[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) › 5.269 # Skandapurana 5.269 Skandapurāṇa 5.269 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.269.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.1) ānarta uvāca.. mūrkhatvādvā pramādādvā kāmādbālasyato'pi vā.. yo naraḥ kurute pāpaṃ prāyaścittaṃ karoti na ..1.. > Ānarta said: > "Either out of foolishness, negligence, desire, or childishness, > whatever man commits a sin and performs no expiation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.2) tasya pāpakṣayakaraṃ puṇyaṃ brūhi dvijottama.. yena muktirbhavetsadyo yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho..2.. > tell me, O best of brahmins, of the merit that destroys his sin, > by which immediate liberation may occur, if you are pleased with me, O master! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.3) lobhamohaparo yo'sau pāpapiṃḍaṃ mahāmune.. pradadāti vidhiṃ brūhi yena yacchāmyahaṃ drutam..3.. > He who is devoted to greed and delusion—O great sage, tell the rite > by which I may quickly bestow the sin-effigy \[so that he may be freed\]!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.4) bhartṛyajña uvāca.. dadyātsvapiṃḍaṃ sauvarṇaṃ paṃcaviṃśatpalātmakam..4.. > Bhartṛyajña said: > "One should give an effigy of oneself made of gold, weighing twenty-five palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.5) vidhāyāparapakṣe tu snāpayitvā vidhānataḥ.. maṃḍapādyaṃ ca prākkṛtvā snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ..5.. > Having made it during the dark fortnight, and having bathed it in accordance with the rules, > after first constructing a pavilion and the rest, having bathed and wearing clean garments, pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.6) tadā svarūpaṃ pṛthvyādi pūjayetpāpakṛnnaraḥ.. tathā sa mucyate pāpāttatkṛtāddhi na saṃśayaḥ..6.. > then the man who committed the sin should worship \[it as\] his own form, beginning with the earth \[element\]; > thus he is freed from the sin committed by him, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.7) caturviṃśatitattvāni pṛthivyādīni yāni ca.. teṣāṃ nāmabhistatpiṃḍaṃ pūjayetannarādhipaḥ..7.. > The twenty-four principles, beginning with the earth, > by their names the ruler of men should worship that effigy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.8) oṃ pṛthivyai namaḥ.. oṃ adbhyo namaḥ.. oṃ tejase namaḥ.. oṃ vāyave namaḥ.. oṃ ākāśāya namaḥ.. oṃ ghrāṇāya namaḥ.. oṃ jihvāyai namaḥ.. oṃ cakṣuṣe namaḥ.. oṃ tvace namaḥ.. oṃ śrotrāya namaḥ.. oṃ gandhāya namaḥ.. oṃ rasāya namaḥ.. oṃ rūpāya namaḥ.. oṃ sparśāya namaḥ.. oṃ śabdāya namaḥ.. oṃ vāce namaḥ.. oṃ pāṇibhyāṃ namaḥ.. oṃ pādābhyāṃ namaḥ.. oṃ pāyave namaḥ.. oṃ upasthāya namaḥ.. oṃ manase namaḥ.. oṃ buddhyai namaḥ.. oṃ cittāya namaḥ.. oṃ ahaṃkārāya namaḥ. oṃ kṣetrātmane namaḥ.. oṃ paramātmane namaḥ.. dhūpaṃ dhūrasi maṃtreṇa agnirjyotīti dīpakam.. yuvā suvāseti ca tato vāsāṃsi paridhāpayet..8.. > "Oṃ, homage to the earth! / Oṃ, homage to the waters! / Oṃ, homage to the fire! / Oṃ, homage to the wind! / Oṃ, homage to the ether! / Oṃ, homage to the sense of smell! / Oṃ, homage to the tongue! / Oṃ, homage to the eye! / Oṃ, homage to the skin! / Oṃ, homage to the ear! / Oṃ, homage to smell! / Oṃ, homage to taste! / Oṃ, homage to form! / Oṃ, homage to touch! / Oṃ, homage to sound! / Oṃ, homage to speech! / Oṃ, homage to the two hands! / Oṃ, homage to the two feet! / Oṃ, homage to the excretory organ! / Oṃ, homage to the generative organ! / Oṃ, homage to the mind! / Oṃ, homage to the intellect! / Oṃ, homage to the thinking faculty! / Oṃ, homage to egoism! / Oṃ, homage to the self of the field! / Oṃ, homage to the supreme self!" / \[He should offer\] incense with the mantra 'dhūr asi', a lamp with 'agnir jyotiḥ', / and then drape garments with 'yuvā suvāsāḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.9) tato brāhmaṇamānīya vedavedāṃgapāragam.. prakṣālya caraṇau tasya vāsāṃsi paridhāpayet..9.. > Then, having brought a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, > having washed his feet, he should clothe him in garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.10) keyūraiḥ kaṃkaṇaiścaiva aṃgulīyakabhūṣaṇaiḥ.. 6.270.10.. > and with armlets, bracelets, and ring ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.11) bhūṣayitvā tanuṃ tasya tato mūrtiṃ samānayet.. maṃtreṇānena rājeṃdra brāhmaṇāya nivedayet..11.. > having adorned his body, he should then bring the image forward; > with this mantra, O ruler of kings, he should present it to the brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.12) eṣa ātmā mayā dattastava hemamayo dvija.. yatkiṃcidvihitaṃ pāpaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūyāttavākhilam..12.. > "This golden self is given by me to you, O brahmin; > whatever sin was committed \[by me\] in the past, may it all become yours!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.13) iti dānamaṃtraḥ.. tatastu brāhmaṇo rājanmaṃtrametaṃ samuccaret..13.. > Thus is the donation mantra. > Then, O king, the brahmin should utter this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.14) yatkiṃcidvihitaṃ pāpaṃ tvayā pūrvaṃmayā hi tat.. gṛhītaṃ mūrtirūpaṃ tattatastvaṃ pāpavarjitaḥ.. iti pratigrahamaṃtraḥ.. 14.. > "Whatever sin was committed by you in the past, that has indeed been taken > by me in the form of this image; therefore, you are freed from sin." > Thus is the acceptance mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.15) evaṃ dattvā vidhānena tato vipraṃ visarjayet.. evaṃ kṛte tato rājaṃstasmai dattvātha dakṣiṇām..15.. > Having given thus according to the rules, he should then dismiss the brahmin. > When this is done, O king, then having given him a priestly gift, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.16) yathā tuṣṭiṃ samabhyeti tataḥ pāpaṃ nayatyasau.. tasminkṛte mahārāja pratyayastatkṣaṇādbhavet.. 16.. > so that he attains satisfaction, he then takes away the sin. > When that is done, O great king, confirmation arises that very moment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.17) śarīraṃ laghutāmeti tejovṛddhiśca jāyate.. svapne ca vīkṣate rātrau saṃtuṣṭamanasaḥ sthitān..17.. > his body attains lightness, and an increase in splendor is born; > and at night in a dream he sees, standing with contented minds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.18) narānstriyaḥ sitairvastraiḥ śvetamālyānulepanaiḥ.. śvetāngovṛṣabhānaśvāṃstīrthāni vividhāni ca..18.. > men and women dressed in white garments, with white garlands and ointments, > white cows, bulls, horses, and various sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.19) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pāpapiṃḍasya dāpanam.. śravaṇādapi rājeṃdra yasya pāpaiḥ pramucyate..19.. > All this has been related to you regarding the gift of the sin-effigy, > merely by hearing which, O ruler of kings, one is freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.21) anyatrāpi mahādānaṃ pāpapiṇḍo harennṛpa..6.270.20. ekajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nijakāyena nirmitam.. kapāleśvaradevasya sahasraguṇitaṃ haret..21.. > Elsewhere too, O king, this great gift, the sin-effigy, takes away / the sin committed in a single lifetime and produced by one's own body; > \[at the shrine\] of the god Kapāleśvara, it takes away a thousandfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.22) pūrvavaccaiva kartavyo vedimaṃḍapayorvidhiḥ.. paraṃ homaḥ prakartavyo gāyatryā kevalaṃ nṛpa..22. > The procedure for the altar and the pavilion should be performed just as before; > only the fire sacrifice, O king, must be performed with the Gāyatrī alone." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.269.270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269.270) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kapāleśvarakṣetramāhātmyaprasaṃgena pāpapiṃḍapradānavidhānavarṇanaṃnāma saptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..270.. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventieth chapter, entitled "Description of the Rules for the Gift of the Sin-Effigy in the Context of the Māhātmya of the Kapāleśvara Sacred Field," in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 270 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.269.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.269) · Pramāṇa