[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) › 5.223 # Skandapurana 5.223 Skandapurāṇa 5.223 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.223.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.1) .. ānartauvāca .. .. śrutā mayā mahābhāga śrāddhārhā brāhmaṇāśca ye .. ye ca tyājyāstathā putrā bahavaścaiva suvrata .. 1 .. > Ānarta said: / I have heard, O highly fortunate one, of the brahmins who are worthy of śrāddha, / and of the many sons who are to be rejected, O you of noble vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.2) sāṃprataṃ kathayā'smākaṃ mantrapūrvaśca yo vidhiḥ .. gṛhasthena sadā kāryaḥ pitṝṇāṃ parituṣṭaye .. 2 .. > Now tell us the procedure accompanied by mantras / that must always be performed by a householder for the satisfaction of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.3) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. praṇamyāmaṃtritā ye ca śrādrārthaṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. ānīya kutape kāle tānsarvānprārthayedi dam .. 3 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / Having bowed and invited the excellent brahmins for the śrāddha, / having brought them at the kutapa hour, he should pray thus to them all: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.4) āgacchaṃtu mahābhāgā viśvedevā mahābalāḥ .. ye yatra vihitāḥ śrāddhe sāvadhānā bhavaṃtu te .. 4 .. > "May the highly fortunate, mighty Viśvedevas come; / may those who are appointed for this śrāddha be attentive!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.5) evamabhyarcya tānsarvāṃstataḥ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇām.. jānunī bhūtale nyasya tataścārghaṃ pradāpayet .. 5 .. > Having thus worshiped all of them, then having circumambulated them clockwise, / placing both knees upon the ground, he should then offer the water of hospitality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.6) maṃtreṇānena rājeṃdra sapuṣpākṣatacaṃdanaiḥ .. arghamenaṃ pragṛhṇaṃtu mayā dattaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. pādaprakṣālanārthāya prakurvaṃtu mama priyam.. 6 .. > With this mantra, O ruler of kings, with flowers, unbroken rice grains, and sandalwood paste: / "May the best of the twice-born accept this offering of hospitality given by me; / for the washing of feet, may you do what is pleasing to me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.7) evamuktvā mahīpṛṣṭhe anulipte tataḥ param .. sākṣatānprakṣipeddarbhānviśvedevānprakīrtayan .. 7 .. > Having spoken thus, on the surface of the earth smeared \[with cow dung\], / he should then scatter darbha grass with unbroken rice grains, pronouncing \[the names of\] the Viśvedevas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.8) apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā darbhāṃstilasamanvitān .. dviguṇānprakṣipedbhūmau pitṝnuddiśya cātmanaḥ .. 8 .. > Then, having worn the sacred cord over the right shoulder, / he should throw double-folded darbha grass accompanied by sesame seeds onto the ground, intending it for his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.9) evaṃ sarvāḥ kriyāḥ kāryā daivikā savyapūrvikāḥ .. paitṛkāścāpasavyena muktvā nāṃdīmukhānpitṝn .. 9 .. > In this way, all rites for the gods are to be performed with the sacred cord over the left shoulder, / and those for the ancestors with the sacred cord over the right shoulder, except for the ancestors having joyful faces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.10) sarve pūrvāmukhāḥ sthāpyā yugmāśca śaktito nṛpa .. pitaro mātṛpakṣīyāḥ sthāpyāścodaṅmukhāstathā .. 6.224.10 .. > All are to be seated facing east in pairs according to capacity, O king, / and the ancestors on the mother's side are to be seated facing north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.11) ekaikaṃ vā trayo vā'pi syurekaikaṃ vā pṛthakpṛthaka .. paitṛkānsthāppa cakreṇa pitṝṇāṃ parituṣṭaye .. 11 .. > There may be one each, or three each, or each one separately; / he should seat the ancestral \[brahmins\] in order for the satisfaction of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.12) ṣaṣṭhyā vibhaktyā tu teṣāmāsanaṃ ca pradāpayet .. ṛjubhiḥ sākṣatairdarbhaiḥ sodakairdakṣiṇāṃgataḥ .. 12 .. > He should offer them a seat with the genitive case ending, / using straight darbha grass with unbroken rice grains and water, from the right side; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.13) viṣamau dviguṇairdarbhaiḥ satilairvāmapārśvataḥ .. pāṇau toyaṃ parikṣipya na darbhāṃstu kathaṃ cana .. 13 .. > to an uneven \[number of ancestral brahmins\], with double-folded darbha grass together with sesame seeds from the left side. / Having poured water into the hand, he must never \[place\] darbha grass \[in the hand\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.14) yo haste cāsanaṃ dadyācceddārbhaṃ buddhivarjitaḥ .. pitaro nāsane tatra prakurvaṃti niveśanam .. 14 .. > If a man devoid of understanding places a seat made of darbha grass in the hand, / the ancestors do not take their seat on that seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.15) āvāhanaṃ prakartavyaṃ vibhaktyā ca dvitīyayā .. yenāgacchaṃti te sarve samāhūtāḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 15 .. > The invocation is to be made with the accusative case ending, / so that all of them, called individually, will come. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.16) anyayā ca vibhaktyā cetpitṝnāvāhayetkvacit .. nāgacchaṃti mahābhāgā yadyapi syurbubhukṣitāḥ .. 16 .. > If he should invoke the ancestors with any other case ending, / the highly fortunate ones do not come, even though they might be hungry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.17) viśvedevāsa āgata maṃtreṇānena pārthiva .. teṣāmāvāhanaṃ kāryamakṣataiśca śiroṃ'tikāt .. 17 .. > "O Viśvedevas, come!"—with this mantra, O ruler of the earth, / their invocation is to be made with unbroken rice grains from near the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.18) uśaṃtastveti ca tilaiḥ pitṝnāvāhayettataḥ .. āyaṃtu na iti japettataḥ pārthivasattama .. 18 .. > With "Desiring you, \[we place you\]..." and with sesame seeds, he should then invoke the ancestors; / then he should murmur "May they come to us...", O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.19) śanno devīti maṃtreṇa svāhākārasamanvitam .. pitṝṇāmarghapātreṣu tathaiva ca jalaṃ kṣipet .. 19 .. > With the mantra "May the divine \[waters\] be for our welfare..." accompanied by the utterance "svāhā", / he should likewise pour water into the hospitality vessels of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.20) yavo'si yavayāsmaddvetyakṣatāṃstatra nikṣipet .. caṃdanaṃ gaṃdhapuṣpāṇi dhūpaṃ dadyādyathākramam .. sapavitreṣu hasteṣu dadyādarghyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 6.224.20 .. > With "You are barley, separate us \[from our sins\]...", he should throw unbroken grains there; / he should give sandalwood paste, fragrant flowers, and incense in proper order; / with a concentrated mind, he should offer the water of hospitality into their hands that have purificatory loops. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.21) yā divyā iti mantreṇa svāhākārasamanvitam .. pitṝṇāmarghapātreṣu tathaiva ca jalaṃ kṣipet .. 21 .. > With the mantra 'yā divyāḥ' accompanied by the exclamation 'svāhā', / he should likewise pour water into the ancestors' argha vessels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.22) tilo'si somadaivatyo gosave devanirmitaḥ .. pratnavadbhiḥ pṛktaḥ svadhayā pitṝnimām̐llokānprīṇāhi naḥ svadheti prakṣipettilān .. 22 .. > He should scatter sesamum seeds with: 'You are sesamum, sacred to Soma, created by the gods at the Gosava; / mingled with the ancients through svadhā, gladden these ancestors and these worlds for us, svadhā!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.23) yādivyeti ca mantreṇa tato hyarghyaṃ pradāpayet .. pitṛpātre samādāya arghyapātrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 23 .. > Then indeed, with the mantra 'yā divyāḥ', he should present the arghya, / taking up all the arghya vessels into the vessel for the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.24) adhomukhaṃ ca tatpātraṃ mantravatsthāpayettataḥ .. āyuṣkāmastu tattoyaṃ locanābhyāṃ na vīkṣayet .. 24 .. > Then, accompanied by the mantra, he should place that vessel face down. / One who desires a full lifespan must not look at that water with his eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.25) tatastu candanādīni dīpāṃtāni samādadet .. tataḥ pākaṃ samādāya pṛcchedviprāndvijo ttamān .. 25 .. > Then he should offer \[articles\] beginning with sandalwood and ending with lamps. / Next, taking the cooked food, he should ask the brahmins, best of the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.26) ahamagnau kariṣyāmi homaṃ pitṛsamudbhavam .. anujñā dīyatāṃ mahyamapasavyāśritasya bhoḥ .. 26 .. > 'I shall perform the burnt offering in the fire pertaining to the ancestors. / O sirs, let permission be granted to me as I wear the sacred thread over the right shoulder.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.27) kuruṣveti ca taiḥ prokte gatvāgni śaraṇaṃ tataḥ .. agnaye kavyavāhanāya svāheti prathamāhutiḥ .. 27 .. > When told by them, 'Do so,' he approaches the fireplace; / the first oblation is: 'To Agni the bearer of the kavyas, svāhā!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.28) somāya pitṛmate svadheti ca tataḥ param .. hutamannaṃ ca śeṣaṃ ca śrāddhārhebhyaḥ pradīyate .. 28 .. > And after that: 'To Soma accompanied by the ancestors, svadhā!' / The offered food and what remains are given to those worthy of the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.29) iṣṭamannaṃ tato dattvā pātramālabhya saṃjapet .. viprāṃguṣṭhaṃ samādāya pākamadhye nidhāya ca .. 29 .. > Having then given the desired food, touching the dish, he should recite prayers; / taking the brahmin's thumb and placing it within the cooked food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.30) pṛthivī te pātramādāya vaiṣṇa vyā ca ṛcā tathā .. svahastena na vai dadyātpratyakṣaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā .. 6.224.30 .. > taking \[the vessel\] with 'pṛthivī te pātraṃ' and with the Vaiṣṇava verse. / And one must not give plain salt with one's own hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.31) svahastena ca yaddattaṃ pratyakṣalavaṇaṃ nṛpa .. tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ yāti dhṛte datterddhabhuktake .. tṛptāñjñātvā tato viprānagre tvannaṃ parikṣipet .. 31 .. > What plain salt is given with one's own hand, O king, / makes that śrāddha futile, if it is given while held and half-consumed. / Knowing the brahmins to be sated, he should then scatter food in front of them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.32) agnidagdhāśca ye jīvā yepyadagdhāḥ kule mama .. bhūmau dattena tṛpyaṃtu tṛptā yāṃtu parāṃ gatim .. 32 .. > 'May the living beings who have been burned by fire and those not burned in my family / be satisfied by what is given on the ground, and being sated, may they attain the supreme state!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.33) sakṛtsakṛjjalaṃ dattvā gāyatrītritayaṃ japet .. madhuvāteti saṃkīrtya tataḥ pṛccheddvijottamān .. 33 .. > Having given water once each, he should recite the triplet of the Gāyatrī. / Having chanted 'madhu vātāḥ', he should then ask the best of the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.34) tṛptāḥ stha iti rājendra anujñāṃ prārthayettataḥ .. bandhūnāṃ bhojanārthāya śeṣasyānnasya bhaktimān .. 34 .. > 'Are you satisfied?', O best of kings; then, full of devotion, / he should request permission for the feeding of relatives with the remaining food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.35) ucchiṣṭasannidhau paścātpitṛvediṃ samācaret .. pitṛviprāsanasthānāṃ nocchiṣṭaṃ dvijasannidhau ..35 .. > Afterward, near the leftovers, he should make the altar for the ancestors; / the leftovers of those seated on the ancestors' brahmin seats are not to be near the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.36) tato vediṃ samādhāya paitṛkīṃ dakṣiṇāplavām .. tasyāṃ darbhānsamādhāya kuryāccaivāvanejanam .. 36 .. > Then, having prepared the ancestral altar sloping toward the south, / and having arranged darbha grass upon it, he should perform the ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.37) vibhaktyā pūrvayā paścātpiṃḍāndadyādyathākramam .. bhūyo'pyatra jalaṃ dadyātpitṛtīrthena pārthiva .. sūtraṃ ca pratipiṇḍe vai dayātteṣu pṛthakpṛthak .. 37 .. > Afterward, with the previous case ending, he should offer the piṇḍas in due order. / Here too he should give water via the ancestral sacred ford, O king, / and he should offer a thread on each piṇḍa, separately on each of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.38) yaḥ sūtraṃ pūrvapiṇḍeṣu satataṃ viniyojayet .. sa virodhaṃ caretteṣāṃ troṭanācca parasparam .. 38 .. > One who continuously fastens a thread upon earlier piṇḍas / would cause hostility and severance among them reciprocally. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.39) tataḥ saṃpūjayetsarvānpiṃḍānyadvaddvijottamān .. ācamya prakṣālya tathā hastau pādau ca pārthiva .. 39 .. > Then he should worship all the piṇḍas just as he did the best of the twice-born. / Having sipped water and washed his hands and feet, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.40) namaskṛtya pitṝnpaścātsuprokṣitaṃ tataḥ param .. kṛtvā savyena rājendra yācayitvā varāśiṣaḥ .. 6.224.40 .. > and having bowed to the ancestors, after having sprinkled thoroughly, / and doing so with the sacred thread over the left shoulder, O king of kings, having asked for excellent blessings: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.41) akṣayyasalilaṃ deyaṃ ṣaṣṭhyā caiva tataḥ param .. pavitrāṇi samādāya ūrdhvaṃ svadheti kīrtayet.. astu svadheti tairukte piṃḍopari parikṣipet .. 41 .. > Inexhaustible water is to be given, and then with the sixth \[case\]; / taking the purifying blades of grass, he should proclaim upwards, 'svadhā!' / When it is said by them, 'Let there be svadhā,' he should throw \[them\] onto the piṇḍas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.42) tato madhu samādāya pāyasaṃ ca tilodakam .. ūrjasveti ca mantreṇa pitṝṇāmuparikṣipet o. 42 .. > Then, taking honey, milk-rice, and water with sesamum, / he should sprinkle them over the ancestors with the mantra 'ūrjasvatīḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.43) uttānamarghapātraṃ tu kṛtvā dadyācca dakṣiṇām .. hiraṇyaṃ devatānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ rajataṃ tathā .. 43 .. > Turning the arghya vessel face up, he should give the priestly gift: / gold for the deities, and silver likewise for the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.44) tataḥ svastyudakaṃ dadyātpitṛpūrvaṃ ca savyataḥ .. na strībhirna ca bālena nānye naiva ca kenacit .. 44 .. > Then he should offer water of blessing, beginning with the ancestors and on the left. / Neither by women, nor by a child, nor by any other person— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.45) śrāddhīyaviprapātraṃ ca svayameva pracālayet .. 45 .. > one should move the vessel of the śrāddha brahmin oneself alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.46) tataḥ kṛtāṃjalirbhūtvā prārthayetpārthivottama .. aghorāḥ pitaraḥ santu asmadgotraṃ vivarddhatām .. 46 .. > Then, joining his hands in reverence, he should pray, O best of kings: / 'May the ancestors be non-terrifying; may our lineage flourish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.47) dātāro no'bhivardhaṃtāṃ vedāḥ santatireva naḥ .. śraddhā ca no mā vyagamadbahudheyaṃ ca no'stviti .. 47 .. > May our givers increase; may the Vedas and our offspring \[prosper\]! / May faith never abandon us, and may we have much to bestow! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.48) annaṃ ca no bahu bhavedatithīṃśca labhemaddi .. yācitāraśca naḥ santu mā ca yāciṣma kaścana .. 48 .. > May our food be abundant, and may we receive guests! / May there be suitors coming to us, and may we never beg from anyone!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.49) etā evāśiṣaḥ santu viśvedevāḥ prīyaṃtāṃ tataḥ .. svastyarthamudakaṃ dadyātpitṛpūrvaṃ ca savyataḥ .. 49 .. > 'May these very blessings be granted! May the Viśvedevas be pleased!' Then, / he should give water for well-being, beginning with the ancestors and on the left. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.49\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.49_1) vājevājeti ca ṛcā visṛjecca tataḥ param .. āmā vājasyeti pradakṣiṇīkṛtyopaveśayet ..6.224.5... > And after that, he should dismiss \[them\] with the verse 'vāje vāje'. / Having circumambulated clockwise with 'ā mā vājasya', he should seat them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.51) pādāvamardanaṃ kṛtvā āsīmāṃtamanuvrajet .. baliṃ ca nikṣipettasmādbhojanaṃ ca samācaret .. 51 .. > Having massaged their feet, he should follow them as far as the boundary. / And from that he should cast an offering, and then take food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.52) maunena dṛśyate sūryo yāvattāvannarādhipa .. 52 .. > In silence, as long as the sun is visible, O lord of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.53) yaścaivāstamite sūrye bhuṃkte ca śrāddhakṛnnaraḥ .. vyarthatāṃ yāti tacchrāddhaṃ tasmādbhuṃjīta no niśi .. 53 .. > And the man performing the śrāddha who eats when the sun has set— / that śrāddha of his becomes futile; therefore, one should not eat at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.223.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223.224) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe śrāddhavidhivarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 224 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Rules for the Śrāddha' in the Śrāddhakalpa of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.223.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Vīraśaivācārapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivacarapradipika.106) — Gurudeva 1575, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.60.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.4.1.p1.14) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.223) · Pramāṇa