[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) › 6.3.228 # Skandapurana 6.3.228 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.228 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.228.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - parārthaṃ tīrthayātrāyāṃ gacchataḥ kasya kiṃ phalam . kiyanmātraṃ muniśreṣṭha tanme brūhi kṛpānidhe .. 228.1 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / When someone goes on a pilgrimage on behalf of another, who obtains what fruit, / and to what extent, O best of sages? Tell me that, O ocean of compassion! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.2) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - parārthaṃ gacchatastanme vadataḥ śṛṇu pārthiva . yathā yāvatphalaṃ tasya yātrādivihitaṃ bhavet .. 228.2 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Listen to me speak of that, O king, concerning one who goes on behalf of another, / how much fruit of the pilgrimage and other rites is ordained for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.3) uttameneha varṇena dravyalobhādinā nṛpa . nādhamasya kvacitkāryaṃ tīrthayātrādisevanam .. 228.3 .. > A member of a higher caste, out of greed for wealth or the like, O king, / must never perform pilgrimage and similar practices on behalf of an inferior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.4) dharmakarma mahārāja svayaṃ vidvānsamācaret . śarīrasyāthavā śaktyā anyadvā kāryayogataḥ .. 228.4 .. > A wise man should perform religious acts himself, O great king, / or according to the capacity of his body, or through someone else if bound by necessity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.5) dharmakarma sadā prāyaḥ savarṇenaiva kārayet . putrapautrādikairvāpi jñātibhirgotrasambhavaiḥ .. 228.5 .. > One should almost always have religious acts performed by a person of one's own caste, / or by sons, grandsons, and the like, or by kinsmen born of the same lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.6) śreṣṭhaṃ hi vihitaṃ prāhurdharmakarma yudhiṣṭhira . taireva kārayettasmānnottamairnādhamairapi .. 228.6 .. > For religious acts performed by them are declared to be excellent, O Yudhiṣṭhira; / therefore, one should have them performed only by them, not by superiors nor by inferiors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.7) adhamena kṛtaṃ samyaṅna bhavediti me matiḥ . uttamaścādhamārthe vai kurvandurgatimāpnuyāt .. 228.7 .. > That which is performed by an inferior is not done properly—such is my opinion; / and a superior acting on behalf of an inferior will indeed fall into a degraded state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.8) na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyānnocchiṣṭaṃ na haviṣkṛtam . na cāsyopadiśeddharmaṃ na cāsya vratamādiśet .. 228.8 .. > One should not give counsel to a śūdra, nor leftover food, nor sacrificial offerings; / one should not instruct him in dharma, nor prescribe a vow for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.9) japastapastīrthayātrā pravrajyā mantrasādhanam . devatārādhanaṃ dīkṣā strīśūdrapatanāni ṣaṭ .. 228.9 .. > Recitation of mantras, austerity, pilgrimage, renunciation, mastering mantras, / deity worship, and initiation—these six cause the downfall of women and śūdras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.10) pativatnī patatyeva vidhavā sarvamācaret . sabhartṛkāśake patyau sarvaṃ kuryādanujñayā .. 228.10 .. > A woman whose husband is alive certainly falls; a widow may perform everything; / a woman with a husband should perform everything with his permission if the husband is present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.11) gatvā parārthaṃ tīrthādau ṣoḍaśāṃśaphalaṃ labhet . gacchataśca prasaṅgena tīrthamarddhaphalaṃ smṛtam .. 228.11 .. > Going on behalf of another to a sacred ford or the like, one obtains a sixteenth of the fruit; / but if one goes along in company, half the fruit is taught for the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.12) anusaṅgena tīrthasya snāne snānaphalaṃ viduḥ . naiva yātrāphalaṃ tajjñāḥ śāstroktaṃ kalmaṣāpaham .. 228.12 .. > Those who know understand that bathing merely alongside yields the fruit of ritual ablution; / it does not yield the fruit of pilgrimage declared in the scriptures, which destroys impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.13) pitrarthaṃ ca pitṛvyasya māturmātāmahasya ca . mātulasya tathā bhrātuḥ śvaśurasya sutasya ca .. 228.13 .. > On behalf of a father, a paternal uncle, a mother, a maternal grandfather, / a maternal uncle, a brother, a father-in-law, or a son; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.14) poṣakārthādayoścāpi mātāmahyā gurostathā . svasurmātṛṣvasuḥ paitryā ācāryādhyāpakasya ca .. 228.14 .. > or on behalf of a foster father and others, a maternal grandmother, a guru, / a sister, a maternal aunt, a paternal aunt, an ācārya, or an instructor— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.15) ityādyarthe naraḥ snātvā svayamaṣṭāṃśamāpnuyāt . sākṣātpitroḥ prakurvāṇaścaturthāṃśamavāpnuyāt .. 228.15 .. > having bathed on behalf of such persons, a man obtains an eighth part himself; / but performing it directly on behalf of parents, he obtains a fourth part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.16) patipatnyormithaścārddhaṃ phalaṃ prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ . bhāgineyasya śiṣyasya bhrātṛvyasya sutasya ca . ṣaṭtripañcacaturbhāgānphalamāpnoti vai naraḥ .. 228.16 .. > The wise state that between husband and wife, the fruit shared is half; / for a nephew, a pupil, a brother's son, and a son, / a man indeed receives sixths, thirds, fifths, and fourths of the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.17) iti te kathitaṃ pārtha pāramparyakramāgatam . kartavyaṃ jñātivargasya parārthe dharmasādhanam .. 228.17 .. > Thus has been told to you, O Pārtha, as handed down through tradition: / the means of dharma on behalf of another should be performed by the circle of kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.18) varṣāṛtusamāyoge sarvā nadyo rajasvalāḥ . muktvā sarasvatīṃ gaṅgāṃ narmadāṃ yamunānadīm .. 228.18 .. > At the arrival of the rainy season, all rivers are impure, / except the Sarasvatī, the Gaṅgā, the Narmadā, and the river Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.228.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228.18_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe parārthatīrthayātrāphalakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Account of the Fruit of Pilgrimage on Behalf of Another', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.228.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.228.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.228) · Pramāṇa