[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) › 5.220 # Skandapurana 5.220 Skandapurāṇa 5.220 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.220.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.1) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. etasmātkāraṇātkaścittasminnahani pārthiva .. dadāti naiva ca śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya karhicit .. vaṃśacchedabhayādrājansatyametanmayoditam .. 1 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / For this reason, O king, on that day / no one ever offers a śrāddha intended for the ancestors, / out of fear of the destruction of their lineage, O king; this is the truth spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.2) śrāddhaṃ vināpi dātavyaṃ taddine madhunā saha .. pāyasaṃ brāhmaṇāgryebhyaḥ saghṛtaṃ tṛptikāraṇāt .. 2 .. > Even without a śrāddha, on that day milk-rice cooked with honey / and with clarified butter should be given to the foremost of brahmins for the sake of satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.3) khaḍgamāṃsaṃ kālaśākaṃ māṃsaṃ vādhrīṇasodbhavam .. pradeyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaśca tatsamaṃtādudāhṛtam .. 3 .. > Rhinoceros flesh, kālaśāka, or meat coming from a vādhrīṇasa / should be given to the brahmins; it has been universally declared thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.4) triḥpibaśceṃdriyakṣīṇaḥ sarvayūthānugastathā .. eṣa vādhrīṇasaḥ proktaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaḥ sadā .. 4 .. > One that drinks thrice, whose senses are decayed, and who follows the whole herd— / such is declared to be a vādhrīṇasa, always bestowing satisfaction upon the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.5) tasyābhāve'pi dātavyaṃ kṣīraudanamanuttamam .. tasminnahani viprebhyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭaye nṛpa .. 5 .. > In the absence of that, unexcelled milk-rice should be given / to the priests on that day for the gratification of the ancestors, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.6) tasyābhāve'pi dātavyaṃ jalaṃ tilavimiśritam.. sadarbhaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ ca hiraṇyaśakalānvitam .. 6 .. > Even in the absence of that, water mixed with sesame seeds should be given, / with darbha grass, with gold, and accompanied by fragments of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.7) yacchreyo jāyate puṃsaḥ pakṣaśrāddhena pārthiva .. kṛtena tatphalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tasminnahani pārthiva .. 7 .. > Whatever benefit accrues to a man by the fortnight-śrāddha, O king, / all that entire fruit \[is attained\] when it is performed on that day, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.8) pitṝnuddiśya cā''jyena madhunā pāyasena ca .. kālaśākena madhunā khaḍgamāṃsena vā nṛpa .. 8 .. > intended for the ancestors, with clarified butter, with honey, and with milk-rice, / or with kālaśāka, with honey, and with rhinoceros flesh, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.9) śrāddhaṃ vināpi dattena śrutireṣā purātanī .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena pitryarkṣye samupasthite .. trayodaśyāṃ nabhasyasya hastage dinanāyake .. 9 .. > This is an ancient Vedic text: even without a \[full\] śrāddha, when \[water\] is given, / therefore with every effort, when the ancestral constellation has arrived, / on the thirteenth day of the month of Nabhasya, when the lord of day is in Hasta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.10) daridreṇāpi dātavyaṃ hiraṇyaśakalānvitam .. toyaṃ tilairyutaṃ rājanpitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭimicchatā .. 6.221.10 .. .. > even a poor man should offer water joined with sesamum seeds / and accompanied by small pieces of gold, O king, if he desires the satisfaction of the ancestors. // 6.221.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.11) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. māṃsaṃ vigarhitaṃ vipra yataḥ śāstre nigadyate .. tasmāttatkriyate kena śrāddhaṃ kīrtaya me'khilam .. 11 .. > Ānarta said: / Since meat is condemned in scripture, O brahmin, / on what account then is it used in a śrāddha? Tell me all this. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.12) svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayati nirdayaḥ .. sa nūnaṃ narakaṃ yāti proktametanmaharṣibhiḥ .. 12 .. > The merciless one who increases his own flesh with the flesh of another / surely goes to hell: this has been declared by the great seers. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.13) tvaṃ ca tasya prabhāvaṃ me prajalpasi dvijo ttama .. viśeṣācchrāddhakṛtye ca tadevaṃ mama saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > And you proclaim its power to me, O best of the twice-born, / especially in the rite of śrāddha; therefore this is my doubt. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.14) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. satyametanmahābhāga māṃsaṃ sadbhirvigarhitam .. śrāddhe prayujyate yasmāttatte'haṃ vacmi kāraṇam .. 14 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / This is true, O fortunate one: meat is condemned by the virtuous. / Why it is employed in a śrāddha, that reason I shall tell you. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.15) yadā cāraṃbhitā sṛṣṭirbrahmaṇā lokakāriṇā .. saṃpūjya ca pitṝndevānnāṃdīmukhapuraḥsarān.. tadā khaḍgaḥ samutpannaḥ pūrvaṃ vādhrīṇasaśca yaḥ .. 15 .. > When creation was begun by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds, / having worshiped the ancestors and the gods preceded by the Nāndīmukhas, / then the rhinoceros was brought forth first, and also the vādhrīṇasa. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.16) tato ye pitaro divyā ye ca mānuṣasambhavāḥ .. jagṛhuste tataḥ sarve balibhūtamivātmanaḥ .. 16 .. > Then those ancestors who are divine and those born of human origin, / they all seized them then as their own offering. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.17) tānuvāca tato brahmā etau tu pitaro mayā .. yuṣmabhyaṃ kalpitau samyagbalibhūtau pragṛhyatām .. 17 .. > Then Brahmā said to them: 'These two, O ancestors, / have been properly appointed by me as an offering for you; accept them! // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.18) etābhyāṃ paramā prītiryuṣmabhyaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ parametau naro bhuvi .. 18 .. > From these two, supreme gratification will arise for you. / By my word, beyond doubt, a man on earth \[who offers\] these two // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.19) naiva saṃprāpsyate pāpaṃ yuṣmadarthaṃhanannapi .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā .. 19 .. > will not incur sin at all, even though killing for your sake. / Therefore, with every effort, it must be given by one who desires prosperity. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.20) khaḍgavādhrīṇasodbhūtaṃ māṃsaṃ śrāddhe sutṛptidam .. tau cāpi paramau divyau svargaṃ lokaṃ gamiṣyataḥ .. 6.221.20 .. > The meat derived from the rhinoceros and the vādhrīṇasa gives great satisfaction in a śrāddha, / and those two supreme divine beings shall go to the heavenly world. // 6.221.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.21) śrāddhadasya paraṃ śreyo bhaviṣyati sudurlabham .. pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā tṛptirbhaveddvādaśavārṣikī .. 21 .. > The giver of the śrāddha will obtain supreme, rare benefit, / and the satisfaction of the ancestors will be inexhaustible for twelve years. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.22) etasmātkāraṇācchastaṃ māṃsamābhyāṃ narādhipa .. tasminnahani nānyatra viniyogo'sya kīrtitaḥ .. 22 .. > For this reason, the meat from these two is praised, O ruler of men; / its employment is stated for that day, and not anywhere else.' // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.23) .. rohitāśva uvāca .. .. aprāptakhaḍgamāṃsasya tathā vādhrīṇasasya ca .. kathaṃ śrāddhaṃ bhavedvipra pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikā rakam .. 23 .. > Rohitāśva said: / For one who has not obtained rhinoceros meat or that of a vādhrīṇasa, / how can there be a śrāddha that brings satisfaction to the ancestors, O brahmin? // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.24) .. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .. .. madhunā saha dātavyaṃ pāyasaṃ pitṛtuṣṭaye .. tena vai vārṣikī tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ copajāyate .. 24 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Milk-rice should be given together with honey for the gratification of the ancestors; / indeed, through that, satisfaction for a year is produced for the ancestors. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.25) ājaṃ ca piśitaṃ rājañchiśumārasamudbhavam.. māṃsaṃ pratuṣṭaye proktaṃ vatsaraṃ māsavarjitam .. 25 .. > Goat meat, O king, and meat derived from a dolphin / are proclaimed to bring satisfaction for a year minus one month. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.26) tadabhāve varāhasya daśamāsapratuṣṭidam .. māṃsaṃ proktaṃ mahārāja pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 26 .. > In its absence, the meat of a wild boar gives satisfaction for ten months / to the ancestors, O great king; there is no doubt in this. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.27) āraṇyamahiṣotthena tṛptiḥ syānnavamāsikī .. ruroścaivāṣṭamāsotthā eṇasya saptamāsikā .. 27 .. > From \[the meat\] of a wild buffalo there would be satisfaction for nine months, / and that from a ruru deer lasts eight months, and from a blackbuck seven months. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.28) śambarormāsaṣaṭkaṃ ca śaśakasya tu pañcakam .. catvāraḥ śallakasyoktāstrayo vā taittirasya ca .. 28 .. > From an elk, six months; and from a hare, five; / four are declared from a porcupine, or three from a partridge; // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.29) māsadvayaṃ ca matsyasya māsamekaṃ kapiñjale .. nānyeṣāṃ yojayenmāṃsaṃ pitṛkārye kathaṃcana .. 29 .. > and two months from fish; one month in the case of a kapiñjala bird. / One should not employ the meat of others in ancestral rites in any way. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.30) eteṣāmeva māṃsāni pāvanāni nṛpottama .. 6.221.30 .. > Only the meats of these are purifying, O best of kings. // 6.221.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.31) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. kasmādete pavitrāḥ syuryeṣāṃ māṃsaṃ pracoditam .. śrāddhe ca tanmamācakṣva yathāvaddvijasattama .. 31 .. > Ānarta said: / Why should these, whose meat is prescribed / in a śrāddha, be pure? Explain that to me properly, O best of the twice-born. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.32) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. sṛṣṭiṃ prakurvatā tena paśavo lokakāriṇā .. khaḍgavādhrīṇasādīnāṃ paścātsṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā .. 32 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / As he was making creation, the animals were created / after the rhinoceros, the vādhrīṇasa, and the rest, by that self-manifest maker of the worlds. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.33) ekādaśapramāṇena tataścānye nṛpottama .. ajaśca prathamaṃ sṛṣṭaḥ sa tathā medhyatāṃ gataḥ .. 33 .. > Then others \[were created\], O best of kings, according to a measure of eleven; / and the goat was created first, and thus it attained sacrificial fitness. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.34) tathaite prathamaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ paśavo'tra narādhipa .. sasyāni sṛjatā tena tilāḥ pūrvaṃ ca nirmitāḥ .. 34 .. > Thus these animals were created first here, O ruler of men. / As he was creating crops, sesamum seeds were fashioned first. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.35) śrāddhārthaṃ vrīhayaḥ sṛṣṭā vanyeṣu ca priyaṃgavaḥ.. godhūmāśca yavāścaiva māṣā mudrāśca vai nṛpa \[. 35 .. > Rice was created for the sake of śrāddha, and priyaṅgu among wild grains, / and wheat, and barley, and black gram, and mung beans, O king; // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.36) nīvārāścāpi śyāmākāḥ pravakṣyāmi yathākramam .. tṛptiṃ māṃsena vāñchaṃti māṃsaṃ māṃsena varjitam .. 36 .. > and wild rice and millet; I will explain them in order. / They desire satisfaction through meat, \[yet\] meat is devoid of meat. // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.37) puṣpajātyo yadā sṛṣṭāstadā prākchatapatrikā .. sṛṣṭā tena ca mukhyā sā śrāddhakarmaṇi sarvadā .. 37 .. > When species of flowers were created, the rose was created / first by him, and it is principal in the śrāddha rite at all times. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.38) dhātūni sṛjatā tena rūpyaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā .. tena tadvihitaṃ śrāddhe dakṣiṇāyāṃ pratṛptaye..38.. > As he was creating metals, silver was created by the self-manifest \[creator\]; / therefore it was ordained in the śrāddha as the priestly fee for complete satisfaction. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.39) rājateṣu ca pātreṣu yaddvijebhyaḥ pradīyate.. pitṛbhyastasya naivā'nto yugānte'pi prajāyate .. 39 .. > And whatever is given to brahmins in silver vessels, / for the ancestors, the end of that does not occur even at the end of an age. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.40) abhāve rūpyapātrāṇāṃ nāmāpi parikīrtayet .. tuṣyaṃti pitaro rājankīrtanādapi vai yataḥ .. 6.221.40 .. > In the absence of silver vessels, one should even utter the name \[of silver\], / since the ancestors are pleased, O king, even by the mere uttering. // 6.221.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.41) rasāṃśca sṛjatā tena madhu sṛṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā .. tena tacchasyate śrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭidāyakam .. 41 .. > And as he was creating tastes, honey was created by the self-manifest \[creator\]; / therefore it is praised in a śrāddha as bestowing satisfaction on the ancestors. // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.42) yacchrāddhaṃ madhunā hīnaṃ tadrasaiḥ sakalairapi .. miṣṭānnairapi saṃyuktaṃ tatpitṝṇāṃ na tṛptaye .. 42 .. > The śrāddha that is devoid of honey, even if endowed with all flavors / and with sweet foods, does not bring satisfaction to the ancestors. // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.43) aṇumātramapi śrāddhe yadi na syāddhi mākṣikam .. nāmāpi kīrtayettasya pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭaye yataḥ .. 43 .. > If there should not be even a tiny drop of honey in the śrāddha, / one should even utter its name, since that is for the satisfaction of the ancestors. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.44) śākāni sṛjatā tena brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinau .. kālaśākaṃ puraḥ sṛṣṭaṃ tena tattṛptidāyakam .. 44 .. > As he was creating vegetables, by that Brahmā, the supreme lord, / kālaśāka was created first; therefore it bestows satisfaction. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.45) kālaṃ hi sṛjatā tena kutapaḥ prāgvinirmitaḥ .. tasmātkutapa kāle ca śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ vijānatā .. ya icchecchāśvatīṃ tṛptiṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaḥ sukham .. 45 .. > Creating time, kutapa was fashioned by him first; / therefore, at the time of kutapa a śrāddha should be performed by a discerning person / who desires perpetual satisfaction for the ancestors and happiness for himself. // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.46) vīrudhaḥ sṛjatā tena vidhinā nṛpasattama .. darbhāstu prathamaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ śrāddhārhāstena te smṛtāḥ .. 46 .. > As he was creating plants, by that creator, O best of kings, / darbha grass was created first; therefore it is remembered as fit for a śrāddha. // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.47) śrāddhārhānbrāhmaṇāṃstena sṛjatā padmayoninā .. dauhitrāḥ prathamaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ śrāddhārhāstena te smṛtāḥ .. ..47 .. > As he was creating brahmins worthy of a śrāddha, by that lotus-born \[creator\] / daughters' sons were created first; therefore they are remembered as fit for a śrāddha. // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.48) api śaucaparityaktaṃ hīnāṃgādhikameva vā .. dauhitraṃ yojayecchrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ parituṣṭaye .. 48 .. > Even if devoid of purity, or having deficient or redundant limbs, / a daughter's son should be employed in a śrāddha for the complete satisfaction of the ancestors. // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.49) paśūnvisṛjatā tena pūrvaṃ gāvo vinirmitāḥ.. tena tāsāṃ payaḥ śastaṃ śrāddhe sarpirviśeṣataḥ .. 49 .. > As he was bringing forth animals, cows were fashioned by him first; / therefore their milk is praised in a śrāddha, especially clarified butter. // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.50) tasmācchrāddhe ghṛtaṃ śastaṃ pradattaṃ pitṛtuṣṭaye .. 6.221.50 .. > Therefore, clarified butter offered in a śrāddha is praised for the satisfaction of the ancestors. // 6.221.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.51) prajāśca sṛjatā tena pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭā dvijottamāḥ .. tasmātpraśastāste śrāddhe pitṛtṛptikarāḥ sadā .. 51 .. > And creating creatures, he first beheld the best of the twice-born. / Therefore, they are commended at a śrāddha, ever satisfying the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.52) devāṃśca sṛjatā tena viśvedevāḥ kṛtāḥ puraḥ .. tena te prathamaṃ pūjyāḥ pravṛtte śrāddhakarmaṇi .. 52 .. > And creating the gods, he first brought forth the Viśvedevas. / Therefore, they are to be worshiped first when the rite of śrāddha begins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.53) te rakṣaṃti tataḥ śrāddhaṃ yathāvatparitarpitāḥ .. chidrāṇi nāśayaṃti sma śrāddhe pūrvaṃ prapūjitāḥ .. 53 .. > Then, properly gratified, they protect the śrāddha; / worshiped beforehand at a śrāddha, they destroy defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.54) etairmukhyatamaiḥ sṛptaiḥ phūrā śrāddhaṃ vinirmitam .. svayaṃ pitāmahenaiva tato devā vinirmitāḥ .. 54 .. > With these foremost beings created long ago, the śrāddha was instituted / by the Grandfather himself; then the gods were created. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.55) tena te sarvalokeṣu gatāḥ khyātiṃ purā nṛpa .. 55 .. > Therefore, O king, they attained renown in all the worlds in ancient times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.56) etacchrādsya satratvaṃ mayā te parikīrtitam .. pitṝṇāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ dattasyākṣayakārakam .. 56 .. > This essential nature of the śrāddha has been proclaimed to you by me, / the supreme secret of the ancestors, rendering what is given imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.57) yaścaitatkīrtayecchrāddhe kriyamāṇe nṛpottama .. viprāṇāṃ bhokttukāmānāṃ tacchrāddhaṃ tvakṣayaṃ bhavet ..57.. > And whoever recites this while a śrāddha is being performed, O best of kings, / before the brahmins who wish to eat, that śrāddha of his becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.58) yaścaitackṛṇuyādrājansamyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. vihitasya bhavetpuṇyaṃ yacchrāddhasya tadāpnuyāt ..58.. > And whoever hears this, O king, endowed with complete faith, / obtains the merit that comes from a properly performed śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.220.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.221) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakerakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe sṛṣṭyutpattikālikabrahmotsṛṣṭaśrāddhārhavastuparigaṇanavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 221 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-first chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Enumeration of Articles Fit for a Śrāddha Created by Brahmā at the Time of the Beginning of Creation,' in the Śrāddhakalpa of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra-māhātmya, in the sixth book, the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the great Purāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.220.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.1.p223) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.1.p223) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220) · Pramāṇa