake jāte brahmāgre dvijavākyataḥ .. pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tuṣṭirvaṃśo no'dya pratiṣṭhi taḥ .. 13 .. > When the red-lead mark has been applied before Brahmā by the word of the brahmins, / satisfaction arises among the ancestors: ‘Our lineage is established today.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.14) yasya no jāyate śuddhiḥ śākhābhirmūlavaṃśagā .. nigrahastasya kartavyo dvijārho dvijasattamaiḥ .. 14 .. > He whose purification through the branches belonging to the root lineage does not take place / must receive from the best of brahmins the restraint appropriate for a twice-born.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.15) yathā nānyo hi jāyeta śuddhi stasya prakalpitā.. evaṃ saṃśodhito vipraḥ śrāddhārho jāyate tataḥ..15.. > In such a way that no other \[unworthy one\] may arise, his purification is ordained. / Thus purified, the brahmin then becomes fit for śrāddha rites. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.16) api cāṣṭakulotpannaḥ sāmānyaḥ kiṃ punarhi yaḥ.. aśuddhena tu vipreṇa yaḥ śrāddhā dyaṃ karoti hi .. tasya bhasmahutaṃ yadvatsarvaṃ tajjāyate vṛthā ..16.. > Even one born in the eight families, how much more so an ordinary one! / Indeed, for one who performs śrāddha and the like with an unpurified brahmin, / all of that becomes futile, like an oblation poured into ashes. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.17) tasmātsarvaprayatnena śodhyo'yaṃ nāgaro dvijaḥ .. svasthānasya viśuddhyarthaṃ tathaiva svaku lasya ca .. 17 .. > Therefore, with every effort, this Nāgara brahmin must be purified, / for the purification of his own settlement and likewise of his own lineage. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.202.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202.203) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgaraviśuddhiprakāravarṇanaṃnāma tryuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 203 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Mode of Purification of Nāgaras', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. // 203 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.202.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.202) · Pramāṇa