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How is it even greater during Cāturmāsya? 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.3) .. brahmovāca .. .. viṣṇurnityādhidaivaṃ me viṣṇuḥ pūjyaḥ sadā mama .. viṣṇumenaṃ sadā dhyāye viṣṇurmattaḥ paro hi saḥ .. 3 .. > Brahmā said: / Viṣṇu is my eternal tutelary deity; Viṣṇu is always to be worshipped by me. / I always meditate on this Viṣṇu; for Viṣṇu is superior to me. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.4) sa viṣṇu vallabho dīpaḥ sarvadā pāpahārakaḥ .. cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa kāmanāsiddhikārakaḥ .. 4 .. > That lamp is dear to Viṣṇu, always removing sins, / and especially during Cāturmāsya, fulfilling all desires. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.5) viṣṇurdīpena saṃtuṣṭo yathā bhavati putraka .. tathā yajñasahasraiśca varaṃ naiva prayacchati .. 5 .. > As Viṣṇu is pleased by a lamp, O dear son, / he does not grant such a boon even through thousands of sacrifices. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.6) svalpa vyayena dīpasya phalamānaṃtakaṃ nṛṇām .. anaṃtaśayane prāpte puṇyasaṃkhyā na vidyate .. 6 .. > With little expense for the lamp, boundless is the fruit for men; / when Ananta’s sleep arrives, there is no counting the merit. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.7) tasmātsarvātmabhāvena śraddhayā saṃyutena ca .. dīpapradānaṃ kurute hareḥ pāpairna lipyate .. 7 .. > Therefore, when one offers a gift of a lamp to Hari / with wholehearted devotion and endowed with faith, one is not stained by sins. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.8) upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśakairyatirūpe harau punaḥ .. dīpapradāne vihite sarvamuddyotitaṃ jagat .. 8 .. > Moreover, when the gift of a lamp is offered with the sixteen upacāras / to Hari in the form of an ascetic, the entire world is illuminated. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.9) dīpādanaṃtaraṃ brahmannannasya ca nivedanam .. trayodaśyā bhaktiyuktaiḥ kāryaṃ mokṣapadasthitaiḥ .. 9 .. > After the lamp, O Brahmā, the offering of food / must be made on the thirteenth lunar day with devotion by those established in the state of liberation. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.10) amṛtaṃ saṃparityajya yadannaṃ devatā api .. spṛhayaṃti gṛhasthasya gṛhadvāragatāḥ sadā .. 6.240.10 .. > Forsaking nectar, the gods too constantly long / for the food of the householder when they arrive at his house door. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.11) harau supte viśeṣeṇa pradeyaḥ pratyahaṃ naraiḥ .. phalairarghyo viṣṇutuṣṭyai tatkālasamudā hṛtaiḥ .. 11 .. > Especially while Hari is asleep, an arghya offering with fruits / collected at that time should be given daily by men for Viṣṇu’s pleasure: 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.12) tāṃbūlavallīpatraiśca tathā pūgaphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. drākṣājaṃbvāmrajaphalairakroḍairdāḍimairapi .. 12 .. > with betel vine leaves, and likewise with auspicious areca nuts, / with grapes, jambu fruits, and mangoes, with walnuts and pomegranates, 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.13) bījapūraphalaiścaiva dadyādarghyaṃ subhaktitaḥ .. śaṃkhatoyaṃ samādāya tasyopari phalaṃ śubham.. 13 .. > and indeed with citrons, one should offer the arghya with deep devotion. / Taking water in a conch shell, and an auspicious fruit placed upon it, 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.14) maṃtreṇānena viprendra keśavāya nivedayet .. punarācamanaṃ deyamannadānādanaṃtaram .. 14 .. > one should offer it to Keśava with this mantra, O best of brahmins. / A second sipping of water is to be offered after the gift of food. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.15) ārtikyaṃ ca tataḥ kuryātsarvapāpavināśanam .. caturdaśyā namaskuryādviṣṇave yatirūpiṇe .. 15 .. > Then one should perform the waving of lights, which destroys all sins. / On the fourteenth lunar day, one should bow down to Viṣṇu in the form of an ascetic. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.16) paṃcadaśyā bhramaḥ kāryaḥ sarvadikṣu dvijaiḥ saha .. saptasāgarajai stoyairdattairyatphalamāpyate .. 16 .. > On the fifteenth lunar day, circumambulation should be performed in all directions together with twice-borns. / The fruit that is attained through waters born of the seven oceans offered, 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.17) tattoyadānācca hareḥ prāpyate viṣṇuvallabhaiḥ .. caturvārabhramībhiśca jagatsarvaṃ carācaram .. 17 .. > is attained through that offering of water to Hari by those dear to Viṣṇu. / And through four circumambulations, the whole universe, moving and unmoving, 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.18) krāṃtaṃ bhavati viprāgrya tattīrthagamanādikam .. ṣoḍaśyā devasāyujyaṃ cintayedyogavittamaḥ .. 18 .. > is traversed, O best of brahmins, along with going to those sacred fords and the like. / On the sixteenth, one who best knows yoga should contemplate union with the god. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.19) ātmanaśca harernityaṃ na mūrtiṃ bhāvayettadā .. mūrtāmūrtasvarūpa tvāddṛśyo bhavati yogavit .. 19 .. > He should not then contemplate any form of himself or of Hari as separate; / because he has the nature of the formed and formless, the knower of yoga becomes visible. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.20) tasmindṛṣṭe nivarteta sadasadrūpajā kriyā .. ātmānaṃ tejasāṃ madhye cintayetsūryavarcasam .. 6.240.20 .. > When that is seen, action arising from real and unreal forms ceases. / He should contemplate the self in the midst of splendors, having the brilliance of the sun, 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.21) ahameva sadā viṣṇurityātmani vicārayan .. labhate vaiṣṇavaṃ dehaṃ jīvanmukto dvijo bhavet .. 21 .. > reflecting within himself: “I alone am always Viṣṇu.” / The twice-born obtains a Vaiṣṇava body and becomes liberated while living. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.22) cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa yogayukto dvijo bhavet .. iyaṃ bhaktiḥ samādiṣṭā mokṣamārgaprade harau .. 22 .. > Especially during Cāturmāsya, the twice-born should become united with yoga. / This devotion is taught toward Hari, who bestows the path to liberation. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.239.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239.240) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyu pākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye dīpadānādisāyujyacintanāntabhaktinirūpaṇaṃ nāma catvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..240... ..cha.. > Thus ends the two hundred fortieth chapter, entitled “Exposition of Devotion Ending with the Contemplation of Union through the Gift of a Lamp and Other Rites,” in the Great Purāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Greatness of the Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the narrative of Śeṣaśāyin, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Nārada, in the Greatness of Cāturmāsya. 240 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.239.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.239) · Pramāṇa