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Tell us!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.3) sūta uvāca.. aśakto niyamaṃ kartuṃ sukumāro bhavettu yaḥ.. tena tatra prakartavyaṃ vikhyātaṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakam..3.. > Sūta said: / “One who is unable to keep the observance, who is delicate of body, / by him the renowned Bhīṣmapañcaka should be performed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.4) kārttikasya site pakṣa ekādaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ.. prātarutthāya vipreṃdra kartavyaṃ daṃtadhāvanam..4.. > On the eleventh day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika, composed in mind, / having risen in the morning, O lord of brahmins, the cleansing of teeth is to be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.5) tatastu niyamaṃ kuryādvāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ.. pūrvoktānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ niyamānāṃ dvijottamāḥ..5.. > Then, devoted to Vāsudeva, he should undertake the observance / of all the previously mentioned observances, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.6) upavāsaḥ prakartavyastasminnahani bhaktitaḥ.. aśaktyā vā śarīrasya hemaṃ dadyātsvaśaktitaḥ..6.. > A fast is to be performed on that day with devotion; / or, through bodily inability, he should give gold according to his capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.7) brāhmaṇāya haviṣyānnaṃ dātavyaṃ vaiṣṇavairnaraiḥ. evaṃ pañcadinaṃ yāvatkartavyaṃ vratamuttamam..7.. > Sacrificial food should be given to a brahmin by Vaiṣṇava men. / In this way, for five days, this excellent vow is to be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.8) pūjanīyo hṛṣīkeśo jalaśāyisvarūpadhṛk.. gaṃdhairdhūpaiśca naivedyai rātrijāgaraṇairapi..8.. > Hṛṣīkeśa, who bears the form of reclining on the waters, should be worshipped / with perfumes, incenses, food offerings, and also keeping awake at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.9) ṣaṣṭhe'hani tato jāte pūjayedbrāhmaṇottamān.. tāṃśca vastrairhiraṇyena miṣṭānnena prabhaktitaḥ..9.. > Then, when the sixth day arrives, he should worship the best of brahmins, / \[honouring\] them with garments, gold, and sweet food, with great devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.10) tataḥ kṛtāṃjalirbhūtvā yācayedbrāhmaṇottamān.. sarve me niyamāḥ prāptā yuṣmākaṃ ca prasādataḥ..6.265.10.. > Then, having joined his palms, he should pray to the best of brahmins: / ‘All my observances have been accomplished by your grace.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.11) tatastairapi vaktavyaṃ caturmāsīsamudbhavam.. vratānāṃ niyamānāṃ ca vrataṃ bhūyāttavākhilam..11.. > Then it should also be said by them: ‘May your vow of all the vows / and observances arising from the Cāturmāsya be complete!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.12) tato visarjya tānviprānbhojanaṃ svayamācaret.. sarvāhāreṇa rājeṃdra paṃcagavyaprapūrvakam..12.. > Then, having dismissed those brahmins, he himself should take food, / eating all kinds of food, O best of kings, preceded by the five products of the cow.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.13) yaḥ karoti vrataṃ tasya phalaṃ syādbahupuṇyadam.. yaḥ punarvratametaddhi kurute dinapaṃcakam.. upavāsaparastasya phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ bhavet..13.. > For whoever performs the vow, the fruit yields abundant merit; / but whoever undertakes this very vow for five days, / devoted to fasting, his fruit becomes a hundredfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.14) ekādaśyāṃ hareḥ pūjāṃ jātipuṣpaiḥ samācaret.. dvādaśyāṃ bilvapatreṇa śatapatryā tataḥ param.. trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ surabhyā bhaktipūrvakam..14.. > On the eleventh lunar day, one should worship Hari with jasmine flowers; / on the twelfth with bilva leaf; next with rose petals; / on the thirteenth and fourteenth with fragrant tulsi, full of devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.15) bhṛṃgarājena puṇyena paurṇamāsyāṃ prapūjayet.. pratipaddivase sarvaiḥ pūjanīyo janārdanaḥ.. gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam..15.. > On the full-moon day one should worship him with meritorious bhṛṅgarāja. / On the first day of the lunar fortnight, Janārdana is to be worshipped by all; / cow urine, cow dung, milk, curd, clarified butter, and water touched with kuśa grass— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.16) pratipaddivase sarvānprāśayetkāyaśuddhaye.. agaraṃ guggulaṃ caiva karpūraṃ tagaraṃ tvacā..16.. > all these one should sip on the first day of the lunar fortnight for the purification of the body; / and aloe, bdellium, camphor, tagara, cinnamon— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.17) ekaikaṃ nirvapeddhūpaṃ pratipaddivase'khilam.. jalaśāyī jagadyoniḥ śeṣaparyaṃkamāśritaḥ..17.. > one should offer each incense completely on the first day of the lunar fortnight. / \[Saying:\] 'O sleeper upon the waters, source of the universe, who rest on the couch of Śeṣa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.18) arghaṃ gṛhṇātu me devo bhīṣmapaṃcakasiddhaye.. maṃtreṇānena dātavyo hyargho devasya bhaktitaḥ..18.. > May the Lord accept my offering of water for the success of the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow!' / With this mantra water should be offered to the Lord with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.19) śaṃkhatoyaṃ samādāya sapuṣpaphalacaṃdanaiḥ.. naivedyaṃ paramānnaṃ ca svaśaktyā nirvapeddvijāḥ..19.. > Taking water in a conch shell with flowers, fruits, and sandalwood paste, / and offering milk-rice according to one's means, O twice-born ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.20) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ vrataṃ vai bhīṣmapaṃcakam.. saṃprāpyate phalaṃ caiva vratānāṃ niyamaiḥ saha..6.265.20.. > this entire Bhīṣmapañcaka vow has been related to you; / and its fruit is obtained together with the observances of the vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.21) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. yadetadbhavatā proktamaśūnyaśāyinīvratam.. indreṇa yatkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ tuṣṭyarthaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ.. prasuptasya mahābhāga phalaṃ caiva prakīrtitam..21.. > The seers said: / This Aśūnyaśayanī vow which was described by you, / which was performed of old by Indra for the pleasure of the wielder of the discus / while he lay sleeping, O highly fortunate one, and its fruit was proclaimed— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.22) kasminkāle prakartavyaṃ kenaiva vidhinā tathā.. tasmātsūta mahābhāga vidhānaṃ vistarādvada..22.. > at what time is it to be performed, and by what rite? / Therefore, O highly fortunate Sūta, declare the procedure in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.23) sūta uvāca.. śrāvaṇyāṃ samatītāyāṃ dvitīyādivase sthite.. prātarutthāya viprendrā nakṣatre viṣṇudaivate.. pāpiṣṭhaiḥ patitairmlecchaiḥ saṃbhāṣaṃ naiva kārayet..23.. > Sūta said: / When the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa has passed, on the second lunar day, / having risen in the morning, O best of brahmins, when the asterism has Viṣṇu as its deity, / one must not hold conversation with sinners, outcasts, or mlecchas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.24) tato madhyāhnasamaye snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ.. jalaśāyinamāsādya maṃtreṇānena pūjayet..24.. > Then, having bathed at midday, clean in washed garments, / approaching the sleeper upon the waters, one should worship him with this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.25) śrīvatsadhāriñchrīkāṃta śrīdhāmañchrīpate'vyaya.. gārhasthyaṃ mā praṇāśaṃ me yātu dharmārthakāmadam..25.. > 'O bearer of the Śrīvatsa, beloved of Śrī, abode of Śrī, lord of Śrī, imperishable one! / May my householder's life, which grants duty, wealth, and desire, not perish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.26) pitaro mā praṇaśyaṃtu mā praṇaśyaṃtu cāgnayaḥ.. devatā mā praṇaśyaṃtu matto dāṃpatyabhedataḥ..26.. > May the ancestors not perish, and may the sacred fires not perish! / May the deities not perish from me through the separation of husband and wife! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.27) lakṣmyā viyujyase kṛṣṇa na kadācidyathā bhavān.. tathā kalatrasambandho deva mā me praṇaśyatu..27.. > Just as you, O Kṛṣṇa, are never separated from Lakṣmī, / even so, O Lord, may my union with my wife not perish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.28) lakṣmyā hyaśūnyaṃ śayanaṃ yathā te deva sarvadā.. śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathā janmani janmani.. 28.. > Just as your couch, O Lord, is never empty of Lakṣmī, / so may my bed also be not empty in birth after birth!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.29) evamarthaṃ nivedyātha tato vipraṃ prapūjayet.. yathāśaktyā dvijaśreṣṭhā vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet..29.. > Having thus made the request, one should then worship a brahmin; / according to one's capacity, O best of twice-born ones, one should avoid dishonesty regarding wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.30) evaṃ bhādrapade māsi āśvine kārtike tathā.. pūjayecca jagannāthaṃ jalaśāyinamacyutam..6.265.30.. > Thus in the month of Bhādrapada, and likewise in Āśvina and Kārtika, / one should worship the Lord of the world, Acyuta sleeping upon the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.31) akṣārabhojanaṃ kāryaṃ viśeṣāttailavarjitam.. samāptau ca tato dadyādbrāhmaṇeṃdrāya bhaktitaḥ..31.. > Saltless food should be eaten, especially avoiding oil; / and upon completion, one should then give with devotion to a noble brahmin > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.32) phalavrīhisamopetāṃ śayyāṃ vastrasamanvitām.. suvarṇaṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ ca tathaiva ca phalaṃ labhet..32.. > a bed provided with fruits and rice and furnished with cloths, / and gold as a sacrificial gift; and in this way one will obtain the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.33) evaṃ yaḥ kurute samyagvratametatsamāhitaḥ.. tasya tuṣṭipathaṃ yāti jalaśāyī jagadguruḥ..33.. > Whoever performs this vow properly with concentrated mind, / enters the path of satisfaction of the sleeper upon the waters, the teacher of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.34) yathā śakrasya saṃtuṣṭaḥ pūrvameva dvijottamāḥ.. aśūnyaṃ śayanaṃ tasya bhavejjanmani janmani..34.. > Just as he was pleased with Śakra of old, O best of twice-born ones, / that man's bed will not be empty in birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.35) aṣṭamāsakṛtaṃ pāpamajñānājjñānato'pi vā.. aśūnyaśayanātsarvaṃ vratānnāśaṃ nayetpumān..35.. > Sin committed during eight months, whether through ignorance or knowledge, / a man brings to destruction through this Aśūnyaśayana vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.36) putrahīnā ca yā nārī kākavandhyā ca yā bhavet.. vidhavā yā karotyetadvratamevaṃ samāhitā.. tasyāstuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ kāyaśuddhiṃ prayacchati..36.. > And whatever woman is without a son, or has borne only one child, / or is a widow, who performs this vow thus with concentrated mind— / pleased with her, the Lord of the world bestows bodily purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.37) na tasyā jāyate buddhiḥ kadācitpāpasaṃbhavā.. na kāmopahatā buddhiḥ kathaṃcidapi jāyate..37.. > Never does an intention born of sin arise in her; / never in any way is her mind overcome by lust. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.38) kumārikāpi yā samyagvratametatsamācaret.. sā patiṃ labhate viprāḥ kulīnaṃ rūpasaṃyutam..38.. > Even an unmarried maiden who properly undertakes this vow, / obtains a husband of noble lineage and endowed with beauty, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.39) niṣkāmaḥ kurute yastu vratametatsamāhitaḥ.. cāturmāsyudbhavānāṃ ca niyamānāṃ phalaṃ labhet..39.. > And he who, free from desire, performs this vow with concentrated mind, / obtains the fruit of the observances arising from the four-month period. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.264.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264.265) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāne aśūnyaśayanavratamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..265.. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Aśūnyaśayana Vow in the Story of the Sleeper upon the Waters,' in the Glory of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the 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.5.264.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Pāñcarātrarakṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.pancaratraraksa.5.40) — Vedāntadeśika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.264) · Pramāṇa