[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) › 5.242 # Skandapurana 5.242 Skandapurāṇa 5.242 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.242.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.1) .. brahmovāca .. .. śūdraḥ paijavanonāma gārhasthyācchuddhimāptavān .. dharmamārgāvirodhena tannibodha mahāmate .. 1 .. > Brahmā said: / A śūdra named Paijavana attained purification through household life, / without conflicting with the path of righteousness; understand that, O wise one. \[1\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.2) āsītpaijavanaḥ śūdraḥ purā tretāyuge kila .. svadharmanirataḥ khyāto viṣṇubrāhmaṇapūjakaḥ .. 2 .. > Formerly in the Tretāyuga, indeed, there was a śūdra named Paijavana, / renowned, devoted to his own duty, a worshiper of Viṣṇu and brahmins. \[2\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.3) nyāyāgatadhano nityaṃ śāṃtaḥ sarvajanapriyaḥ .. satyavādī vivekajñastasya bhāryā ca sundarī .. 3 .. > His wealth was always justly acquired; he was calm, dear to all people, / truthful, possessing discrimination, and his wife was beautiful. \[3\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.4) dharmoḍhā vedavidhinā samānakulajā śubhā .. pativratā mahābhāgā devadvijahite ratā .. .. 4 .. > She was married lawfully by the Vedic rite, born of an equal family, auspicious, / devoted to her husband, highly fortunate, and intent on the welfare of gods and brahmins. \[4\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.5) kāśyāṃ saṃbaṃdhitā bālā vaijayaṃtyāṃ vivāhitā .. sā dharmācaraṇe dakṣā vaiṣṇavavratacāriṇī .. 5 .. > Betrothed in Kāśī, the maiden was married in Vaijayantī; / she was skilled in the practice of dharma and observant of the Vaiṣṇava vows. \[5\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.6) bhartrā saha tathā samyakcikrīḍe suvinītavat .. so'pi reme tayā kāle hastinyeva mahāgajaḥ ..6.. > She sported suitably with her husband, well-disciplined; / he too took delight in her at the proper season, like a great tusker with a female elephant. \[6\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.7) arthāptiḥ pūrvapuṇyena jātā tasya mahātmanaḥ .. vāṇijyaṃ svajanairnityaṃ svadeśaparadeśajam .. ..7.. > Through his past merit, the acquisition of wealth came to that great-souled man; / through his kinsmen, he always engaged in trade, domestic and foreign. \[7\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.8) kārayatyarthajātaiśca parakīyasvakīyajaiḥ .. evamarthaśca bahudhā saṃjāto dharmadarśinaḥ .. 8 .. > He had it carried out with properties belonging to others and to himself; / thus wealth accrued in many ways to that seer of dharma. \[8\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.9) putratrayaṃ ca saṃjātaṃ pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇe ratam .. tasya putrāḥ piturbhaktā dravyādimadavarjitāḥ .. 9 .. > Three sons were born to him, intent on serving their father; / his sons were devoted to their father, free from the arrogance of wealth and the like. \[9\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.10) pitṛvākyaratāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ svadharmācāraśobhanāḥ .. pitroḥ śuśrūṣaṇādanyannābhinaṃdaṃti kiṃcana ..6.243.10.. > They were devoted to their father's word, excellent, splendid in their adherence to their own duty; / they rejoiced in nothing other than the service of their parents. \[6.243.10\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.11) te sambandhaiḥ susaṃbaddhāḥ pitrā dharmārthadarśinā .. tatpatnyo mātṛpitrarcāṃ kārayaṃtyanivāritam .. 11 .. > They were well united in marriage alliances by their father, who saw dharma and wealth; / their wives incessantly saw to the veneration of their mother and father. \[11\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.12) ṛddhimadbhavanaṃ tasya dhanadhānyasamanvitam .. so'pi dharmarato nityaṃ devatātithipūjakaḥ .. 12 .. > His mansion was prosperous, endowed with wealth and grain; / he too was constantly devoted to dharma, a worshiper of deities and guests. \[12\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.13) gṛhāgato na vimukho yasya jātu kadācana .. śītakāle dhanaṃ prādāduṣṇakāle jalānnadaḥ .. 13 .. > No one who came to his house was ever turned away disappointed; / in the cold season he gave money, and in the hot season he provided water and food. \[13\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.14) varṣā kāle vastradaśca babhūvānnapradaḥ sadā .. vāpīkūpataḍāgādiprapādevagṛhāṇi ca .. 14 .. > In the rainy season he gave clothes, and he was an eternal giver of food; / stepped wells, wells, ponds, cisterns, and temples \[14\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.15) kārayatyucite kāle śivaviṣṇuvratasthitaḥ .. iṣṭadharmastu varṇānāṃ samācīrṇo mahāphalaḥ .. 15 .. > he caused to be built at the appropriate time, steadfast in vows to Śiva and Viṣṇu. / The sacrificial duty practiced by the classes yields great fruit; \[15\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.16) anyeṣāṃ pūrtadharmāṇāṃ teṣāṃ pūrtakaraḥ sadā .. sa babhūva dhanāḍhyopi vyasanairna samāśritaḥ .. 16 .. > he was always the performer of the acts of public charity for those other duties of that kind. / Even though rich, he was not afflicted by vices. \[16\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.18) viṣṇubhaktirato nityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ ..18.. > He was continually devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu, especially during the four-month observance. \[18\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.18_1) ekadā gālavamuniḥ śiṣyairbahubhirāvṛtaḥ .. 17 .. > Once the sage Gālava, surrounded by many disciples, \[17\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.18_2) brahmajñānarataḥ śāṃtastaponiṣṭho mahāvaśī .. abhyājagāma śūdrasya gehe paijavanasya saḥ .. 18 .. > delighting in knowledge of Brahman, calm, steadfast in austerity, of great self-control, / arrived at the house of the śūdra Paijavana. \[18\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.19) sa vāgbhirmadhubhistasya abhyutthānāsanādibhiḥ .. upacāraiḥ punaryuktaḥ kṛtārtha iva mānayan .. 19 .. > He, welcoming him with sweet words, by rising to meet him, offering a seat, and the like, / along with services, deemed himself fulfilled. \[19\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.20) adya me saphalaṃ janma jātaṃ jīvitamuttamam .. adya me saphalo dharmaḥ kuśalaścoddhṛtastvayā .. 6.243.20 .. > 'Today my birth has become fruitful; my life has become excellent; / today my dharma has borne fruit, and my welfare has been elevated by you. \[6.243.20\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.21) mama pāpasahasrāṇi dṛṣṭyā dagdhāni te mune .. gṛhaṃ mama gṛhasthasya sakalaṃ pāvitaṃ tvayā .. 21 .. > My thousands of sins have been burnt away by your sight, O sage; / my entire house as a householder has been purified by you.' \[21\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.22) tasya bhaktyā prasanno'bhūdgatamārgapariśramaḥ .. uvāca muniśārdūlaḥ sacchūdraṃ taṃ kṛtāṃjalim .. 22 .. > Pleased with his devotion, his fatigue from the road gone, / the tiger among sages spoke to that virtuous śūdra whose hands were joined: \[22\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.23) kaccitte kuśalaṃ saumya mano dharme pravartate .. arthānubaṃdhāḥ satataṃ bandhudārasutādayaḥ .1 23 .. > 'Is it well with you, gentle one? Does your mind turn to dharma? / Are your kinsmen, wife, sons, and others constantly attached to wealth? \[23\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.24) govinde satataṃ bhaktistathā dāne pravartate .. dharmārthakāma kāryeṣu saprabhāvaṃ manastava .. 24 .. > Does devotion continually turn toward Govinda, and likewise toward giving? / In the pursuits of dharma, wealth, and pleasure, is your mind powerful? \[24\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.25) viṣṇupādodakaṃ nityaṃ śirasā dhāryate na vā .. pādodbhavaṃ ca gaṃgodaṃ dvādaśābdaphalapradam .. 25 .. > Is the water from Viṣṇu's feet constantly borne upon your head or not? / And the water of the Gaṅgā, originating from his foot, gives the fruit of twelve years; \[25\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.26) cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa tatphalaṃ dviguṇaṃ bhavet .. haribhaktirharikathā haristotraṃ harernatiḥ .. 26 .. > especially during the four-month observance, that fruit becomes twofold. / Devotion to Hari, talk of Hari, praise of Hari, salutation to Hari, \[26\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.27) haridhyānaṃ hareḥ pūjā supte deve ca mokṣakṛt .. evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ sa muniṃ punarāha natiṃ gataḥ .. 27 .. > meditation on Hari, and worship of Hari bring liberation while the deity is asleep.' / To the sage speaking thus, he, having bowed, spoke again: \[27\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.28) bhavaddṛṣṭyāśramaphalametajjātaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. tathāpi śrotumicchāmi tava vāṇīmanāmayīm .. 28 .. > 'By the sight of you, this fruit of the stage of life has certainly arisen, no doubt; / nonetheless, I wish to hear your faultless words. \[28\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.29) bhavādṛśānāṃ gamanaṃ sarvārtheṣu prakalpate .. tatastau sumudā yuktau saṃjātau hṛṣṭacetasau .. 29 .. > The arrival of people like you brings about all purposes.' / Then the two of them became filled with great joy, delighted in heart. \[29\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.30) muniṃ paijavanonāma sacchūdraḥ prāha saṃmataḥ .. kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te kathayasva prasādataḥ .. 6.243.30 .. > The virtuous, esteemed śūdra named Paijavana said to the sage: / 'Tell me kindly, what is the purpose of your arrival? \[6.243.30\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.31) ko vā tīrthaprasaṃgaśca cāturmāsye samīpage .. gālavaḥ prāha sacchūdraṃ dhārmikaṃ satyavādinam .. 31 .. > Or what sacred ford is the occasion for it, as the four-month observance draws near?' / Gālava said to the virtuous, righteous, truthful śūdra: \[31\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.32) mama tīrthāvasiktasya māsā bahutarā gatāḥ .. idānīmāśramaṃ yāsye cāturmāsye samāgate .. 32 .. > 'Many months have passed while I have been bathing in sacred fords; / now, as the four-month observance has arrived, I shall go to my hermitage. \[32\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.33) āṣāḍhaśuklaikādaśyāṃ kariṣye niyamaṃ gṛhe .. nārāyaṇasya prītyarthaṃ śreyo'rthaṃ cātmanastathā .. pratyuvāca munirdharmānvinayānatakandharam .. 33 .. > On the eleventh day of the bright half of Āṣāḍha, I will undertake my observance at home / for the pleasure of Nārāyaṇa and for the spiritual welfare of myself.' / Thus the sage, answering him whose neck was bowed with humility, explained the duties. \[33\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.34) .. paijavana uvāca .. .. māmanugrahajāṃ buddhiṃ brūhi tvaṃ dvijapuṃgava .. vede'dhikāro naivāsti vedasārajapasya vā .. 34 .. > Paijavana said: / 'Bestow on me understanding born of your grace, O eminent twice-born! / For I have no qualification in the Veda, nor in chanting the essence of the Veda, \[34\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.35) purāṇasmṛtipāṭhasya tasmātkiṃcidvadasva me .. tattvātmasadṛśaṃ kiṃcidbhāti rūpaṃ mahāphalam .. 35 .. > nor in reciting the Purāṇas and Smṛtis; therefore tell me something / appropriate to my nature, an essence that brings great fruit. \[35\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.36) cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa muktisaṃsādhakaṃ vada .. 36 .. > Tell me what accomplishes liberation, especially during the four-month observance.' \[36\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.37) .. gālava uvāca .. .. śāligrāmagataṃ viṣṇuṃ cakrāṃkita puṭaṃ sadā .. ye'rcayanti narā nityaṃ teṣāṃ bhuktistvadūrataḥ .. 37 .. > Gālava said: / Those men who constantly worship Viṣṇu present in the Śāligrāma stone, / whose cavity is always marked with the discus, enjoyment is indeed not far from them. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.38) śāligrāme mano yasya yatkiṃcitkriyate śubham .. akṣayyaṃ tadbhavennityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ .. 38 > Whatever good deed is performed by one whose mind is fixed on the Śāligrāma / becomes imperishable forever, especially during the Cāturmāsya. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.39) śāligrāmaśilā yatra yatra dvārāvatī śilā .. ubhayoḥ saṃgamaḥ prāpto muktistasya na durlabhā .. 39 .. > Where there is a Śāligrāma stone, and where there is a Dvārāvatī stone, / liberation is not difficult to obtain for one where the union of the two is achieved. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.40) śāligrāmaśilā yasyāṃ bhūmau saṃpūjyate nṛbhiḥ .. pañcakrośaṃ punātyeṣā api pāpaśatānvitaiḥ .. 6.243.40 .. > The ground on which a Śāligrāma stone is worshipped by men, / even by those endowed with hundreds of sins, purifies for five krośas around. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.41) taijasaṃ piṃḍametaddhi brahmarūpamidaṃ śubham .. yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādeva sadyaḥ kalmaṣanāśanam .. 41 .. > For this auspicious mass of light is the very form of Brahman; / merely by its sight, sin is instantly destroyed. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.42) sarvatīrthāni puṇyāni devatāyatanāni ca .. nadyaḥ sarvā mahāśūdra tīrthatvaṃ prāpnuvaṃti hi ..42.. > O great Śūdra, all sacred fords, meritorious places, and shrines of deities, / and all rivers indeed attain the nature of a sacred ford \[from it\]. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.43) sannidhānena vai tasyāḥ kriyā sarvatraśobhanāḥ .. vrajaṃti hi kriyātvaṃ ca cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ .. 43 .. > Truly, through its presence, all rites everywhere become splendid / and attain full efficacy, especially during the Cāturmāsya. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.44) pūjyate bhavane yasya śāligrāma śilā śubhā .. komalaistulasīpatrairvimukhastatra vai yamaḥ .. 44 .. > In whose house the auspicious Śāligrāma stone is worshipped / with tender tulasī leaves, Yama truly turns his face away from there. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.45) brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ sacchūdrāṇāmathāpi vā .. śāligrāmādhikāro'sti na cānyeṣāṃ kadācana .. 45 .. > Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and likewise virtuous Śūdras / have the right to the Śāligrāma, but others never do. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.46) .. sacchūdra uvāca .. .. brahmanvedavidāṃ śreṣṭha sarvaśāstraviśārada .. strīśūdrādiniṣedho'yaṃ śāligrāme hi śrūyate .. 46 .. > The virtuous Śūdra said: / O brahmin, best of Vedic knowers, skilled in all sacred treatises! / A prohibition regarding women, Śūdras, and others is indeed heard concerning the Śāligrāma. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.47) mādṛśastvaṃ kathaṃ śāligrāmapūjāvidhiṃ vada .. 47 .. > Tell how one like me may perform the ritual of worship for the Śāligrāma. 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.48) .. gālava uvāca .. .. asacchūdragataṃ dāsa niṣedhaṃ viddhi mānada .. strīṇāmapi ca sādhvīnāṃ naivābhāvaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 48 .. > Gālava said: / O servant, knower of honor, know that the prohibition applies to unvirtuous Śūdras; / nor is there stated to be an exclusion of virtuous women. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.49) mā bhūtsaṃśayastenātra nā''pnuṣe saṃśayātphalam .. śāligrāmārcanaparāḥ śuddhadehā vivekinaḥ .. 49 .. > Let there be no doubt in you about this; one does not obtain the fruit \[of rites\] through doubt. / Those devoted to the worship of the Śāligrāma, of pure body and possessing discernment, 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.50) na te yamapuraṃ yāṃti cāturmāsye ca pūjakāḥ .. śāligrāmārpitaṃ mālyaṃ śirasā dhārayaṃti ye .. 6.243.50 .. > do not go to the city of Yama; and those who worship during the Cāturmāsya, / who wear upon their heads a garland offered to the Śāligrāma, 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.51) teṣāṃ pāpasahasrāṇi vilayaṃ yāṃti tatkṣaṇāt.. śāligrāma śilāgre tu ye prayacchaṃti dīpakam .. 51 .. > their thousands of sins dissolve in that very instant. / Those who offer a lamp before the Śāligrāma stone, 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.52) teṣāṃ saurapure vāsaḥ kadācinnaiva hīyate .. śāligrāmagataṃ viṣṇuṃ sumanobhirmanoharaiḥ.. ye'rcayaṃti mahāśūdra supte deve harau tathā .. 52 .. > their residence in the solar city is never lost. / O great Śūdra, those who worship Viṣṇu residing in the Śāligrāma with charming flowers / while Lord Hari is asleep \[during the rains\], 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.53) paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ ye kurvaṃti sadā narāḥ .. śāligrāmaśilāyāṃ ca na te saṃsāriṇo narāḥ.. 53 .. > and those men who constantly perform the ceremonial bath with the five nectars / upon the Śāligrāma stone, are men bound no longer to transmigration. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.54) mukternidānamamalaṃ śāligrāmagataṃ harim .. hṛdi nyasya sadā bhaktyā yo dhyāyati sa muktibhāk .. 54 .. > He who, having placed Hari residing in the Śāligrāma, the spotless cause of liberation, / in his heart, always meditates on Him with devotion, becomes a sharer in liberation. 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.55) tulasīdalajāṃ mālāṃ śāligrāmopari nyaset .. cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt .. 55 .. > One should place a garland made of tulasī leaves upon the Śāligrāma; / especially during the Cāturmāsya, one will obtain all desires. 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.56) na tāvatpuṣpajā mālā śāligrāmasya vallabhā .. sarvadā tulasī devī viṣṇornityaṃ śubhā priyā .. .. 56 .. > A garland made of flowers is not so dear to the Śāligrāma; / the goddess Tulasī is always auspicious and dear to Viṣṇu. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.57) tulasī vallabhā nityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ .. śāligrāmo mahāviṣṇustulasī śrīrna saṃśayaḥ .. 57 .. > Tulasī is always beloved, especially during the Cāturmāsya; / the Śāligrāma is Mahāviṣṇu, and Tulasī is Śrī, without doubt. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.58) ato vāsitapānīyaiḥ snāpyaṃ caṃdanacarcitaiḥ .. maṃjarībhiryutaṃ devaṃ śālagrāmaśilāharim .. 58 .. > Therefore, having bathed the god, Hari in the Śāligrāma stone, / with perfumed waters smeared with sandalwood, accompanied by blossom-spikes, 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.59) tulasīsaṃbhavābhiśca kṛtvā kāmānavāpnuyāt .. patre tu prathame brahmā dvitīye bhagavāñchivaḥ .. 59 .. > and with those born of tulasī, one will obtain one's desires. / In the first leaf is Brahmā, and in the second is Lord Śiva; 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.60) maṃjaryāṃ bhagavānviṣṇustadekasthatrayā sadā .. maṃjarī dalasaṃyuktā grāhyā budhajanaiḥ śubhā .. 6.243.60 .. > in the blossom-spike is Lord Viṣṇu; thus the triad always resides in one place. / An auspicious blossom-spike joined with leaves should be taken by wise men. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.61) tāṃ nivedya gurau bhaktyā janmādikṣayakāraṇam .. śāligrāme dhūparāśiṃ nivedya haritatparaḥ .. 61 .. > Having offered it with devotion to the guru—the cause of the destruction of rebirth and \[other ills\]— / and having offered an abundance of incense to the Śāligrāma, devoted to Hari, 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.62) cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa manuṣyo naiva nārakī.. śāligrāmaṃ naro dṛṣṭvā pūjitaṃ kusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 62 .. > especially during the Cāturmāsya, a human being never goes to hell. / A man having beheld the Śāligrāma worshipped with auspicious flowers, 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.63) sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti tanmayatāṃ harau .. ya stautyaśmagataṃ viṣṇuṃ gaṃḍakījalasaṃbhavam .. 63 .. > his soul purified of all sins, attains oneness with Hari. / He who praises Viṣṇu present in the stone born from the waters of the Gaṇḍakī 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.64) śrutismṛtipurāṇaiśca so'pi viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet .. śāligrāmaśilāyāśca caturviṃśatisaṃkhyakāḥ .. bhedāḥ saṃti mahāśūdra tāñchṛṇuṣva mahāmate .. 64 .. > by means of the Śrutis, Smṛtis, and Purāṇas, he too goes to the abode of Viṣṇu. / O great Śūdra, the varieties of the Śāligrāma stone / are twenty-four in number; hear them, O high-minded one. 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.65) imāḥ pūjyāśca loke'tra caturviṃśatisaṃkhyakāḥ .. tāsāṃ ca daivataṃ viṣṇuṃ nāmāni ca vadāmyaham .. 65 .. > These twenty-four in number are worthy of worship in this world; / I shall proclaim their deity Viṣṇu and their names. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.66) sa eva mūrttaścaturuttarāsirviṃśadbhireko bhagavānyathā''dyaḥ .. sa eva saṃvatsaranāmasaṃjñaḥ sa eva grāvāgata ādidevaḥ .. 66 .. > The primordial, singular Lord is manifest as four plus twenty; / He is known by the names of the year, He is the primeval God present in the stone. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.242.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242.243) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetra māhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne brahmanāradasaṃvāde cāturmāsyamāhātmye paijavanopākhyāne śāligrāmapūjanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 243 .. > Thus ends the two hundred forty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Worshipping the Śāligrāma', in the episode of Paijavana, in the Glory of Cāturmāsya, in the dialogue between Brahmā and Nārada, in the story of Śeṣaśāyin, in the Glory of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. 243 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.242.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.242) · Pramāṇa