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# Skandapurana 6.3.51

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.51

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.51.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.p1)

adhyāya 51

> Chapter 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.1)

uttānapāda uvāca -  
kāle tatkriyate kasmiñchrāddhaṃ dānaṃ tatheśvara .  
yātrā tatra prakartavyā tithau yasyāṃ vadāśu tat .. 51.1 ..

> Uttānapāda said: / At what time should śrāddha and gift-giving be performed there, O Lord? / On which lunar day should the pilgrimage be undertaken there? Tell that quickly!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.2)

īśvara uvāca -  
pitṛtīrthaṃ yathā puṇyaṃ sarvakāmikamuttamam .  
idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ snānadānāditarpaṇaiḥ .. 51.2 ..

> Īśvara said: / Just as the tīrtha of the ancestors is holy, granting all desires, and excellent, / so is this holy tīrtha through ritual ablutions, gifts, libations, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.3)

viśeṣeṇa tu kurvīta śrāddhaṃ sarvayugādiṣu .  
manvantarādayo vatsa śrūyantāṃ ca caturdaśa .. 51.3 ..

> One should especially perform śrāddha on all the beginnings of the yugas. / And listen, my child, to the fourteen beginnings of the manvantaras:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.4)

aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārttikasya ca .  
tṛtīyā caitramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca .. 51.4 ..

> The bright ninth of Aśvina, and the twelfth of Kārttika, / the third of the month of Caitra, and likewise of Bhādrapada;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.5)

āṣāḍhasyaiva daśamī māghasyaiva tu saptamī .  
śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhasya pūrṇimā .. 51.5 ..

> the tenth of Āṣāḍha, and the seventh of Māgha; / the dark eighth of Śrāvaṇa, and the full moon of Āṣāḍha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.6)

phālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā .  
kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī tathā .. 51.6 ..

> the new moon of Phālguna, and the bright eleventh of Pauṣa; / the fifteenth of Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra, and Jyeṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.7)

manvantarādayaścaite anantaphaladāḥ smṛtāḥ .  
ayane cottare rājandakṣiṇe śrāddhamācaret .. 51.7 ..

> These beginnings of the manvantaras are remembered as yielding endless fruit. / And at the northern solstice, O king, and at the southern, one should perform a śrāddha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.8)

kārttikī ca tathā māghī vaiśākhasya tṛtīyikā .  
paurṇamāsī ca caitrasya jyeṣṭhasya ca viśeṣataḥ .. 51.8 ..

> likewise the \[full moons\] of Kārttika and Māgha, and the third of Vaiśākha, / and especially the full moon of Caitra and of Jyeṣṭha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.9)

aṣṭakāsu ca saṃkrāntau vyatīpāte tathaiva ca .  
śrāddhakālā ime sarve dattameṣvakṣayaṃ smṛtam .. 51.9 ..

> and on the aṣṭakā days, at a saṃkrānti, and likewise on a vyatīpāta. / All these are times for śrāddha; what is given on these is remembered as imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.10)

madhumāse site pakṣa ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ .  
niśi jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādviṣṇupādasamīpataḥ .. 51.10 ..

> In the spring month, in the bright fortnight, having fasted on the eleventh day, / one should keep a vigil at night near the footprint of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.11)

dhūpadīpādinaivedyaiḥ sraṅmālāgurucandanaiḥ .  
arcāṃ kurvanti ye viṣṇoḥ paṭheyuḥ prāktanīṃ kathām .. 51.11 ..

> Those who perform worship of Viṣṇu with incense, lamps, food offerings, and the like, with garlands and agallochum sandalwood, / and read an ancient narrative,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.12)

ṛgyajuḥsāmamantroktaṃ sūktaṃ japati yo dvijaḥ .  
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 51.12 ..

> and the twice-born who recites a sūkta stated in the mantras of the Ṛg, Yajur, or Sāma \[Veda\], / being completely freed from all sins, he goes to the realm of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.13)

prātaḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta dvijān sampūjya yatnataḥ .  
dānaṃ dadyādyathāśakti gohiraṇyāmbarādikam .. 51.13 ..

> In the morning he should perform a śrāddha, having carefully worshipped the twice-born. / He should give a gift according to his capacity: a cow, gold, garments, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.14)

pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
śrāddhadastu vrajettatra yatra devo janārdanaḥ .. 51.14 ..

> His ancestors are satisfied until the dissolution of all beings, / and the giver of the śrāddha goes there where Lord Janārdana is.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.15)

trayodaśyāṃ tato gacchedguhāvāsini liṅgake .  
dṛṣṭvā mārkaṇḍamīśānaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 51.15 ..

> Then, on the thirteenth day, he should go to the liṅga residing in the cave. / Having seen Mārkaṇḍeśa, he is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.16)

uttānapāda uvāca -  
guhāmadhye mahādeva liṅgaṃ paramaśobhitam .  
yena pratiṣṭhitaṃ deva tanmamākhyātumarhasi .. 51.16 ..

> Uttānapāda said:  
> O Mahādeva, inside the cave is a most radiant liṅga.  
> O god, you ought to tell me by whom it was installed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.17)

īśvara uvāca -  
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto mārkaṇḍeyo munīśvaraḥ .  
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 51.17 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> Renowned in the three worlds is the lord of sages, Mārkaṇḍeya.  
> For a divine thousand years he practiced very severe austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.18)

guhāmadhyaṃ praviṣṭo'sau yogābhyāsamupāśritaḥ .  
liṅgaṃ tu sthāpitaṃ tena mārkaṇḍeśvarasaṃjñitam .. 51.18 ..

> Having entered inside the cave and resorted to the practice of yoga,  
> a liṅga named Mārkaṇḍeśvara was established by him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.19)

tatra snātvā ca yo bhaktyā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ .  
tatra jāgaraṇaṃ kurvan dadyāddīpaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 51.19 ..

> Having bathed there with devotion, fasting, with senses conquered,  
> keeping a night vigil there, one should diligently offer a lamp.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.20)

devasya snapanaṃ kuryānmṛtaiḥ pañcabhistathā .  
yathā śaktyā samālabhya pūjāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. 51.20 ..

> One should perform the ceremonial bath of the god with the five amṛtas;  
> anointing it according to one's ability, one should perform worship according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.21)

svaśākhotpannamantraiśca japaṃ kuryurdvijātayaḥ .  
sāvitryaṣṭasahasraṃ tu śatāṣṭakamathāpi vā .. 51.21 ..

> Twice-born ones should perform recitation with mantras originating in their own Vedic branch,  
> either eight thousand or one hundred and eight times the Sāvitrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.22)

etatkṛtvā nṛpaśreṣṭha janmanaḥ phalamāpnuyāt .  
caturdaśyāṃ tu vai snātvā pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .. 51.22 ..

> Having done this, O best of kings, one obtains the fruit of one's birth.  
> Indeed, having bathed on the fourteenth day and performed worship according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.23)

pātraṃ parīkṣya dātavyamātmanaḥ śreya icchatā .  
pitarastasya tṛpyanti dvādaśābdānyasaṃśayam .. 51.23 ..

> one who desires his own welfare should give gifts after examining the recipient.  
> His ancestors are satisfied for twelve years, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.24)

dātā sa gacchate tatra yatra bhogāḥ sanātanāḥ .  
guhāmadhye praviṣṭastu loṭayeccaiva śaktitaḥ .. 51.24 ..

> That donor goes to that place where eternal enjoyments are.  
> Having entered inside the cave, one should roll \[on the ground\] according to one's ability.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.25)

nīle girau hi yatpuṇyaṃ tatsamastaṃ labhanti te .  
śūlabhede tu yaḥ kuryācchrāddhaṃ parvaṇi parvaṇi .. 51.25 ..

> They obtain all that merit which is gained on the Blue Mountain.  
> He who performs a śrāddha at Śūlabheda on every auspicious festival day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.26)

viśeṣāccaitramāsānte tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .  
kedāre caiva yatpuṇyaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame .. 51.26 ..

> especially at the end of the month of Caitra—hear the meritorious fruit of that:  
> Whatever merit is gained at Kedāra and at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.27)

sitāsite tu yatpuṇyamanyatīrthe viśeṣataḥ .  
arbude vidyate puṇyaṃ puṇyaṃ cāmaraparvate .. 51.27 ..

> and whatever merit is at the Sitāsita \[confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā\], especially at other sacred fords,  
> what merit is found at Arbuda, and the merit at the Mountain of the Immortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.28)

gayādisarvatīrthānāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ .  
vidhimantrasamāyuktastarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 51.28 ..

> a person obtains the fruit of all sacred fords, such as Gayā.  
> Endowed with the prescribed mantras, he should offer libations to the ancestral gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.29)

kulānāṃ tārayedviṃśaṃ daśa pūrvān daśāparān .  
dakṣiṇasyāṃ tato mūrtau śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ .. 51.29 ..

> He delivers twenty \[generations\] of his families—ten preceding and ten succeeding.  
> Then, becoming pure and concentrated, facing the southern icon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.30)

nyāsaṃ kṛtvā tu pūrvoktaṃ pradadyādaṣṭapuṣpikām .  
śāstroktairaṣṭabhiḥ puṣpairmānasaiḥ śṛṇu tadyathā .. 51.30 ..

> having performed the previously mentioned nyāsa, he should offer the eight-flower offering.  
> Hear how it is done, with the eight mental flowers declared in the scriptures:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.31)

vārijaṃ saumyamāgneyaṃ vāyavyaṃ pārthivaṃ punaḥ .  
vānaspatyaṃ bhavetṣaṣṭhaṃ prājāpatyaṃ tu saptamam .. 51.31 ..

> The water-born, the gentle, the fiery, the airy, and again the earthy;  
> the arboreal is the sixth, and the Prajāpati-related is the seventh;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.32)

aṣṭamaṃ śivapuṣpaṃ syādeṣāṃ śṛṇu vinirṇayam .  
vārijaṃ salilaṃ jñeyaṃ saumyaṃ madhughṛtaṃ payaḥ .. 51.32 ..

> the flower of Śiva is the eighth. Hear the precise determination of these:  
> The water-born is known to be water; the gentle is honey, ghee, and milk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.33)

āgneyaṃ dhūpadīpādyaṃ vāyavyaṃ candanādikam .  
pārthivaṃ kandamūlādyaṃ vānaspatyaṃ phalātmakam .. 51.33 ..

> the fiery consists of incense, lamps, and the like; the airy is sandalwood paste and the like;  
> the earthy consists of bulbs, roots, and the like; the arboreal consists of fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.34)

prājāpatyaṃ tu pāṭhādyaṃ śivapuṣpaṃ tu vāsanā .  
ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpaṃ puṣpamindriyanigrahaḥ .. 51.34 ..

> the Prajāpati-related consists of recitation and the like; and the flower of Śiva is residual impression.  
> Non-violence is the first flower; the restraint of the senses is a flower;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.35)

tṛtīyaṃ tu dayā puṣpaṃ kṣamā puṣpaṃ caturthakam .  
dhyānapuṣpaṃ tapaḥ puṣpaṃ jñānapuṣpaṃ tu saptamam .. 51.35 ..

> compassion is the third flower, and forbearance is the fourth flower;  
> meditation is a flower, austerity is a flower, and knowledge is the seventh flower;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.36)

satyaṃ caivāṣṭamaṃ puṣpamebhistuṣyanti devatāḥ .  
bhaktyā tapasvinaḥ pūjyā jñāninaśca narādhipa .. 51.36 ..

> and truth is the eighth flower: the deities are pleased by these.  
> Ascetics and men of knowledge should be worshipped with devotion, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.37)

chatramāvaraṇaṃ dadyādupānadyugalaṃ tathā .  
tena pūjitamātreṇa pūjitāḥ puruṣāstrayaḥ .. 51.37 ..

> One should give an umbrella, an outer garment, and a pair of sandals;  
> by merely worshipping him, the three Puruṣas are worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.38)

svargaloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
śūlapāṇestu bhaktyā vai jāpyaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ .. 51.38 ..

> He shall dwell in the heavenly world until the dissolution of all beings.  
> Those men who with devotion perform the recitation of the Trident-bearer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.39)

pañcāmṛtaiḥ pañcagavyairyakṣakardamakuṅkumaiḥ .  
samālabheta deveśaṃ śrīkhaṇḍāgurucandanaiḥ .. 51.39 ..

> and anoint the Lord of Gods with the five nectars, the five cow products,  
> yakṣakardama paste, saffron, white sandalwood, and aloe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.40)

nānāvidhaiśca ye puṣpairarcāṃ kurvanti śūlinaḥ .  
niśi jāgaraṇaṃ kuryurdīpadānaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 51.40 ..

> and who worship the Trident-bearer with various kinds of flowers,  
> should keep a vigil at night and diligently make an offering of lamps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.41)

dhūpanaivedyakaṃ dadyātpaṭhetpaurāṇikīṃ kathām .  
tatra sthāne sthitā bhaktyā japaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ .. 51.41 ..

> One should offer incense and food offerings, and read a Purāṇic narrative.  
> Those men who, remaining in that place, perform recitation with devotion—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.42)

śrīsūktaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ vṛṣākapim .  
vedoktaiścaiva mantraiśca raudrīṃ vā bahurūpiṇīm .. 51.42 ..

> the Śrīsūkta, the Pauruṣasūkta, the Pāvamāna, the Vṛṣākapi,  
> and the Raudrī or the Bahurūpiṇī with mantras taught in the Vedas—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.43)

brāhmaṇān pūjayedbhaktyā pūjayitvā praṇamya ca .  
nānāvidhairmahābhogaiḥ śivaloke mahīyate .. 51.43 ..

> should worship brahmins with devotion; having worshipped and bowed down to them,  
> he is magnified in the world of Śiva with various great enjoyments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.44)

agnimityādi jāpyāni ṛgvedī japate tu yaḥ .  
rudrān puruṣasūktaṃ ca ślokādhyāyaṃ ca śukriyam .. 51.44 ..

> He who, being a knower of the Ṛgveda, recites texts to be recited such as "Agni...",  
> the Rudras, the Puruṣasūkta, the Ślokādhyāya, and the Śukriya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.45)

iṣetvā dikamantraughaṃ jyotirbrāhmaṇameva ca .  
gāyatryaṃ vai madhu caiva maṇḍalabrāhmaṇāni ca .. 51.45 ..

> or, if he is a knower of the Yajurveda, recites with devotion these texts to be recited:  
> the collection of mantras beginning with "Iṣe tvā...", the Jyotirbrāhmaṇa,  
> the Gāyatra, the Madhu, and the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.46)

etāñjapyāṃstu yo bhaktyā yajurvedī japedyadi .  
devavrataṃ vāmadevyaṃ puruṣarṣabhameva ca .. 51.46 ..

> or the Devavrata, the Vāmadevya, the Puruṣarṣabha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.47)

bṛhadrathāntaraṃ caiva yo japedbhaktitatparaḥ .  
sa prayāti naraḥ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 51.47 ..

> and the Bṛhat and the Rathāntara, being intent on devotion—  
> that man goes to the place where God Maheśvara resides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.48)

pādaśaucaṃ tathābhyaṅgaṃ kurute yo'tra bhaktitaḥ .  
godāne caiva yatpuṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 51.48 ..

> He who here performs the washing of feet and the application of unguents with devotion  
> obtains the merit of gifting a cow; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.49)

brāhmaṇān bhojayettatra madhunā pāyasena ca .  
ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 51.49 ..

> One should feed brahmins there with honey and milk rice.  
> When one brahmin is fed, ten million are fed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.50)

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ dadyādbhaktyā dvijottame .  
tarpitāstena devāḥ syurmanuṣyāḥ pitarastathā .. 51.50 ..

> One should give gold, silver, and cloth with devotion to an excellent twice-born;  
> by that, gods, humans, and ancestors are satisfied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.51)

candrasūryagrahe bhaktyā snānaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ .  
devārcanaṃ ye ca kuryurjapaṃ homaṃ viśeṣataḥ .  
dadyāddānaṃ yathāśakti brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. 51.51 ..

> Those men who take a bath with devotion during an eclipse of the moon or the sun,  
> and who perform the worship of the deity, especially recitation and fire offerings,  
> should give gifts according to their ability to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.52)

aśvaṃ rathaṃ gajaṃ yānaṃ tulāpuruṣameva ca .  
śakaṭaṃ yaḥ pradadyādvā saptadhānyaprapūritam .. 51.52 ..

> a horse, a chariot, an elephant, a vehicle, or the gift of a man-weighed balance,  
> or a cart filled with seven kinds of grains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.53)

sayoktraṃ lāṅgalaṃ dadyādyuvānau tu dhuraṃdharau .  
gobhūtilahiraṇyādi pātre dātavyamarcitam .. 51.53 ..

> One should give a plough with yoke-ropes and two young draught-bulls.  
> Cows, land, sesame seeds, gold, and other gifts should be given with reverence to a worthy recipient.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.54)

apātre viduṣā kiṃcinna deyaṃ bhūtimicchatā .  
yato'sau sarvabhūtāni dadhāti dharaṇī kila .. 51.54 ..

> Nothing should be given to an unworthy recipient by a wise person desiring prosperity.  
> Because the earth indeed sustains all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.55)

tato viprāya sā deyā sarvasasyaughamālinī .  
athānyacchṛṇu rājendra godānasya tu yatphalam .. 51.55 ..

> it should be given to a brahmin, garlanded with masses of all crops.  
> Now hear another matter, O lord of kings: the fruit of gifting a cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.56)

yāvadvatsasya pādau dvau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ pradṛśyate .  
tāvadgauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muñcati .. 51.56 ..

> As long as the calf's two feet and face are visible in the birth canal,  
> for that long the cow is considered the earth, until she releases the embryo.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.57)

yena kenāpyupāyena brāhmaṇe tāṃ samarpayet .  
pṛthvī dattā bhavettena saśailavanakānanā .. 51.57 ..

> By whatever means possible, one should offer her to a brahmin;  
> by him the earth, with its mountains and forests, has been given.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.58)

tārayenniyataṃ dattā kulānāmekaviṃśatim .  
raupyakhurīṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ savastrāṃ ca payasvinīm .. 51.58 ..

> Given \[in this state\], it surely delivers twenty-one generations: / \[a cow\] with silver hooves, a bronze milking pail, adorned with cloth, and rich in milk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.59)

ye prayacchanti kṛtino graste sūrye niśākare .  
teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ na jānāmi puṇyasyābdaśatairapi .. 51.59 ..

> Those fortunate ones who bestow \[her\] when the sun or the moon is seized \[by eclipse\]— / even in hundreds of years, I do not know the measure of their merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.60)

sarvasyāpi hi dānasya saṃkhyāstīha narādhipa .  
candrasūryoparāge ca dānasaṃkhyā na vidyate .. 51.60 ..

> For in this world there is a count for every gift, O lord of men; / but during an eclipse of the moon or the sun, the gift cannot be counted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.61)

yatra gaurdṛśyate rājan sarvatīrthāni tatra hi .  
tatra parva vijānīyānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 51.61 ..

> Where a cow is seen, O king, there indeed are all the sacred fords; / there one should recognize an auspicious occasion; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.62)

punaḥ smṛtvā tu tattīrthaṃ yaḥ kuryādgamanaṃ naraḥ .  
athavā mriyate yo'tra rudrasyānucaro bhavet .. 51.62 ..

> Moreover, a man who, remembering that sacred ford, goes there, / or who dies there, becomes an attendant of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.51.62\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.51.62_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śūlabhede dānadharmapraśaṃsāvarṇanaṃ nāmaikapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the fifty-first chapter, entitled “Praise of the Duty of Giving at Śūlabheda,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.51.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.51.1) — Sanskrit
- [Dānakaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danakaumudi.1.p37) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayakautuka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayakautuka.2.p3) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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