[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) › 5.232 # Skandapurana 5.232 Skandapurāṇa 5.232 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.232.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. sūta sūta mahābhāga śrotumicchāmahe vayam .. cāturmāsyavratānāṃ hi tvatto māhātmyavistaram ..1.. > The seers said: > O Sūta, O fortunate Sūta, we wish to hear / from you the detailed greatness of the Cāturmāsya vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.2) tadasmākaṃ mahābhāga kṛpāṃ kṛtvā'dhunā vada .. tvadvaco'mṛtapānena bhūyaḥ śraddhābhivardhate ..2.. > Therefore, O fortunate one, having shown compassion, speak to us now; / by drinking the nectar of your words, \[our\] faith increases further. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve cāturmāsyavratodbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ vistareṇaiva kathayiṣyāmi vo'grataḥ ..3.. > Sūta said: > Listen, all you sages; I shall recount before you in full detail / the greatness arising from the vows of Cāturmāsya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.4) purā brahmamukhācchrutvā nānāvratavidhānakam.. nāradaḥ paripapraccha bhūyo brahmāṇamādarāt ..4.. > Formerly, having heard the rules of various vows from the mouth of Brahmā, / Nārada respectfully questioned Brahmā again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.5) ..nārada uvāca .. .. devadeva mahābhāga vratāni subahūnyapi .. śrutāni tvanmukhādbrahmanna tṛptimadhigacchati .. 5 .. > Nārada said: > O God of gods, O highly fortunate one, though very many vows / have been heard from your mouth, O Brahmā, contentment is not reached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.7) adhunā śrotumicchāmi cāturmāsyavrataṃ śubham.. 6 . .. .. brahmovāca .. .. śṛṇu devamune mattaścāturmāsyavrataṃ śubham .. yacchrutvā bhārate khaṃḍe nṛṇāṃ muktirna durlabhā .. 7 .. > Now I wish to hear the auspicious Cāturmāsya vow. > Brahmā said: > Listen from me, O divine sage, to the auspicious Cāturmāsya vow, / hearing which, liberation is not hard to obtain for men in the land of Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.8) muktiprado'yaṃ bhagavānsaṃsārottārakāraṇam .. yasya smaraṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 8 .. > This Blessed Lord gives liberation, the means of crossing over worldly existence, / by the mere remembrance of whom one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.9) mānuṣye durlabhaṃ loke tatrā'pi ca kulīnatā .. tatrāpi sadayatvaṃ ca tatra satsaṃgamaḥ śubhaḥ .. 9 .. > Human birth is hard to attain in this world, and even there noble birth; / there too, compassion, and there auspicious association with the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.10) satsaṃgamo na yatrāsti viṣṇubhaktirvratāni ca .. cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa viṣṇuvratakaraḥ śubhaḥ .. 6.233.10 .. > Where there is no association with the virtuous, devotion to Viṣṇu and vows \[are hard to find\]; / especially during Cāturmāsya, one who performs vows to Viṣṇu is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.11) cāturmāsye'vratī yastu tasya puṇyaṃ nirarthakam .. sarvatīrthāni dānāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. 11 .. > He who is without vows during Cāturmāsya, his merit is useless; / all sacred fords, gifts, and holy temples > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.12) viṣṇumāśritya tiṣṭhaṃti cāturmāsye samāgate .. supuṣṭenāpi dehena jīvitaṃ tasya śobhanam .. 12 .. > abide depending upon Viṣṇu when Cāturmāsya has arrived; / even with a well-nourished body, his life is \[only then truly\] splendid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.13) cāturmāsye samāyāte hariṃ yaḥ praṇamedbudhaḥ .. kṛtārthāstasya vibudhā yāvajjīvaṃ varapradāḥ .. 13 .. > When Cāturmāsya arrives, the wise person who bows before Hari > finds that the gods are fulfilled \[in him\] and grant boons as long as he lives. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.14) saṃprāpya mānuṣaṃ janma cāturmāsyaparāṅmukhaḥ .. tasya pāpaśatānyāhurdehasthāni na saṃśayaḥ .. 14 .. > Having obtained a human birth, one who turns his back on Cāturmāsya— > they say hundreds of sins reside in his body; of this there is no doubt. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.15) mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ loke haribhaktiśca durlabhā .. cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa supte deve janārdane .. 15 .. > Human birth is hard to attain in this world, and devotion to Hari is hard to attain, > especially during Cāturmāsya, while the god Janārdana is asleep. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.16) cāturmāsye naraḥ snānaṃ prātareva samācaret .. sarvakratuphalaṃ prāpya devavaddivi modate .. 16 .. > During Cāturmāsya, a person should perform ritual ablution at dawn itself; > obtaining the fruit of all sacrifices, he rejoices in heaven like a god. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.17) cāturmāsye tu yaḥ snānaṃ kuryātsiddhimavāpnuyāt .. tathā nirjharaṇe snāti taḍāge kūpikāsu ca .. 17 .. > One who performs ritual ablution during Cāturmāsya attains perfection; > likewise, if he bathes in a waterfall, a pond, or in small wells, (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.18) tasya pāpasahasrāṇi vilayaṃ yāṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. puṣkare ca prayāge vā yatra kvāpi mahājale .. cāturmāsyeṣu yaḥ snāti puṇyasaṃkhyā na vidyate .. 18 .. > his thousands of sins vanish in an instant. > Whether at Puṣkara, at Prayāga, or in any great body of water, > the merit of one who bathes during the Cāturmāsya months is beyond reckoning. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.19) revāyāṃ bhāskarakṣetre prācyāṃ sāgarasaṃgame .. ekāhamapi yaḥ snātaścāturmāsye na doṣabhāk .. 19 .. > In the Revā, in the Bhāskarakṣetra, or at the eastern confluence with the ocean, > one who has bathed even for a single day during Cāturmāsya incurs no fault. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.20) dinatrayaṃ ca yaḥ snāti narmadāyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. supte deve jagannāthe pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā .. 6.233.20 .. > And one who, with composed mind, bathes for three days in the Narmadā > while the god, the Lord of the Universe, is asleep, his sin disperses a thousandfold. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.21) pakṣamekaṃ tu yaḥ snāti godāvaryāṃ dinodaye .. sa bhittvā karmajaṃ dehaṃ yāti viṣṇoḥ salokatām .. 21 .. > One who bathes for a single fortnight in the Godāvarī at daybreak, > breaking through the body born of karma, attains Viṣṇu's realm. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.22) tilodakena yaḥ snāti tathā caivāmalodakaiḥ .. bilvapatrodakaiścaiva cāturmāsye na doṣabhāk .. 22 .. > One who bathes with sesame-water, or with clear water, > or with water infused with bilva leaves during Cāturmāsya, incurs no fault. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.23) gaṃgāṃ smarati yo nityamudapātrasamīpataḥ .. tadgāṃgeyaṃ jalaṃ jātaṃ tena snānaṃ samācaret .. 23 .. > Whoever constantly remembers the Gaṅgā near a water jar, > that water turns into Gaṅgā water; with that he should perform his ritual ablution. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.24) gaṃgā'pi devadevasya caraṇāṃguṣṭhavāhinī .. pāpaghnī sā sadā proktā cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ .. 24 .. > Even the Gaṅgā, flowing from the big toe of the God of Gods, > is declared ever destructive of sin, especially during Cāturmāsya. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.25) yataḥ pāpasahasrāṇi viṣṇurdahati saṃsmṛtaḥ .. tasmātpādodakaṃ śīrṣe cāturmāsye dhṛtaṃ śivam ..25.. > Because Viṣṇu, when remembered, burns away thousands of sins, > therefore his foot-wash water borne upon the head during Cāturmāsya brings auspiciousness. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.26) cāturmāsye jalagato devo nārāyaṇo bhavet .. sarvatīrthādhikaṃ snānaṃ viṣṇutejoṃśasaṃgatam..26.. > During Cāturmāsya, the god Nārāyaṇa enters the water; > ritual ablution imbued with a portion of Viṣṇu's fiery energy surpasses all sacred fords. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.27) snānaṃ daśavidhaṃ kāryaṃ viṣṇunāma mahāphalam .. supte deve viśeṣeṇa naro devatvamāpnuyāt ..27.. > The ten kinds of ritual ablution should be performed; the name of Viṣṇu brings great fruit; > especially while the god is asleep, a man attains godhood. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.28) vinā snānaṃ tu yatkarma puṇyakāryamayaṃ śubham .. kriyate niṣphalaṃ brahmaṃstatpragṛhṇaṃti rākṣasāḥ ..28.. > Whatever rite, consisting of holy works and auspicious, is performed without ritual ablution > becomes fruitless, O brahmin; the rākṣasas seize it. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.29) snānena satyamāpnoti snānaṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. dharmānmokṣaphalaṃ prāpya punarnaivāvasīdati..29.. > Through ritual ablution one attains truth; ritual ablution is eternal duty; > attaining the fruit of liberation through duty, one never suffers again. (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.29_1) ye cādhyātmavidaḥ puṇyā ye ca vedāṃgapāragāḥ .. sarvadānapradā ye ca teṣāṃ snānena śuddhatā ..6.233.3... > Those holy men who know the supreme Self, those who have mastered the Vedāṅgas, > and those who give every gift—their purification comes through ritual ablution. (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.31) kṛtasnānasya ca harirdehamāśritya tiṣṭhati .. sarvakriyākalāpeṣu saṃpūrṇa phalado bhavet .. 31 .. > And Hari resides in the body of one who has performed ritual ablution; > he bestows the full fruit in all collections of rituals. (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.32) sarvapāpavināśāya devatā toṣaṇāya ca .. cāturmāsye jalasnānaṃ sarvapāpakṣayāvaham .. 32 .. > For the destruction of all sins and the propitiation of the deity, > ritual ablution in water during Cāturmāsya brings about the destruction of all sins. (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.33) niśāyāṃ caiva na snāyātsaṃdhyāyāṃ grahaṇaṃ vinā .. uṣṇodakena na snānaṃ rātrau śuddhirna jāyate .. 33 .. > One should not bathe at night, nor at twilight, except during an eclipse; > ritual ablution is not done with hot water; purification does not occur at night. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.34) bhānusaṃdarśanācchuddhirvihitā sarvakarmasu .. cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa jalaśuddhistu bhāvinī .. 34 .. > Purification is prescribed in all rituals by looking upon the sun; > especially during Cāturmāsya, the purification of water will surely occur. (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.358](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.358) aśaktyā tu śarīrasya bhasmasnānena śudhyati .. maṃtrasnānena vipreṃdra viṣṇupādodakena vā .. 358 .. > In case of physical incapacity, one is purified by ash-ablution, > by mantra-ablution, O chief of brahmins, or by Viṣṇu's foot-wash water. (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.358\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.358_2) nārāyaṇāgrataḥ snānaṃ kṣetra tīrthanadīṣu ca .. yaḥ karoti viśuddhātmā cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ .. 36 .. > One of purified soul who performs ritual ablution before Nārāyaṇa, > in sacred fields, sacred fords, and rivers, especially during Cāturmāsya— (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.232.358\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232.358_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyamāhātmye brahmanāradasaṃvāde gaṃgodakasnānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..233.... .. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Fruit of Bathing in Gaṅgā Water,' in the conversation between Brahmā and Nārada, within the Greatness of Cāturmāsya, in the narrative of Him Who Reclines on Śeṣa, in the Greatness of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.232.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.232) · Pramāṇa