[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) › 5.231 # Skandapurana 5.231 Skandapurāṇa 5.231 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.231.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. prasupte devadeveśe śaṃkhacakragadādhare .. yaccānyadapi kartavyaṃ niyamo vratameva vā .. 1 .. > The seers said: / When the God of gods, who bears the conch, discus, and mace, is asleep, / whatever else is to be done—a restriction or a vow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.2) homo vātha japo vātha dānaṃ vā tadvadasva naḥ .. .. sūta uvāca .. yaḥ kaścinniyamo viprāḥ prasupte garuḍadhvaje .. 2 .. > or an oblation, or recitation, or a gift—tell us that! / Sūta said: / Whatever restriction there is, O brahmins, while the garuḍa-bannered \[Viṣṇu\] is asleep, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.3) anaṃtaphaladaḥ sa syādityuvāca pitāmahaḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena kaścidbāhyo vijānatā .. 3 .. > yields infinite fruit—thus the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] said. / Therefore, with every effort, by a discerning person, some external > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.4) niyamo vā japo homaḥ svādhyāyo vratameva vā .. kartavyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstuṣṭyarthaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ .. 4 .. > restriction, recitation, oblation, Vedic study, or vow / should be performed, O best of brahmins, for the pleasure of the discus-handed \[Viṣṇu\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.5) caturo vārṣikānmāsānekabhuktena yo nayet .. vāsudevaṃ samuddiśya sa dhanī jāyate naraḥ .. 5 .. > The man who passes the four rainy months eating only once a day / in dedication to Vāsudeva becomes wealthy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.6) nakṣatrairbhoṃjanaṃ kuryādyaḥ prasupte janārdane .. sa dhanī rūpasaṃpannaḥ sumatiśca prajāyate .. 6 .. > Whoever eats only when the stars \[appear\], while Janārdana is asleep, / is born wealthy, handsome, and endowed with good intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.7) ekāṃtaropavāsaiśca yo nayeddvijasattamāḥ .. caturo vārṣikānmāsānvaikuṃṭhe sa sadā vaset .. 7 .. > And whoever passes the four rainy months with fasts on alternate days, O best of the twice-born, / will dwell forever in Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.8) ṣaṣṭhānnakālabhojī syādyaḥ prasupte janārdane .. rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ sa kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnuyāt.. 8 .. > One who eats only at the sixth mealtime while Janārdana is asleep / obtains the entire fruit of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.9) trirātropoṣito yastu caturmāsānsadā nayet .. na sa bhūyo'pi jāyeta saṃsāre'tra kathaṃcana .. 9 .. > One who regularly spends the four months fasting for three nights at a time / shall never again be born into this worldly cycle of rebirth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.10) sāyaṃprātaḥ paro bhūtvā caturmāsānsadā nayet.. agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ labhate naraḥ .. 6.232.10 .. > Devoted to eating only in evening and morning, a man who spends the four months constantly \[thus\] / obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.11) ayācitaṃ caredyastu prasupte madhusūdane .. na vicchedo bhavettasya kadācitsaha baṃdhubhiḥ .. 11 .. > One who eats only unasked-for food while Madhusūdana is asleep / never experiences separation from his kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.12) tailābhyaṃgaṃ ca yo jahyādghṛtābhyaṃgaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa svarge bhogabhāgbhavet .. 12 .. > He who gives up rubbing with oil, and especially rubbing with ghee, / during the four rainy months, enjoys pleasures in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.13) brahmacaryeṇa yo māsāṃścaturo'pi nayennaraḥ .. vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sa svarge svecchayā vaset .. 13 .. > A man who spends all four months in celibacy, / mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot, dwells in heaven as he pleases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.14) yaḥ snānaṃ caturo māsānkurute tailavarjitam .. madhumāṃsaparityāgī sa bhavenmuktibhāksadā .. 14 .. > He who takes his ritual ablution for four months without oil, / abandoning honey and meat, always attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.18) varjayecchrāvaṇe śākaṃ dadhi bhādrapade ca yaḥ .. kṣīramāśvayuje māsi kārtike ca sadāmiṣam.. 18 .. > He who avoids leafy vegetables in Śrāvaṇa, curds in Bhādrapada, / milk in the month of Āśvayuja, and always meat in Kārtika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.18_1) na sa pāpena lipyeta saṃvatsarakṛte punaḥ .. etatprāha dvijaśreṣṭhā manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo vacaḥ .. 16 .. > is not tainted again by sin committed throughout the year; / O best of brahmins, this is the statement spoken by Manu Svāyambhuva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.18_2) śāke saṃkramate brahmā śrāvaṇe māsi saṃsthite .. dadhni bhādrapade viṣṇuḥ kṣīre cāśvayuje haraḥ .. 17 .. > Brahmā enters leafy vegetables when the month of Śrāvaṇa arrives; / Viṣṇu enters curds in Bhādrapada, and Hara milk in Āśvayuja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.18\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.18_3) trayo'pi kārtike māsi saṃkramaṃti tathā''miṣe .. tasmādetānsa deveṣu sarvathā parivarjayet .. 18 .. > All three likewise enter meat in the month of Kārtika; / therefore one must completely avoid these while the gods are in them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.19) yaḥ kāṃsyaṃ varjayenmartyaḥ prasupte garuḍadhvaje .. sa phalaṃ prāpnuyātkṛtsnaṃ vājapeyātirātrayoḥ .. 19 .. > The mortal who avoids bronze while the Garuda-bannered \[Viṣṇu\] is asleep / obtains the entire fruit of the Vājapeya and Atirātra \[sacrifices\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.20) akṣāralavaṇāśī ca yo bhavedbrāhmaṇottamaḥ .. tasyāpi sakalāḥ pūrtāḥ prabhavaṃti sadā tataḥ .. 6.232.20 .. > And whatever best of brahmins eats food free from alkaline salt, / from that all public works of his likewise continuously bear fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.21) yo homaṃ caturo māsānprakaroti tilākṣataiḥ .. svāhāṃtairvaiṣṇavairmaṃtrairna sa rogeṇa yujyate .. 21 .. > He who performs oblations for four months with sesame and unbroken grains, / using mantras dedicated to Viṣṇu ending with 'svāhā', is never afflicted with disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.22) yo japetpauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ snātvā viṣṇoḥ sthito'grataḥ .. matistasya vivardheta śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ .. 22 .. > He who, having bathed, recites the Puruṣasūkta standing before Viṣṇu, / his intelligence increases just like the moon during the bright fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.23) śatamaṣṭottaraṃ yāvatphalahastaḥ pradakṣiṇām .. karoti viṣṇormaunena na sa pāpena lipyate .. 23 .. > As long as one makes one hundred and eight circumambulations of Viṣṇu / with fruit in hand and in silence, he is not tainted by sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.24) miṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ yo dadāti svaśaktitaḥ .. viśeṣātkārtike māsi so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet.. 24 .. > He who gives sweet food to the lords of brahmins according to his ability, / especially in the month of Kārtika, obtains the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma \[sacrifice\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.25) yaḥ svādhyāyaṃ caturvedairviṣṇorāyatane caret .. caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa vidvānsarvadā bhavet .. 25 .. > He who performs personal recitation of the four Vedas in an abode of Viṣṇu / during the four rainy months, will forever be a learned scholar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.26) nṛtyagītādikaṃ yaśca kuryādviṣṇoḥ sadā gṛhe .. apsaraso'sya kurvaṃti purataḥ svargatasya ca .. 26 .. > And he who constantly performs dance, song, and the like in the house of Viṣṇu— / apsarases perform before him when he has gone to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.27) yastu rātridinaṃ vipro nṛtyagītādikaṃ dadet .. caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa gandharvatvamāpnuyāt .. 27 .. > A brahmin who offers dance, song, and the like day and night / for the four rainy months attains the status of a gandharva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.28) ete ca niyamāḥ sarve śakyaṃte yadi bho dvijāḥ .. kartuṃ ca caturo māsānekasminvā'pi kārttike .. 28 .. > O brahmins, if all these observances can be performed / for four months, or even in the single month of Kārtika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.29) tathāpi caiva kartavyaṃ lokadvayamabhīpsatā .. kārtikyāṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā vaiṣṇavaiḥ puruṣairiha .. 29 .. > even so it must certainly be done on the full moon of Kārtika / by Vaiṣṇava men here who desire both worlds, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.30) kāṃsyaṃ māṃsaṃ kṣuraṃ kṣaudraṃ punarbhojanamaithune .. kārtike varjayedyastu ya etānbrāhmaṇaḥ sadā .. 6.232.30 .. > Bronze, meat, a razor, honey, eating a second time, and sexual intercourse— / whatever brahmin constantly avoids these in Kārtika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.31) pūrvoktānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ niyamānāṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 31 .. > obtains the fruit of all the previously mentioned observances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.32) atha yaḥ kārtike māsi prāsādasyopari dvijāḥ .. jalaśāyyākhyadevasya kalaśe dīpakaṃ dadet.. pūrvoktaniyamānāṃ ca sa ṣaṇṇāṃ phalabhāgbhavet .. 32 .. > Moreover, O brahmins, he who in the month of Kārtika places a lamp / on the pot atop the temple of the god called Jalaśāyin, / partakes of the fruit of the six previously mentioned observances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.33) yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ kiṃci tsuprāpyaṃ caiva yadbhavet .. niyamastasya kartavyaścāturmāsye śubhārthibhiḥ .. 33 .. > Whatever is most beloved and readily attainable, / an observance of \[giving up\] that should be made during the Cāturmāsya by those desiring auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.34) niyame ca kṛte dadyādbrāhmaṇāya tadeva hi .. niyamastu kṛto yasya svaśaktyā syātphalaṃ tataḥ .. 34 .. > And when the observance is completed, he should indeed give that very thing to a brahmin; / the fruit that arises comes according to his capacity from that for which the observance was made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.35) yo vinā niyamaṃ martyo vrataṃ vā jāpyameva vā .. caturmāsānnayenmūrkho jīvannapi mṛto hi saḥ ..35.. > The foolish mortal who passes the four months without an observance, / a vow, or silent recitation, is truly dead even while living. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.36) yathā kāka yavāḥ proktā yathāraṇyāstilodbhavāḥ .. nāmamātraprasiddhāśca tathā te mānavā bhuvi .. 36 .. > Just as wild barley and wild sesame / are celebrated in name only, so too are those men on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.37) tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryo yatnena kārtike .. eko'pi niyamaḥ kaścitsusūkṣmo'pi dvijottamāḥ .. 37 .. > Therefore, by every effort, with exertion in Kārtika / even a single observance, however slight, must be undertaken, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.38) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ cāturmāsīsamudbhavam.. vratānāṃ niyamānāṃ ca māhātmyaṃ vistarāddvijāḥ ..38.. > All this originating from Cāturmāsya has been told to you in detail, / the greatness of the vows and observances, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.39) yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvāpi samāhitaḥ .. cāturmāsī kṛtātpāpātso'pi muktimavāpnuyāt .. 39 .. > And he who constantly hears this or recites it with a collected mind, / attains liberation from the sin committed during Cāturmāsya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.231.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231.232) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyavrataniyamavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśaduttaradviśatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..232 ... .. > Thus ends the two hundred thirty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Vows and Observances of Cāturmāsya' in the narrative of Jalaśāyin, in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the venerable 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.5.231.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.231) · Pramāṇa