[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) › 5.222 # Skandapurana 5.222 Skandapurāṇa 5.222 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.222.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.1) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. śrāddhārhairbrāhmaṇaiḥ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ darśe tu pārvaṇam.. viparītaṃ na kartavyaṃ śrāddhamekaṃ kathaṃcana .. 1 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / The śrāddha on the new moon, the pārvaṇa, must be performed with brahmins who are worthy of śrāddha. / Under no circumstances should a contrary, single śrāddha be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.2) jārajātāpaviddhādyairyo naraḥ śrāddhamācaret .. brāhmaṇaistu na saṃdehastacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 2 .. > The man who performs a śrāddha through brahmins / who are born of adultery, abandoned, and the like—without doubt, that śrāddha becomes useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.3) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. bhayaṃ me sumahajjātamatra yatparikīrtitam .. jārajātāpaviddhaistu yacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 3 .. > Ānarta said: / A very great fear has arisen in me regarding what was stated here: / that a śrāddha performed through those born of adultery or abandoned becomes useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.4) manunā dvādaśa proktāḥ kila putrā mahāmate .. aputrāṇāṃ ca putratvaṃ ye kurvaṃti sadaiva hi .. 4 .. > Twelve sons were indeed declared by Manu, O great-minded one, / who always serve as sons for those without sons: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.5) aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva krayakrītaśca pālitaḥ .. pratipannaḥ sahoḍhaśca kānīnaścāpi sattama..5.. > the son of the body, the son of the wife, the bought son, and the foster son, / the accepted son, the son taken with the pregnant bride, and the son of an unmarried girl, O best of men; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.6) tathānyau kuṇḍagolau ca putrāvapi prakīrtitau ..6.. > likewise the other two, the kuṇḍa and the golaka, are also proclaimed as sons; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.7) śiṣyaśca rakṣito mṛtyostathāśvattho vanāṃtigaḥ .. kimete naiva kathitā yattvamevaṃ prajalpasi .. 7 .. > the pupil, the one saved from death, and likewise the aśvattha tree grown in the forest. / Were these not mentioned \[by him\], that you speak in such a manner? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.8) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. satyametanmahābhāga sarve te dharmataḥ sutāḥ .. paraṃ yugatraye proktā na kalau kaluṣāpahāḥ .. .. 8 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / This is true, O highly fortunate one: they are all sons according to righteousness, / but they were declared for the three \[earlier\] ages, not as destroyers of sins in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.9) tadarthaṃ teṣu santānaṃ tāvanmātraṃ yugeyuge .. sattvāḍhyānāṃ ca lokānāṃ na kalau cālpamedhasām .. 9 .. > For that reason, lineage through them was limited to that extent in each age / for men rich in fortitude, and not in the Kali age for those of little intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.10) kalāveva samākhyāto vyavahāraḥ prapā tadaḥ .. alpasattvā yato lokāstena caiṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. 6.223.10 .. > In the Kali age alone, conduct was declared to be a source of downfall. / Because people are of weak fortitude, this rule was remembered \[for them\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.11) atra yaḥ saṃkaraṃ kuryādyonestasya phalaṃ śṛṇu .. brāhmaṇyāṃ brāhmaṇātputro brahmaghnaḥ saṃprajāyate .. 11 .. > Hear the fruit of him who causes confusion of birth here: / from a brahmin woman by a brahmin, a son who is a killer of brahmins is born; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.12) sarvādhamānāmadhamo yo vāraḍa iti smṛtaḥ .. 12 .. > he is the lowest of all low men, who is known as a vāraḍa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.13) kṣatriyācca tathā sūto vaiśyānmāgadha eva ca .. śūdrāttathāṃtyajaḥ proktastenaite varjitāḥ sutāḥ .. 13 .. > by a kṣatriya, a sūta; from a vaiśya, a māgadha; / and from a śūdra, an outcaste is declared; therefore these sons are avoided. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.14) eteṣāmapi nirdiṣṭāḥ sapta rājansuputrakāḥ .. paṃca vaṃśavināśāya pūrveṣāṃ pātanāya ca .. 14 .. > Even among these, O king, seven are indicated as good sons; / five lead to the destruction of the lineage and to the downfall of ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.15) aurasaḥ pratipannaśca krītaḥ pālita eva ca .. śiṣyaśca dattajīvaśca tathāśvatthaśca saptamaḥ .. 15 .. > The son of the body, the accepted son, the bought, and the foster son, / the pupil, the one whose life was saved, and the aśvattha tree as the seventh: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.16) puṃnāmno narakādghorādrakṣaṃti ca sadā hi te .. patantaṃ puruṣaṃ tatra tena te śobhanāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 16 .. > these indeed always protect a man falling into the terrible hell / named Put; therefore they are remembered as auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.17) kṣetrajaśca sahoḍhaśca kānīnaḥ kuṇḍagolakau .. paṃcaite pātayaṃtisma pitṝnsvargagatānapi .. 17 .. > The son of the wife, the son taken with the pregnant bride, the son of an unmarried girl, and the kuṇḍa and golaka— / these five cause even ancestors gone to heaven to fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.18) etasmātkāraṇācchrāddhaṃ jārajātasya tadvṛthā .. 18 .. > For this reason, the śrāddha of one born of an adulterous union is in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.222.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222.18_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe śrāddhārhānarhabrāhmaṇādivarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 223 . .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-third chapter, titled "Description of Brahmins Worthy and Unworthy of Śrāddha and Others, 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.5.222.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.222) · Pramāṇa