[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) › 5.221 # Skandapurana 5.221 Skandapurāṇa 5.221 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.221.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.1) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. yeṣāṃ ca śastramṛtyuḥ syādapamṛtyurathāpi vā .. upasargānmṛtānāṃ ca viṣamṛtyumupeyuṣām .. 1 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / For those who meet death by a weapon, or even accidental death, / and for those who died of disease, or met death by poison, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.2) vahninā ca pradagdhānāṃ jalamṛtyumupeyuṣām .. sarpavyāghrahatānāṃ ca śṛṃgairudbandhanairapi .. 2 .. > and for those burnt by fire, or who met death in water, / and for those killed by snakes, tigers, horns, or even hanging, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.3) śrāddhaṃ teṣāṃ prakartavyaṃ caturdaśyāṃ narādhipa .. teṣāṃ tasminkṛte tṛptistatastatpakṣajā bhavet .. 3 .. > for them a śrāddha must be performed on the fourteenth day, O ruler of men. / When it is performed on that \[day\], their satisfaction derived from that fortnight arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.4) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. kasmācchastrahatānāṃ ca proktā śrāddhe caturdaśī .. nānyeṣāṃ divase tatra saṃśayo'yaṃ vadasva me .. 4 .. > Ānarta said: / Why is the fourteenth \[tithi\] prescribed for the śrāddha of those killed by weapons, / and not on the day of others? Tell me about this doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.5) ekoddiṣṭaṃ na śaṃsaṃti sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ param .. kasmāttatra prakartavyaṃ vadaitanmama vista rāt .. 5.. > They do not praise the ekoddiṣṭa \[rite\], but rather the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa. / Why must it be performed there? Tell me this in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.6) kasmānna pārvaṇaṃ tatra kriyate divase sthite .. pretapakṣe viśeṣeṇa kṛte śrāddhe'khile'pi ca .. 6 .. > Why is the pārvaṇa \[rite\] not performed when that day arrives, / especially in the fortnight of the departed spirits, even if the entire śrāddha is performed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.7) .. bhartṛyajñauvāca.. .. bṛhatkalpe purā rājanhiraṇyākṣo mahāsuraḥ .. babhūva balavāñchūraḥ sarvadevabhayaṃkaraḥ .. 7 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / In the Bṛhatkalpa of old, O king, there was a great asura named Hiraṇyākṣa, / mighty, heroic, terrifying to all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.8) brahmā pratoṣitastena vidhāya vividhaṃ tapaḥ .. kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣeṇa nabhasye māsi saṃsthite .. 8 .. > Brahmā was pleased by him through performing various austerities, / especially in the dark fortnight when the month of Nabhasya arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.9) .. brahmovāca .. .. parituṣṭosmi te vatsa prārthayasva yathepsitam .. adeyamapi dāsyāmi tasmātprārthaya mā ciram ..9 .. .. > Brahmā said: / I am pleased with you, child; ask whatever you wish. / I shall grant even what should not be given; therefore, ask without delay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.10) .. hiraṇyākṣa uvāca .. .. bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasā daityadānavāḥ .. bubhukṣitāḥ prayācaṃte māṃ nityaṃ padmasaṃbhava .. 6.222.10 .. > Hiraṇyākṣa said: / Bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, rākṣasas, daityas, and dānavas, / starving, constantly beg of me, O lotus-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.11) pretapakṣe kṛte śrāddhe kanyāsaṃsthe divākare .. ekasminnahani prāyastṛptiḥ syādvarṣasaṃbhavā .. 11 .. > When a śrāddha is performed in the fortnight of the departed spirits, when the sun is in Virgo, / on a single day there should generally be satisfaction lasting for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.12) tattvamadya dinaṃ dehi tebhyaḥ kamalasambhava .. tena tṛptiṃ gatāḥ sarve sthāsyaṃtyabdaṃ pitāmaha .. 12 .. > Therefore, grant that day to them today, O lotus-born one; / by that, all of them, having attained satisfaction, will remain \[content\] for a year, O Grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.13) .. śrībrahmovāca .. .. yaḥ kaścinmānavaḥ śrāddhaṃ svapitṛbhyaḥ pradāsyati .. pretapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ nabhasye mā si saṃsthite..13.. > The glorious Brahmā said: / Whatever man offers a śrāddha to his own ancestors / on the fourteenth day in the fortnight of the departed spirits, when the month of Nabhasya arrives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.14) pretānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca bhūtādīnāṃ bhaviṣyati.. mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ ye cānye kīrtitāstvayā..14.. > it shall undoubtedly belong to the pretas, rākṣasas, bhūtas, and others, / and to those others mentioned by you, by my word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.15) durmṛtyunā mṛtā ye ca saṃgrāmeṣu hatāśca ye .. ekoddiṣṭe sutairdatte teṣāṃ tṛptirbhaviṣyati .. 15 .. > And those who died an untimely death, and those killed in battles, / when an ekoddiṣṭa is offered by their sons, their satisfaction will take place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.16) evamuktvā tato brahmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. hiraṇyākṣo'pi saṃhṛṣṭaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ yayau .. 16 .. > Having spoken thus, Brahmā then vanished from sight; / and Hiraṇyākṣa, delighted, went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.17) yacca śastrahatānāṃ ca tasminnahani dīyate .. ekoddiṣṭaṃ naraiḥ śrāddhaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi kāraṇam.. 17 .. > And why the ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha is offered by men on that day / for those killed by weapons—I shall tell you that reason. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.18) saṃkhye śastrahatā ye ca nirvikalpena cetasā .. yudhyamānā na te martye jāyate manujāḥ punaḥ .. 18 .. > Those who are killed by weapons in battle with an unhesitating mind / while fighting—those men are not born again in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.19) parāṅmukhāśca hanyaṃte palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ .. te bhavaṃti narāḥ pretā etadāha pitāmahaḥ ..19.. > But those who are killed with their backs turned, intent on fleeing, / those men become pretas: this the Grandfather said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.20) sammukhā api ye dainyaṃ hanyamānā vadaṃti ca .. paścāttāpaṃ ca vā kuryuḥ prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ..6.222.20.. > Even those facing \[the enemy\] who utter miserable words while being struck, / or who feel remorse when shattered by blows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.21) te'pi pretā bhavantīha manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt.. kadāciccittacalanaṃ śūrāṇāmapi jāyate .. 21 .. > they too become pretas here: so said Svāyambhuva Manu. / For wavering of the mind sometimes occurs even to heroes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.22) teṣāṃ bhrāṃtyā dine tatra śrāddhaṃ deyaṃ nijaiḥ sutaiḥ .. apamṛtyumṛtānāṃ ca sarveṣāmapi dehinām .. 22 .. > Out of uncertainty regarding them, a śrāddha must be offered on that day by their own sons, / and also for all embodied beings who died an untimely death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.23) pretatvaṃ jāyate yasmāttasmācchrāddhasya taddinam .. śrāddhārhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha viśeṣeṇa prakīrtitam .. 23 .. > Since the state of a preta arises \[for them\], therefore that day of śrāddha / is proclaimed, O best of kings, as especially fit for a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.24) ekoddiṣṭaṃ prakartavyaṃ yasmāttatra dine naraiḥ .. sapiṃḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ tatte vakṣyābhi kāraṇam .. 24 .. > Why an ekoddiṣṭa must be performed by men on that day / even after the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa—I shall tell you that reason. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.25) yadi pretatvamāpannaḥ kadācitsvapitā bhavet . tṛptyarthaṃ tasya kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ tatra dine nṛpa ..25.. > If one's own father has somehow fallen into the state of a preta, / for the sake of his satisfaction a śrāddha must be performed on that day, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.26) pitāmahādyāstatrāhni śrāddhaṃ nārhaṃti kutracit .. atha cedbhrāṃtito dadyāddhiyate(?) rākṣasaistu tat .. 26 .. > The paternal grandfathers and others are never entitled to a śrāddha on that day; / if one gives out of delusion, it is seized by the rākṣasas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.27) brahmaṇo vacanādrājanbhūtapretaiśca dānavaiḥ .. tenaikoddiṣṭamevātra kartavyaṃ na tu pārvaṇam .. 27 .. > and by the bhūtas, pretas, and dānavas, by Brahmā's word, O king. / Therefore, only an ekoddiṣṭa must be performed here, and not a pārvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.28) pitṛpakṣe caturdaśyāṃ kanyāsaṃsthe divākare .. pitāmaho na gṛhṇāti pitrā tena samaṃ tadā .. 28 .. > On the fourteenth day of the ancestors' fortnight, when the sun is in Virgo, / the grandfather does not receive \[the offering\] together with that father at that time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.29) na ca tasya pitā rājaṃstathaiva prapitāmahaḥ .. 29 .. > nor his father, O king, and likewise the great-grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.30) etasmātkāraṇādrājanpārvaṇaṃ na vidhīyate .. tasminnahani saṃprāpte vyarthaṃ śrāddhaṃ bhavedyataḥ .. 6.222.30 .. > For this reason, O king, a pārvaṇa \[śrāddha\] is not prescribed; / for when that day arrives, \[such a\] śrāddha would become futile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.31) nānyasthānodbhavairvipraiḥ śrāddhakarmavratāni ca .. nāgaro nāgaraiḥ kuryādanyathā tadvṛthā bhavet .. 31 .. > Not with brahmins originating from another place should śrāddha rites and vows / be performed by a Nāgara \[brahmin\], but with Nāgaras; otherwise, it would become futile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.32) anyasthānodbhavairviprairyacchrāddhaṃ kriyate dhruvam .. saṃpūrṇaṃ vyarthatāṃ yāti nāgarāṇāṃ kriyāparaiḥ .. 32 .. > The śrāddha that is performed by those devoted to rites among Nāgaras / with brahmins originating from another place certainly goes entirely in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.33) athācāraparibhraṣṭāḥ śrāddhārhā eva nāgarāḥ .. valīvardasamāno'pi jñātīyo yadi labhyate .. kimanyairbahubhirviprairvedavedāṃgapāragaiḥ .. 33 .. > Even if fallen from good conduct, Nāgara \[brahmins\] are fit for the śrāddha. / If a fellow kinsman is found, even if he is like an ox, / what need is there for many other brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.221.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221.222) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddha kalpe caturdaśīśastrahataśrāddhanirṇayavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 222 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-second chapter, titled "Description of the Determination of Śrāddha on the Fourteenth \[Day\] for Those Slain by Weapons, in the Ritual of Śrāddha," in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.221.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.221) · Pramāṇa