[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) › 5.218 # Skandapurana 5.218 Skandapurāṇa 5.218 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.218.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.1) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. kāmyāni te'dhunā vacmi śrāddhāni pṛthivīpate .. yaiḥ kṛtaiḥ samavāpnoti martyo hṛdayasaṃsthitam ..1.. > Bhartṛyajña said: / Now I shall tell you, O lord of the earth, of the optional śrāddhas, / by performing which a mortal obtains that which resides in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.2) yo nārīṃ vāṃchate kṣmāpa rūpāḍhyāṃ śīlamaṇḍanām .. iha loke pare caiva tasyārhaṃ prathamaṃ dinam .. 2.. > He who desires a woman rich in beauty and adorned with good conduct, / in this world and in the next, for him the first day is fit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.3) śrāddhīyapretapakṣasya mukhyabhūtaṃ ca yannṛpa .. ya icchetkanyakāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ suśīlāṃ rūpasaṃyu tām .. dvitīyādivase tena śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ mahīpate .. 3 .. > And that which is the primary \[day\] of the śrāddha fortnight of the ancestors, O king; / he who desires an excellent maiden endowed with good conduct and beauty, / by him a śrāddha should be performed on the second day, O lord of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.4) yo vāṃchati naro'śvāṃśca vāyuvegasamāñjave .. tṛtīyādivase śrāddhaṃ tena kāryaṃ vipaścitā .. 4 .. > The man who desires horses equal to the speed of the wind in swiftness, / by that wise man a śrāddha should be performed on the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.5) yo vāṃchati paśūnmukhyānkupyākupyadhanāni ca .. caturthyāṃ tena kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitṛpratuṣṭaye .. 5 .. > He who desires excellent cattle, and movable and immovable wealth, / should perform a śrāddha on the fourth \[day\] for the satisfaction of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.6) putrānvāṃchati yo'bhīṣṭānsuśīlānvaṃśamaṃḍanān .. pañcamyāṃ tena kartavyaṃ sadā śrāddhaṃ narādhipa .. 6 .. > He who desires desirable sons, well-behaved and ornaments to the lineage, / should always perform a śrāddha on the fifth \[day\], O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.7) yaḥ śrāddhaṃ vaṃśajairdattaṃ paralokagato nṛpa .. vāṃchate tena kartavyaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ śrāddhaṃ vipaścitā .. 7 .. > O king, he who, gone to the other world, desires a śrāddha / offered by his descendants, by that wise man a śrāddha should be performed on the sixth \[day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.8) kṛṣisiddhiṃ ya iccheta graiṣmikīṃ śāradīmapi .. saptamyāṃ yujyate tasya śrāddhaṃ kartuṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 8 .. > He who desires success in agriculture, both of the summer and of the autumn, / it is suitable for him to perform a śrāddha on the seventh \[day\], without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.9) ya icchetpaṇyasaṃsiddhiṃ vyavahārasamudbhavām .. aṣṭamyāṃ yujyate śrāddhaṃ tasya kartuṃ narādhipa .. 9 .. > He who desires success in commodities arising from commerce, / it is suitable for him to perform a śrāddha on the eighth \[day\], O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.10) navamyāṃ śrāddhakṛnnānā catuṣpadagaṇāllam̐bhet .. saubhāgyaṃ roganāśaṃ ca tathā vallabhasaṃgamam .. 6.219.10 .. > Performing a śrāddha on the ninth \[day\], one would obtain various herds of four-footed beasts, / good fortune, the destruction of disease, and union with the beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.11) daśamīdivase śrāddhaṃ yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ .. tasya syādvāṃchitā siddhiḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu sarvadā .. 11 .. > He who performs a śrāddha on the tenth day with focused mind, / his desired success would be attained in all undertakings at all times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.12) ekādaśyāṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ śrāddhakartā labhennaraḥ .. tathā bhūpaprasādaṃ ca yaccānyanmanasi sthitam .. 12 .. > On the eleventh \[day\], the performer of the śrāddha would obtain wealth and grain, / as well as the favor of the king, and whatever else is in his mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.13) yaḥ karoti ca dvādaśyāṃ śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. putrāṃstu pravarāṃścaiva sa paśūnvāṃchitāllam̐bhet .. .. 13 .. > And he who performs a śrāddha on the twelfth \[day\], endowed with faith, / would obtain excellent sons and desired cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.14) yo vāṃchati naro muktiṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha cātmanaḥ .. asaṃtānaśca yastasya śrāddhe proktā trayodaśī .. 14 .. > The man who desires liberation for himself together with his ancestors, / and who is without offspring, for his śrāddha the thirteenth \[day\] is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.15) saṃtānakāmo yaḥ kuryāttasya vaṃśakṣayo bhavet .. na saṃtānavivṛddhayai ca tasya proktā trayodaśī .. 15 .. > He who desires offspring and performs it \[then\], his family lineage would perish; / the thirteenth \[day\] is not prescribed for him for the increase of offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.16) śrāddhakarmaṇi rājeṃdra śrutireṣā purātanī .. api naḥ sa kule bhūyādyo no dadyāttrayodaśīm .. 16 .. > In the rite of śrāddha, O king of kings, there is this ancient traditional saying: / 'May that \[man\] be born in our lineage who will offer to us on the thirteenth \[day\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.17) pāyasaṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca .. maghātrayodaśīyoge pāyasena yajetpitṝn .. 17 .. > milk-rice with honey and clarified butter during the rainy season and under the asterism Maghā.' / At the conjunction of Maghā and the thirteenth \[day\], he should worship the ancestors with milk-rice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.18) pitarastasya necchaṃti tadvarṣaṃ śrāddhasatkriyām .. puṇyātiśayabhītena piṃḍadānaṃ nirākṛtam .. 18 .. > His ancestors do not desire the hospitable rite of śrāddha for that year; / being afraid of excessive religious merit, the offering of rice-balls was rejected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.19) śakreṇa taddine putramaraṇaṃ darśitaṃ bhayam .. yeṣāṃ ca śastramṛtyuḥ syādapamṛtyurathāpi vā .. 19 .. > On that day, the fear of a son's death was shown by Śakra. / And for those who have died by weapons, or suffered an unnatural death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.20) upasargamṛtānāṃ ca viṣamṛtyumupeyuṣām .. vahninā tu pradagdhānāṃ jalamṛtyu mupeyuṣām .. 6.219.20 .. > and for those who died of a pestilence, those who met death by poison, / those burned by fire, those who met death by water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.21) sarpavyālahatānāṃ ca śṛṃgairudbandhanairapi .. ekoddiṣṭaṃ prakartavyaṃ caturdaśyāṃ narādhipa .. 21 .. > and those killed by snakes and wild beasts, by horns or by hanging, / an ekoddiṣṭa rite should be performed on the fourteenth \[day\], O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.22) teṣāṃ tasminkṛte tṛptistatastatpakṣajā bhavet .. 22 .. > When that is performed, their satisfaction arising from that fortnight will take place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.23) sarve kāmāḥ puraḥ proktā yuṣmākaṃ ye mayā nṛpa .. amāvāsyādine śrāddhāttānāpnoti na saṃśa yaḥ .. 23 .. > All desires previously declared to you by me, O king, / one obtains from a śrāddha on the day of the new moon; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.24) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kāmyaśrāddhaphalaṃ nṛpa .. yacchrutvā vāṃchitānkāmānsarvānāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 24 .. > This entire fruit of optional śrāddhas has been told to you, O king, / hearing which a mortal obtains all desired wishes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.218.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.219) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe kāmyaśrāddhavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśottaradviśatatamo' dhyāyaḥ .. 219 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and nineteenth chapter, named 'Description of Optional Śrāddhas' in the Śrāddhakalpa of the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the sixth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.218.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.174) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218) · Pramāṇa