[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) › 7.12.p4 # Skandapurana 7.12.p4 Skandapurāṇa 7.12.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.12.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p4) sāvitrī vedamātā ca gāyatrī durgayā saha . śrīḥ kīrtiścaiva lakṣmīśca dhṛtiḥ prajñā tathaiva ca ..4. . khyātirditirdanuścaiva aditiḥ siṃhikā khaśā4 . rākā kuhūḥ sinīvālī tathaivānumatiḥ5 śubhā .. ..5. . gaṅgā sarasvatī caiva tathānyāḥ saritaḥ śubhāḥ . ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva yāḥ patnyo devānāṃ yakṣarakṣasām . uragāṇāṃ khagānāñca gandharvāṇāṃ tathaiva ca . . 6.. etāssarvāstathāgamya namaskṛtya ca pārvatīm . papracchuḥ sarvadharmajñā dharmaṃ dharmārthasaṃśritāḥ . .7.. kena dharmeṇa deveśe tapasā vā śubhānane . sumahat prāpya puṇyaṃ kiñcākṣayyaṃ prakīrtitam . .8 .. devyuvāca yuṣmākantu hitārthāya lokānāñcaiva suvratāḥ . kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ dharmaṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ . .9. . annadānāt paraṃ dānaṃ naiva kiñciddhi8 vidyate . annād bhavanti bhūtāni9 tasmāttadadhikaṃ smṛtam .. 8.111.10 .. annaṃ yastu susaṃskṛtya prayaccheta dvijātaye . sa sarvakāmānāpnoti10 pūjyate ca triviṣṭape .. 11 .. mayūrahaṃsayuktena11 sarvakāmasamṛddhinā12 . vimānenārkabhāsena13 annado yāti vai divam14 . . 12 .. yadi mānuṣyamāyāti15 kadācit sa narottamaḥ . dhanadhānyasamākīrṇaḥ kulīnaḥ syācca16 rūpavān .. 13 . . yathāśakti tu yo dadyād divase divase naraḥ . sa tena karmaṇāpnoti prajāpatisalokatām . . 14.. > Sāvitrī, the Mother of the Vedas, and Gāyatrī together with Durgā; / Śrī, Kīrti, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, and likewise Prajñā; / Khyāti, Diti, Danu, Aditi, Siṃhikā, Khaśā, / Rākā, Kuhū, Sinīvālī, and the auspicious Anumati; / Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, and other auspicious rivers; / and the wives of the seers, of the gods, of the yakṣas and rakṣasas, / of the serpents, birds, and gandharvas. / All these, having come and bowed to Pārvatī, / knowledgeable in all duties and committed to dharma and purpose, asked: / “By what duty or austerity, O Lady of gods, O fair-faced one, / is great merit attained, and which \[gift\] is proclaimed to be imperishable?” / The goddess said: / “For your benefit, O women of good vows, and for that of the worlds, / I shall proclaim dharma properly in due order. / There is indeed no gift higher than the gift of food; / from food living beings arise; therefore, it is regarded as superior to that. / The man who, properly preparing food, gives it to a twice-born, / attains all desires and is honored in heaven. / In an aerial chariot shining like the sun, yoked with peacocks and swans / and abounding in all desirable things, the giver of food goes indeed to heaven. / If at any time that best of men returns to human existence, / he will be wealthy in grain and riches, of noble birth, and handsome. / The man who gives according to his capacity day after day, / by that action attains the world of Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.12.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p3) - [Next: 7.12.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p5) - [Up: 7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.12.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p4) · Pramāṇa