[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) › 5.216 # Skandapurana 5.216 Skandapurāṇa 5.216 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.1) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. vidhinā yena kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ sarvaṃ munīśvara.. tamācakṣvā'dya kārtsnyena śraddhā me mahatī sthitā.. 1 .. > Ānarta said: / By what rite is the whole śrāddha to be performed, O lord of sages? / Explain that to me today in its entirety; great faith has arisen in me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.2) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi śrāddhasya vidhimuttamam .. pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭidaṃ nityaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 2 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / Listen, O king, I will explain the supreme rite of the śrāddha, / which grants constant satisfaction to the ancestors and bestows all desires upon men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.4) svakarmopārjitairvittaiḥ śrāddhakāryāṇi cāharet .. māyādibhirna cauryeṇa na cchalāptairna vaṃcanaiḥ.. svavṛttyopārjitairvittaiḥ śrāddhadravyaṃ samāharet.. supratigrahajairdravyairbrāhmaṇānāṃ viśiṣyate..4.. > One should procure the items for the śrāddha with wealth earned by one's own labor, / not by deceit or other \[wicked means\], not by theft, not through fraud, and not by cheating. / One should gather the material for the śrāddha with wealth earned by one's own livelihood; / for brahmins, \[wealth\] derived from worthy gifts is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.5) rakṣaṇāptairnarendrasya vaiśyasya kṣetra saṃbhavaiḥ.. śūdrasya paṇyalabdhaiśca śrāddhaṃ kartuṃ prayujyate..5.. > For a king, it should be obtained through protection; for a vaiśya, from agriculture; / and for a śūdra, obtained through trade: \[with such\] it is enjoined to perform a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.6) evaṃ śuddhisamopete dravye prāpte gṛhāṃtikam.. pūrvedyuḥ sāyamāsādya śrāddhārhāṇāṃ dvijanmanām.. 6 .. > When wealth endowed with such purity has thus been brought near one's house, / having approached on the evening of the previous day the twice-born worthy of a śrāddha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.7) gṛhaṃ gatvā śucirbhūtvā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ.. āmaṃtrayedyatīnpaścātsnātakānbrahmakarmiṇaḥ..7.. > having gone to their house, purified and free from desire and anger, / he should invite ascetics, next snātakas, and performers of sacred rites; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.8) tadabhāve gṛhasthāṃśca brahmajñānaparāyaṇān.. agnihotraparānviprānvedavidyāvicakṣaṇān..8.. > in their absence, householders devoted to the knowledge of Brahman, / brahmins devoted to the agnihotra, and those proficient in the learning of the Vedas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.9) śrotriyāṃśca tathā vṛddhānṣaṭkarmaniratānsadā.. bahubhṛtyakuṭumbāṃśca daridrānsaṃyutānguṇaiḥ..9.. > and Vedic scholars, as well as elders, those always devoted to the six duties, / those having many servants and dependents, the poor who are endowed with good qualities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.10) avyaṃgānroganirmuktāñjitāhārāṃstathā śucīn .. ete syurbrāhmaṇā rājañchrāddhārhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ .. 6.217.10 .. > those free from bodily defects, free from disease, of subdued diet, and pure. / These are the brahmins proclaimed worthy of a śrāddha, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.11) anarhā ye ca nirdiṣṭāḥ śṛṇu tānapi vacmi te .. hīnāṃgānadhikāṃgāṃśca sarvabhākṣannirākṛtīn .. 11 .. > Now hear also those who are designated unworthy; I shall tell them to you: / those with deficient limbs, those with extra limbs, omnivores, those who have neglected their sacred duties, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.12) śyāvadantānvṛthādantānvedavikrayakārakān .. vedaviplavakānvāpi vedaśāstravivarjitān .. .. 12 .. > those with black teeth, those with irregular teeth, those who sell the Veda, / those who corrupt the Veda, or those destitute of the Veda and the scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.13) kunakhānrogasaṃyuktāndvirnagnānparahiṃsakān.. janāpavādasaṃyuktānnāstikānṛtakānapi .. 13 .. > those with deformed nails, those afflicted with disease, the twice-naked, those who harm others, / those burdened with public censure, atheists, and liars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.14) vārdhuṣikānvikarmasthāñchaucācāravivarji tān.. atidīrghānkṛśānvāpi sthūlānapi ca lomaśān .. 14 .. > usurers, those engaged in improper deeds, those devoid of purity and proper conduct, / those who are excessively tall, or emaciated, or obese, and the excessively hairy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.15) nirlomānvarjayecchrāddhe ya icchetpitṛgauravam.. paradāraratā ye ca tathā yo vṛṣalī patiḥ .. 15 .. > One who desires the honor of the ancestors should avoid at a śrāddha hairless men, / those who take pleasure in another's wife, and one who is the husband of a vṛṣalī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.16) vaṃdhyā vai vṛṣalī proktā vṛṣalī ca mṛtaprajā .. aparā vṛṣalī proktā kumārī yā rajasvalā .. 16 .. > A barren woman is indeed called a vṛṣalī, and a vṛṣalī is one whose offspring have died; / another declared to be a vṛṣalī is a maiden who has menstruated \[unmarried\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.17) ṣaṇḍho malimluco dambhī rājapai śunyavṛttayaḥ .. sagotrāyāśca saṃbhūtastathaikapravarāsutaḥ .. 17 .. > A eunuch, a thief, an impostor, those who earn a living by slandering the king, / one born of a woman of the same gotra, and the son of a woman sharing the same pravara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.18) kaniṣṭhaḥ prākkṛtādhānaḥ kṛtodvāhaśca prāktu yaḥ .. tathā prāgdīkṣito yaśca sa tyājyo gṛhasaṃyutaḥ .. 18 .. > a younger brother who has set up the sacred fires first, or who has married first, / and he who was consecrated before \[his elder brother\]: such a one along with his household is to be rejected; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.19) pitṛmātṛparityāgī tathāca gurutalpagaḥ .. nirddoṣāṃ yastyajetpatnīṃ kṛtaghno yaśca karṣukaḥ .. 19 .. > one who abandons father and mother, and likewise one who defiles his guru's bed, / one who abandons a faultless wife, an ungrateful man, and a cultivator of the soil, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.20) śilpajīvī pramādī ca paṇya jīvī kṛtāyudhaḥ .. etānvivarjayecchrāddhe yeṣāṃ no jñāyate kulam .. 6.217.20 .. > one who lives by a craft, a negligent man, one who lives by merchandise, one who bears arms— / these whose lineage is not known, one must avoid at a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.21) ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi ye śastāḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi .. ye brāhmaṇāḥ purā khyātāḥ pāpānāṃ paṃktipāvanāḥ .. 21 .. > Henceforth I shall speak of those who are commended in the śrāddha rite, / the brahmins who were renowned of old as sanctifiers of the row \[of diners\] for sins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.22) triṇāciketastrimadhustrisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṃgavit .. yaśca vidyāvratasnāto dharmadroṇasya pāṭhakaḥ.. 22 .. > one who knows the Triṇāciketa, the Trimadhu, the Trisuparṇa, one who knows the six auxiliaries of the Veda, / one who has bathed upon completing both sacred study and vows, one who recites the Dharmadroṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.23) purāṇajñastathā jñānī vijñeyo jyeṣṭhasāmavit .. atharvaśiraso vettā kratugāmī sukarmakṛt .. 23 .. > one who knows the Purāṇas, a wise man, one to be recognized as knowing the Jyeṣṭhasāman, / one who knows the Atharvaśiras, one who attends sacrifices, a doer of good deeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.23\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.23_1) sadyaḥprakṣālako yaśca śuklo dauhitra eva ca .. jāmātā bhāgineyaśca paropakaraṇe rataḥ .. 22 .. > one who immediately washes \[clean\], a blameless man, a daughter's son, / a son-in-law, a sister's son, one devoted to helping others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.25) mṛṣṭānnādo mṛṣṭavākyaḥ sadā japaparāyaṇaḥ .. ete ? brāhmaṇā jñeyā niḥśeṣāḥ paṃktipāvanāḥ .. 25 .. > an eater of sweet food, one whose speech is sweet, and one who is always devoted to recitation of mantras— / all these brahmins are to be recognized without exception as sanctifiers of the row. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.26) etairvimiśritāḥ sarve garhitā api ye dvijāḥ .. pitṝṇāṃ te'pi kurvaṃti tṛptiṃ bhuktvā kulodbhavāḥ .. 26.. > Mingled with these, even all censured twice-born born of good families / bring satisfaction to the ancestors once they have dined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.27) tasmātsarvaprayatnena kulaṃ jñeyaṃ dbijanmanām .. śīlaṃ paścādvayo nāma kanyādānaṃ tataḥ param .. 27 .. > Therefore, by every effort the lineage of the twice-born must be known, / then conduct, age, name, and after that the giving of a maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.28) śrutaśīlavihīnāya dharmajñāyāpi mānavaḥ .. śrāddhaṃ dadāti kanyāṃ ca yastenāgniṃ vinā hutam .. 28 .. > If a man gives a śrāddha or a maiden to one devoid of learning and good conduct, / even if he knows the law, it is as if he made an oblation without fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.29) ūṣare vāpi taṃ sasyaṃ tuṣāṇāṃ kaṇḍanaṃ kṛtam.. kulācārasamopetāṃstasmācchrāddhe niyojayet .. 29 .. > or sowed grain in saline soil, or pounded empty husks. / Therefore, one should employ at a śrāddha those endowed with the conduct of their lineage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.30) brāhmaṇānnṛpaśārdūla mandavidyādharānapi .. evaṃ vijñāya tānviprāngṛhītvā caraṇau tataḥ .. 6.217.30 .. > brahmins, O tiger among kings, even if possessing little learning. / Knowing those brahmins thus, and then taking hold of their feet, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.31) prayatnena tu savyena pāṇinā dakṣiṇena tu .. yugmānatha yathāśaktyā namaskṛtya punaḥpunaḥ .. 31 .. > carefully with the left hand and with the right, / having bowed again and again to an even number \[of them\] according to one's ability, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.32) dakṣiṇaṃ jānvathālabhya mantramenamudīrayet .. āgacchaṃtu mahābhāgā viśvedevā mahābalāḥ .. 32 .. > and then touching the right knee, he should utter this mantra: / 'May the fortunate and exceedingly mighty Viśvedevas come, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.33) bhaktyāhūtā mayā caiva tvaṃ cāpi vratabhāgbhava .. evaṃ yugmā nsamāmaṃtrya viśvedevakṛte dvijān .. 33 .. > summoned with devotion by me; and may you too be a participant in this observance.' / Having thus invited an even number of twice-born for the sake of the Viśvedevas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.34) apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitrarthaṃ cābhimaṃtrayet .. brāhmaṇāṃstrīnyathāśaktyā ekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak .. 34 .. > then shifting the sacred thread to the right side, he should invite for the sake of the ancestors / three brahmins, according to his ability, separately for each one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.35) ekaikaṃ vā trayāṇāṃ vā ekamevaṃ nimaṃtrayet .. brāhmaṇānmātṛpakṣe ca eṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. 35 .. > or one for each, or he may invite just one for the three. / On the mother's side also, this very rite is prescribed for the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.36) tataḥ pādau parispṛṣṭvā dvijasyedamudīrayet .. śraddhā pūtena manasā pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇaḥ .. 36 .. > Then, touching the two feet of the twice-born, he should say this / with a mind purified by faith, devoted to honoring the ancestors: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.37) pitā me tava kāyesmiṃstathā caiva pitāmahaḥ .. svapitrā sahito hyetu tvaṃ ca vrataparo bhava .. 37 .. > 'May my father, and likewise my grandfather, / along with his own father, truly enter this body of yours, and may you be devoted to the observance.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.38) evaṃ pitṝnsamāhūya tathā mātāmahānatha .. saṃmaṃtritāśca te viprāḥ saṃyamātmāna eva te .. 38 .. > Having thus summoned the paternal ancestors and then the maternal grandfathers, / those invited brahmins, practicing self-restraint, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.39) yajamānaḥ śāṃtamanā brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ .. tāṃ rātriṃ samatikramya prātarutthāya mānavaḥ .. 39 .. > and the sacrificer with a tranquil mind, observing celibacy, / having passed that night and arisen early in the morning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.40) tadahni varjayetkopaṃ svādhyāyaṃ karma kutsitam .. tailābhyaṃgaṃ śramaṃ yānaṃ vāhanaṃ cātha dūrataḥ .. 6.217.40 .. > should strictly avoid on that day anger, Vedic recitation, vile acts, / anointing with oil, exhaustion, travel, and riding a mount. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.41) tato madhyaṃ gate sūrye kāle kutapasaṃjñite .. snātaḥ śuklāṃbaradharaḥ santarpya pitṛdevatāḥ .. santuṣṭāṃśca samāhūtāṃstānviprāñchrāddhamācaret .. 41 .. > Then, when the sun has reached the zenith, at the time called kutapa, / having bathed, wearing white garments, having gratified the ancestors and the gods, / and having invited those Brahmins who are contented, one should perform the śrāddha, 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.42) vivikte gṛhamadhyasthe manojñe dakṣiṇāplave .. na yatra jāyate dṛṣṭiḥ pāpānāṃ krūrakarmiṇām .. 42 .. > in a secluded, pleasant spot in the middle of the house, sloping toward the south, / where the gaze of sinful men of cruel deeds does not fall. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.43) yacchrāddhaṃ vīkṣate śvā vā nārī vā'tha rajasvalā .. patito vā varāho vā tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 43 .. > A śrāddha that is looked upon by a dog, a menstruating woman, / an outcaste, or a boar, that śrāddha goes in vain. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.44) annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ yacca tailāktaṃ vā pradīyate .. sakeśaṃ vā saniṃdyaṃ ca tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 44 .. > And food that is stale, smeared with oil, / with hair, or contemptible, if given, that śrāddha goes in vain. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.45) vibhaktirahitaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathā maunavivarjitam.. dakṣiṇārahitaṃ yacca tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 45 .. > A śrāddha lacking proper distribution, and devoid of silence, / and that which lacks a sacrificial fee, that śrāddha goes in vain. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.46) gharaṭṭolūkhalotthau ca yatra śabdau vyavasthitau .. śūrpasya vā viśeṣeṇa tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 46 .. > Where the sounds of the grindstone and the mortar are heard, / or especially that of a winnowing basket, that śrāddha goes in vain. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.47) yatra saṃskriyamāṇe ca kalahaḥ saṃprajāyate .. paṃktibhedo viśeṣeṇa tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet ..47.. > Where a quarrel arises while it is being prepared, / and especially discrimination in the dining row, that śrāddha goes in vain. 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.48) pūrvāhṇe kriyate yacca rātrau vā saṃdhyayorapi .. paryākāśe tathā deśe tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajeta .. 48 .. > That which is performed in the morning, at night, or during the two twilights, / or in an open space under the sky, that śrāddha goes in vain. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.49) brāhmaṇo yajamāno vā brahmacaryaṃ vinā yadi .. bhuṃkte dadyācca yacchrāddhaṃ tadrājanvyarthatāṃ vrajet ..49.. > If a brahmin or the patron, without celibacy, / eats or offers a śrāddha, O king, that goes in vain. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.50) tuṣadhānyaṃ saniṣpāvaṃ yaccocchiṣṭaṃ ca dīyate .. ardhabhuktaṃ ghṛtaṃ kṣīraṃ tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet ..6.217.50.. > Grain with husks, pulse, leftover food, / or half-consumed ghee and milk that is given, that śrāddha goes in vain. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.51) yeṣu kāleṣu yaddattaṃ śrāddhamakṣayatāṃ vrajet .. tānahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa .. 51 .. > At which times a śrāddha that is given becomes imperishable, / those I shall declare; listen with a focused mind, O king. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.52) manvādīrapi te vacmi tāḥ śṛṇuṣva narādhipa .. pitṝṇāṃ vallabhā nityaṃ sarvapāpakṣayāvahāḥ .. 52 .. > I shall also tell you of the manvādi days; listen to them, O ruler of men: / they are ever dear to the ancestors and destroy all sins. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.53) yāsu toyamapi kṣmāyāṃ pradattaṃ tilamiśritam .. pitṛbhyo'kṣayatāṃ yāti śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 53 .. > On these days, even water mixed with sesame seeds poured upon the earth / for the ancestors with a mind purified by faith becomes inexhaustible. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.54) aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārtikasya ca .. tṛtīyāpi ca māghasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca .. 54 .. > The bright ninth of Āśvina, the twelfth of Kārttika, / the third of Māgha, and likewise \[the third\] of Bhādrapada, 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.55) amāvāsyā tapasyasya pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā .. tathā''ṣāḍhasya daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī .. 55 .. > the new moon of Tapasya, the eleventh of Pauṣa, / likewise the tenth of Āṣāḍha, the seventh of the month of Māgha, 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.56) śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathā''ṣāḍhī va pūrṇimā .. tathā kārtikamāsasya yā cānyā phālgunasya ca .. 56 .. > the dark eighth of Śrāvaṇa, the full moon of Āṣāḍha, / likewise that of the month of Kārttika, and another of Phālguna, 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.57) caitrasya jyeṣṭhamāsasya paṃcaitāḥ pūrṇimā nṛpa .. manūnāmādayaḥ proktāstithayaste mayā nṛpa .. 57 .. > and those of Caitra and the month of Jyeṣṭha—these five full moons, O king: / these lunar days are declared by me to be the beginnings of the Manvantaras, O king. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.58) āsu toyamapi snātvā tila darbhavimiśritam .. pitṝnuddiśya yo dadyātsa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 58 .. > Having bathed on these days, whoever offers even water mixed with sesame and darbha grass / designated for the ancestors goes to the supreme state. 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.59) iha loke pare caiva pitṝṇāṃ ca prasādataḥ .. kiṃ punarvividhairannai rasairvastraiḥ sadakṣiṇaiḥ .. 59 .. > In this world and in the next, by the favor of the ancestors— / what need then to speak of \[offerings of\] various foods, delicacies, clothes, and sacrificial fees? 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.60) adhunā śṛṇu rājendra yugādyāḥ pitṛvallabhāḥ .. yāsāṃ saṃkīrtanenāpi kṣīyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ .. 6.217.60 .. > Now listen, O best of kings, to the beginnings of the Yugas, dear to the ancestors, / by the mere praise of which the accumulation of sin is destroyed. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.61) navamī kārtike śuklā tṛtīyā mādhave sitā .. amāvāsyā ca tapaso nabhasyasya trayodaśī .. 61 .. > The bright ninth of Kārttika, the bright third of Mādhava, / the new moon of Tapas, and the thirteenth of Nabhasya: 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.62) tretākṛtakalīnāṃ tu dvāparasyādayaḥ kramāt .. snāne dāne jape home viśeṣātpitṛtarpaṇe .. 62 .. > these are the beginnings of the Tretā, Kṛta, Kali, and Dvāpara \[yugas\] respectively. / In bathing, giving, recitation of mantras, oblation, and especially ancestral libation, 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.63) kṛtasyākṣayakāriṇyaḥ sukṛtasya mahāphalāḥ .. yadā syānmeṣago bhānustulāṃ vātha yadā vrajet .. 63 .. > they render the performed meritorious deed inexhaustible and of great fruit. / When the sun enters Aries or when it goes to Libra, 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.64) tadā syādviṣuvākhyastu kālaścākṣayakārakaḥ .. makare karkaṭe caiva yadā bhānurvrajennṛpa .. 64 .. > that time is called the equinox and produces inexhaustible merit. / When the sun goes to Capricorn and Cancer, O king, 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.65) tadāyanābhidhānastu viṣuvo'tha viśiṣyate .. raveḥ saṃkramaṇaṃ rāśau saṃkrāṃtiriti kathyate .. 65 .. > that is called the solstice; yet the equinox is distinguished. / The transit of the sun into a zodiac sign is spoken of as a saṃkrānti. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.66) snānadānajapaśrāddhahomādiṣu mahāphalāḥ .. tretādyāḥ kramaśaḥ proktāḥ kālāḥ saṃkrāṃtipūrvakāḥ .. naiteṣu vidyate vighnaṃ dattasyākṣayasaṃjñitāḥ .. 66 .. > Bearing great fruit in bathing, giving, recitation of mantras, śrāddha, oblation, and the like, / the times beginning with the Tretā and the saṃkrāntis have been described in order; / there is no obstacle in these, and what is given is termed imperishable. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.67) aśraddhayā'pi yaddattaṃ kupātrebhyo'pi mānavaiḥ .. akāle'pi hi tatsarvaṃ sadyo hyakṣayatāṃ vrajet .. 67 .. > Whatever is given by men, even without faith, even to unworthy recipients, / and even out of season, all of that immediately becomes truly imperishable. 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.216.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.216.217) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe śrāddhārhapadārthabrāhmaṇakālanirṇaya varṇanaṃnāma saptadaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 217 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventeenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Ascertainment of Proper Materials, Brahmins, and Times for Śrāddha in the Rite of Śrāddha,' in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. 217 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.216.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - 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