[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 # Skandapurana 7.12 Skandapurāṇa 7.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p1) pūrva pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 101 - 110 ) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 121 - 130) > Previous page (Chapters 101–110) | Next page (Chapters 121–130) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p2) vyāsa uvāca1 gate divaṃ mahādeve vratamādeṣṭumuttamam . ekākinī mahādevī kiñcakre tadanantaram . . 1 . . sanatkumāra uvāca gate divaṃ mahādeve devīṃ girivarātmajām . upatasthurmahābhāgā devyo lokasya mātaraḥ . .2. . bharatasya sutāgnestu mālinītyabhiviśrutā . śucāvatī ca devasya parjanyasya sutāvyayā . . 3 .. > Vyāsa said: / When Mahādeva had gone to heaven to teach the supreme observance, / what did the great goddess do then, all alone? / Sanatkumāra said: / When Mahādeva had gone to heaven, the blessed goddesses, / the mothers of the world, approached the goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains: / the daughter of Agni Bharata, renowned as Mālinī, / and the imperishable Śucāvatī, daughter of the god Parjanya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p3) 1 sana u - ka. . 2 tasmina - ka . 582 > \[Variant readings: 1. sana u – ka. 2. tasmina – ka.\] / 582 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [7.12.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p5) 3 devamātā - ka . 4 svaṣā - kha. . 5.. numatī - ka kha . 3 ṛṣīṇāṃ patnayo yāśca - ka. kha. . 7 namaskṛtvā - ka. kha. . 8.. śca ( cca) - ka . 9 satvāni - kha . 10 sarvakāmānavāpnoti - ka. . 11 mayūrahaṃsayuktaṃ ca - ka . 12.,. samṛddhimat - ka. . 13 vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ - ka. . 14 labhate śubham - ka. 15 mānuṣyāṃtāṃ yāti - kha. . 16 samākīrṇe kule jāyati - kha . 583 kadācidapi yo dadyādannaṃ viprāya saṃskṛtam . tasyāpi tacchataguṇaṃ sahasraguṇameva ca .. 1 5. . upatiṣṭhati lokeṣu ihāpi ca sukhī bhavet . avadhūtamavajñātamasatkṛtamathāpi17 ca . .1 6 .. > \[Variant readings: 3. devamātā – ka. 4. svaṣā – kha. 5. numatī – ka. kha. 3 \[6\]. ṛṣīṇāṃ patnayo yāśca – ka. kha. 7. namaskṛtvā – ka. kha. 8. śca (cca) – ka. 9. satvāni – kha. 10. sarvakāmānavāpnoti – ka. 11. mayūrahaṃsayuktaṃ ca – ka. 12. samṛddhimat – ka. 13. vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ – ka. 14. labhate śubham – ka. 15. mānuṣyāṃtāṃ yāti – kha. 16. samākīrṇe kule jāyati – kha.\] / 583 / Even if one should give prepared food to a vipra just once, / it accrues to him a hundredfold, even a thousandfold, / in the worlds, and he will also be happy here. / Even if discarded, treated with contempt, or disrespected, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p6) annaṃ pradadyādyo devyo18 yādṛśaṃ tādṛśaṃ śubhāḥ19 . tasyāpi narake ghore yātyamānasya rākṣasaiḥ .. 17. . upatiṣṭheta bahudhā tṛptiryenāsya jāyate20 . yadi mānuṣyamāyāti kadācit sa naraḥ punaḥ . . 18. . mleccheṣu bhogī bhavati ramate ca yathāmaraḥ . annemevaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ hi tasmānna paramaṃ21 bhuvi . . 19 . . annaṃ prajāpatiḥ proktaṃ sa ca saṃvatsaro mataḥ . saṃvatsaraśca yajñosau yajñe sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam . .8.111.2 0 . . tasmād bhavanti bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca . tasmādannaṃ viśiṣṭhantu sarvebhya iti vai śrutiḥ .. 21 .. > Whoever, O goddesses, O auspicious ones, gives food—of whatever kind— > even to him, when he is being tormented by rākṣasas in a terrible hell, > sustenance comes in abundance, whereby satisfaction arises for him. > If at some point that man returns to human existence, > he becomes an enjoyer of pleasures among the mlecchas and rejoices like an immortal. > Food alone is thus superior; therefore, there is nothing higher on earth. > Food is declared to be Prajāpati, and he is considered to be the year; > and the year is that sacrifice, \[and\] everything is established in the sacrifice. > From that arise beings, both stationary and moving. > Therefore, food is indeed superior to all—so says the sacred tradition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p7) annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ naiva kiñciddhi vidyate . annād bhavanti bhūtāni tasmāttadvai22 praśasyate . .22 .. > There is indeed no gift higher than the gift of food. > From food beings arise; therefore, that is indeed praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p8) sugandhāḥ śītalāścāpo rasairdivyaiḥ samanvitāḥ . yaḥ prayacchati viprebhyastasya dānaphalaṃ śṛṇu . .23 . . vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśamapsarogaṇanāditam . sodhirūhya divaṃ yāti varuṇasya salokatām ..24.. > Sweet-smelling, cool water endowed with divine flavors— > hear the reward of his giving who offers it to brahmins: > Mounting an aerial chariot resembling the sun and filled with the music of apsarases, > he goes to heaven, achieving dwelling in the world of Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p9) tatrāsāvayutānyaṣṭāvuṣitvā devavat sukhī . kule mahatyasaṃkīrṇo23 jāyate dhanadhānyavān . .25.. > Having dwelt there for eighty thousand \[years\], happy like a god, > he is born in a great, unmixed family, rich in wealth and grain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p10) āpāntu pūrṇaṃ yo bhāṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇāya prayacchati . rasāstasyopatiṣṭhanti pūjyate ca divaṃ gataḥ ..26. . > He who gives a vessel full of water to a brahmin— > flavors attend him, and, having gone to heaven, he is honored. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584) 17 masaṃskṛtamathāpi - kha. . 18 devi - ka. kha. . 19 śubhe - ka. kha . 20 labhate puṇyamavyayaṃ - kha. . 21 na tasmāt paramaṃ - kha. . 22.. .ccaitat - gha. . 23. saṃkīrṇe - kha. . 584 . 584 . > \[Critical apparatus and page numbers: 17 masaṃskṛtamathāpi - kha. 18 devi - ka. kha. 19 śubhe - ka. kha. 20 labhate puṇyamavyayaṃ - kha. 21 na tasmāt paramaṃ - kha. 22 ccaitat - gha. 23 saṃkīrṇe - kha. 584 . 584 .\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_11) bhājanāni ca yo dadyāt supūrṇāni śubhānanāḥ24 . bhājanaṃ syāt sa bhogānāṃ tārayecca25 pitṝn bhayāt . .27. . taḍāgaṃ yastu kurvīta apāṃ devyaḥ26 samṛddhimat . apaḥ27 pibanti vai yatra sarve jantava eva ca ..28. . tārayitvā ca sa pitṝm̐stathaiva ca pitāmahān . prapitāmahām̐śca lokeṣu kamikeṣu28 vihaṅgamaḥ ..29.. carate devavaddevyo varṣāyutaśatāni ṣaṭ . punaśca mānuṣe loke sarvarogavivarjitaḥ ..8.111.3 0 .. bhogī bhavati bhogānāṃ rājamātraśca jāyate . dātā yajyā ca balavān suprabhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ .. 31 . . avaṭaṃ yo naraḥ kuryādapāṃ pūrṇaṃ śucismitāḥ29 . dadyācca brāhmaṇebhyastaṃ bhojayitvā yathārthavat . .3 2. . aṣṭābhiśca vicitrābhiḥ30 patākābhiralaṃkṛtam . dhvajena vaijayantyā ca puṣpaiśca samalaṃkṛtam . .3 3 .. sa tārayitvā tu pitṝn vimānena narottamaḥ . yātyapsaropagītena31 varuṇasya salokatām ..34.. hiraṇyaṃ hema bhūmiṃ vā tilān ratnāni vāpi yaḥ . pradadyāt sarvabhūtebhyastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu ..35. . sa vimānena mahatā sarvalokasamanvitaḥ . indrasya lokaṃ32 saṃprāpya modate vibudho yathā . .3 6.. tataścyutaśca dharmātmā sarvakāmasamṛddhimān . kule mahati lokesau33 jāyate subhagaśca ha . . 37.. yastu vṛkṣaṃ prakurute chāyāpuṣpaphalopagam . pathi devyo34 naraḥ somye35 sa tārayati vai pitṝn . . 38.. > And he who gives vessels completely filled, O fair-faced ones, > shall become a vessel of pleasures and rescues his ancestors from danger. > He who constructs an abundant pond of water, O goddesses, > where indeed all creatures drink water— > having delivered his fathers, and likewise grandfathers > and great-grandfathers, in desirable worlds, > \[becoming\] a bird, he roams like a god, O goddesses, for six hundred tens of thousands of years. > And again in the human world, free from all diseases, > he becomes an enjoyer of pleasures and is born on par with a king— > a giver, a sacrificer, strong, radiant, and handsome. > That man who digs a pit full of water, O fair-smiling ones, > and gives it to brahmins after having properly fed them, > adorned with eight varied banners, > and decorated with a flag, a streamer, and flowers— > having delivered his ancestors, that best of men, > goes by an aerial chariot praised in song by apsarases to the realm of Varuṇa. > Whoever gives silver, gold, land, sesame seeds, or jewels > to all beings, hear the fruit of his merit: > Accompanied by all worlds, in a great aerial chariot, > having reached the world of Indra, he rejoices like a god. > And having fallen thence, righteous and prosperous with all desires, > he is born in this world in a great family, fortunate indeed. > The man who plants a tree that yields shade, flowers, and fruit > along the path, O gentle goddesses, he delivers his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_12) 24 śubhānane - ka. kha. .... 25 stāraṇācca - ka . 26 devi - ka. kha. . 27 gāvaḥ - ka. . 28 kāmakeṣu - ka . 29 samaśnute - ka,? smite - kha . 30 ravicitrābhiḥ - ka. . 31 yātyapsarasa- gītena - kha. . 32 indralokaṃ sa - kha. . 33 lokeśo - kha. . 34 devi - ka. kha. . 35 somyāḥ? . 585 > \[Critical apparatus and page number: 24 śubhānane - ka. kha. 25 stāraṇācca - ka. 26 devi - ka. kha. 27 gāvaḥ - ka. 28 kāmakeṣu - ka. 29 samaśnute - ka,? smite - kha. 30 ravicitrābhiḥ - ka. 31 yātyapsarasa- gītena - kha. 32 indralokaṃ sa - kha. 33 lokeśo - kha. 34 devi - ka. kha. 35 somyāḥ? 585\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_13) tathaiva dattvā viprebhyo niṣkrīya ca punarnaraḥ35 . sa yat phalamavāpnoti tacchṛṇudhvaṃ36 mahāprabhāḥ37 . . 39 . . yāvad vṛkṣasya puṣpāṇi upayuñjanti38 dehinaḥ . phalāni caiva bhakṣyante jantubhiḥ phalitasya tu . .8.111.40 .. tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi tārayitvā pitṝnapi . somalokaṃ samāsādya somṛtaṃ39 phalamāpnuyāt . .41 .. phalāni yaḥ prayaccheta brāhmaṇebhyassamāhitaḥ phalānāṃ sa tu bhāgī syādbahūnāṃ subhagaśca ha . .42 .. kāṣṭhāni yaḥ prayaccheta hemante narasattamaḥ . brāhmaṇebhyastadā devyaḥ40 sognilokaṃ samaśnute . .43 . . bhājanaṃ yaḥ prayaccheta haimaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam . sopsaraḥśatasaṃkīrṇe vimāne divi modate . .4 4. . rājataṃ yaḥ prayaccheta viprebhyo bhājanaṃ śubhāḥ41 . sa gāndharvapadaṃ prāpya urvaśyā saha modate . .55 . . tāmraṃ yo bhājanaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ . sa bhaved yakṣarājasya yakṣo balasamanvitaḥ . .46 . . gṛhaṃ yastu prayaccheta sarvakāmasamṛddhimat . sa lokaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya sarvakāmairniṣevyate . .47. . sarvakoṭīḥ42 sa tatroṣya catasrastena karmaṇā . gṛhamedhī yadā dātā bhogavām̐ścaiva jāyate . .48. . oṣadhīryaḥ prayaccheta dhānyāni vividhāni ca . sa sarvakāmasaṃmṛṣṭaṃ43 somalokaṃ samaśnute . .49 . . tatra varṣasahasrāṇi sapta sthitvā punarnaraḥ . iha sarva dhanopeto44 bhogāvānabhijāyate . .8.111.5 0 . . > Likewise, having given it to brahmins and then redeemed it, a man— > what fruit he obtains, hear that, O splendid ones! > As long as embodied beings enjoy the blossoms of the tree > and the fruits of the bearing tree are eaten by creatures, > for that many thousands of years, having delivered even his ancestors, > he reaches the world of Soma and attains the immortal fruit. > He who attentively gives fruits to brahmins, > he shall become a possessor of many fruits and fortunate indeed. > The best among men who offers firewood in the winter season > to brahmins, O goddesses, he enjoys the world of Agni. > He who offers a golden vessel adorned with jewels > rejoices in heaven in an aerial chariot crowded with hundreds of apsarases. > He who offers a silver vessel to brahmins, O auspicious ones, > having reached the status of a gandharva, rejoices with Urvaśī. > He who gives a copper vessel especially to brahmins > becomes a yakṣa endowed with power in the service of the king of yakṣas. > He who presents a house filled with all desired things, > having attained the world of Brahmā, is served with all desires. > Having dwelt there for four full crores \[of years\] by that deed, > he is then born as a generous, pleasure-enjoying householder. > He who provides medicinal herbs and various grains > attains the world of Soma, adorned with all desires. > Having stayed there for seven thousand years, that man > is born here endowed with all wealth and enjoying pleasures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_14) 35 punaḥ puna - kha. . 36 tacchraṇuṣva - ka. kha . 37 mahāprabhe - ka. kha. . 38 upayujyanti - ka. . 39 somṛtaḥ - ka kha. . 40 devi - ka. kha . 41 śubhe - ka. kha. . 42 varṣakoṭyaḥ - ka kha . 43 saṃmṛddhaṃ - ka., saṃpūrṇaṃ - kha. . 88 sarvanaropeto - kha . 586 yastu kṣetraṃ prayaccheta niṣpannaṃ phalavatpunaḥ . sa tu kṣetrapatirbhūtvā45 prājāpatyaṃ samaśnute ..51 .. > \[Critical apparatus and page number: 35 punaḥ puna - kha. 36 tacchraṇuṣva - ka. kha. 37 mahāprabhe - ka. kha. 38 upayujyanti - ka. 39 somṛtaḥ - ka kha. 40 devi - ka. kha. 41 śubhe - ka. kha. 42 varṣakoṭyaḥ - ka kha. 43 saṃmṛddhaṃ - ka., saṃpūrṇaṃ - kha. 88 sarvanaropeto - kha. 586\] > He who gives a cultivated field, ripe and bearing fruit, > becoming a master of fields, enjoys the realm of Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_15) yastu bhūmiṃ prayaccheta brahmaṇāya mahātmane . sa sarvalokeṣu46 sukhī vimānena suvarcasā . .52. . bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi carate kāmarūpavān . yaddhi mānuṣyamāyāti sa naraḥ kālaparyayāt . .53 .. > And whoever gives land to a noble-minded brahmin / wanders happy in all the worlds, in an aerial chariot of great brilliance, / for many thousands of years, able to assume any form at will. / When that man eventually returns to human life by the turn of time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_16) tatra kāmaduhā47 tasya mahī bhavati sarvaśaḥ . yastu vastraṃ prayaccheta brāhmaṇāya mahāyaśāḥ .. 54. . sa lokaṃ prāpya vairājaṃ varṣakoṭiṃ sukhaṃ vaset . āsanaṃ yaḥ prayaccheta saṃvītaṃ48 brāhmaṇāya vai ..55. . sa rājyasthānamāpnoti svargaṃ cāpnoti vijvaraḥ . yastu śayyāṃ prayaccheta svāstīrṇāṃ49 narasattamaḥ ..56. . sa tu bhāryāḥ priyā devyo bahvīrbhaktāḥ samaśnute . yastu kanyāṃ prayaccheta brāhmaṇāya svalaṃkṛtām ..57... > the earth becomes for him a wish-fulfilling cow in every respect. / Whoever gives a garment to a brahmin, O highly renowned one, / reaches the world of Virāj and dwells happily for ten million years. / He who gives a covered seat to a brahmin / attains sovereignty and reaches heaven free from sorrow. / And the best of men who gives a well-spread bed / enjoys many dear, devout, and divine wives. / And whoever gives an adorned maiden to a brahmin > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_17) sa gatvā pitṛlokaṃ vai varṣāyutaśataṃ vaset . iha cāpi punarjātaḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ . .58.. > goes to the world of the ancestors and dwells there for a hundred myriad years, / and when born again here, is endowed with every wish; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_18) bhāryāḥ prāpnoti bhaktāśca prajāvām̐ścopajāyate . aśvaṃ yastu prayaccheta hemacitraṃ sulakṣaṇam50 . .59 . . sa tena karmaṇā devyo51 gāndharvaṃ lokamaśnute . rathamaśvaṃ gajaṃ dāsīṃ kanyāṃ gṛhamathāpi ca . .8.111.60 .. > he obtains devoted wives and is blessed with offspring. / And whoever gives a horse adorned with gold and endowed with good marks, / reaches the world of the Gandharvas by that deed, O goddess. / \[Whoever gives\] a chariot, a horse, an elephant, a female slave, a maiden, or a house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_19) bhūmiñca yaḥ prayaccheta sa rājā bhuvi jāyate . ???? - - - - - - - - - - - - .. 61 .. > and gives land, is born as a king on earth. / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_20) vidhinā mantrayuktena52 tasya dharmaphalaṃ mahat53 . sarvakāmadughā50 sāsya dhenurbhūtvopatiṣṭhati55 ..62. ' > Conferred according to rule with mantras, the religious reward for that is great: / she stands before him as a wish-fulfilling cow yielding all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_21) 45 kṣetronuṃmāṃ - ka, kṣetraṃ pumāṃ bhūtvā - kha. . 46 larvaloke sa ca - ka. . 47 kāmavahā - ka., kāmadughā (?) . 48 savītā - ka. . 49 svāstīrṇaṃ - ka . 50 salakṣaṇam - ka. . 51 devi - ka. kha. . 52 yatra yukteva - ka . 53 śṛṇu - ka. . 54 sarvakāmaduhā - ka. kha. . 55 dhenubhūtvāvatiṣṭhati - ka. . 587 > \[Textual variants for verses 51–62\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_22) jaladhenuṃ ca yo dadyāt tasya dānaphalaṃ mahat . prāpāṃ śubhāṃ56 taḍāgaṃ57 vā kūpaṃ vāpi supuṣkalam . .63 . . kṛtvā kumbhān susaṃpūrṇān gandhamālyairalaṃkṛtān . puṣpaiśca vivadhākārairabhyarcya dvijasattamān . .64.. bhakṣyabhojyaiḥ suptṛptām̐stān58 tilapātrāṇi dāpayet . dakṣiṇāṃ puṣkalāṃ dādyat tebhyastāṃ59 sparśayettataḥ ..65.. āpaḥ śivāśca saumyāśca tarpayantu pitṝnmama . kāmagāḥ kāmadātāro bhavantu pitaraḥ sadā60 . .66.. evaṃ dattvā tu tāṃ dhenuṃ punaḥ krītvā61 ca vai tadā . vāhayettat62 prapāṃ devyo63 brahmalokasamarpaṇīm .. 67. . tilapātrāṇi dattvā64 ca tathā vastrayugaṃ navam . suvarṇasya ca sānnidhyaṃ65 phalāni vividhāni ca ..68. . tato dadyācchuciḥ snāto brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . .69 . . ghṛtaṃ gāvaḥ prasūyante ghṛtaṃ bhūmyāṃ pratiṣṭhitam . ghṛtamagniśca devāśca ghṛtaṃ me saṃpradīyatām . .8.111.70 . . evaṃ vidhānato dattvā brahmalokamavāpnuyāt . yo naro gāṃ prayaccheta savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanīm66 . .71 . . hemaśṛṅgīṃ rūpyakhurāṃ67 dukūlakṣaumavāsitām . . śayyāstaraṇasaṃpannāṃ bahupuṣpaphalairyutām ..72 . . brāhmaṇāṃstarpayitvā tu gandhamālyairalaṃkṛtām . dānakāle tatastasyāḥ surā gātrāṇi68 saṃśritāḥ .73 . . brahmā tasyāḥ sthito mūrdhni śakropānaṃ69 samāśritaḥ . candrādityau ca netrasthau ghrāṇe70 vāyuḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ71 ..74. . > And he who gives a water-cow, the fruit of his gift is great: / having set up an auspicious water-booth, a pond, or a fully abundant well, / having filled water-pitchers completely, adorned them with fragrant unguents and garlands / and diverse kinds of flowers, and having worshipped the best of brahmins, / thoroughly satisfied with food and drink, he should give them vessels of sesame seeds; / he should give an abundant priestly gift, and then make them touch it \[saying\]: / 'May the waters, auspicious and gentle, satisfy my ancestors; / may my ancestors always go where they will and grant all desires.' / Having thus given that cow and then bought it back, / he should maintain that water-booth, O goddess, which secures the world of Brahmā. / Having given vessels of sesame seeds, a pair of new garments, / the presence of gold, and diverse kinds of fruits, / he should then, pure and having taken a ritual ablution, give according to rule to the brahmins. / \[…\] / 'Clarified butter the cows bring forth; clarified butter is established in the earth; / clarified butter is fire and the gods; may clarified butter be bestowed upon me.' / Giving according to this rule, he reaches the world of Brahmā. / The man who gives a cow along with her calf and a bronze milking pail, / with golden horns, silver hooves, draped in fine silk and linen, / furnished with a bed and covering, endowed with many flowers and fruits, / having gratified the brahmins, adorned with fragrant unguents and garlands— / at the time of the gift, the gods dwell within her limbs: / Brahmā resides on her head, Śakra rests upon her flank, / the moon and the sun are in her eyes, and the wind is established in her nostrils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_23) 56 sabhāṃ - ka. . 57 taḍāgān - ka kha. . 58 sutṛptānāṃ - ka kha. . 59 tebhyastāḥ ka.. 60 bhavatviti ca paidayat - kha. . 61 kṛtvā - ka. . 62 vahāyeti - ka. . 63 devi - ka. kha 64 yo dadyāt - ka. . 65 sānnaidhyaṃ - kha. . 66 kāṃsadohanīm - ka., kāmadohanīm - kha.,.. 6 dohinīm ka. 67 rūkmakhurāṃ - ka. . 68 śāstrāṇi - ka. . 69 śakraḥ pādaṃ - gha. . 70 prāṇe - gha 71 prabhañjanaḥ - ka. . 588 mukhaṃ tasyāḥ śrito vahnirjihvā somaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ . karṇayostu diśaḥ sarvāḥ śirā72 rudrāḥ samāśritāḥ ..75. . pādayorlokapālāśca73 sarvesthīni ca parvatāḥ . samudrāssapta jaṭhare grīvāyāṃ tapanāḥ śritāḥ . .76 . . sāsnāṃ gaṅgā saricchreṣṭhā pārśvayorvasavaḥ74 śubhāḥ . prajāpatirupasthaśca mūtraṃ75 tīrthāni sarvaśaḥ ..77. . purīṣaṃ śrīrabhūttasyā nāgāścāstrāṇi sarvaśaḥ . sādhyā viśvetha lokāśca pucchamāśritya saṃsthitāḥ ..78.. mantrā yajñāśca dānāni yamāśca76 ṛṣibhissaha77 . nakṣatrāṇi grahāścaiva tārārūpāṇi yāni ca . .79. . gāyatrī caiva triṣṭup ca jagatī paṃktireva ca . anuṣṭubṛgyajuścaiva78 sāmānyātharvaṇaṃ79 tathā . .8.111.8 0 . . lokasya mātaraścaiva meghā varṣamathāpi80 ca . dharmo nārāyaṇaścaiva bhūtāni saritastathā . .8 1 . . romakūpāni saṃśritya tasyā devā vyavasthitāḥ . yakṣāśca rākṣasāścaiva piśācāḥ pakṣibhiḥ saha . .82 . . yajñāśca dakṣiṇāścaiva tathā cāpsarasaḥ śubhāḥ . gandharvāśca mahātmāno ye cānyepyevamādayaḥ . .83 > \[Textual variants for verses 63–74\] / Fire resides in her mouth, Soma the Lord himself in her tongue; / in her ears are all the directions, and the Rudras reside in her veins; / the world guardians reside in her feet, and all the mountains are in her bones; / the seven oceans are in her belly, and the scorching suns rest on her neck; / Gaṅgā, best of rivers, is in her dewlap, and the auspicious Vasus are on her sides; / Prajāpati is in her generative organ, and the sacred fords are everywhere in her urine; / Śrī became her dung, and the serpents are her horns in every respect; / the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, and the worlds abide resting upon her tail; / mantras, sacrifices, gifts, and self-restraints together with the seers, / constellations, planets, and whatever forms of stars exist, / the Gāyatrī, the Triṣṭubh, the Jagatī, and the Paṅkti meters, / the Anuṣṭubh, the Ṛgveda, the Yajurveda, the Sāma, and the Atharvaveda likewise, / the mothers of the world, the clouds, and the rain, / Dharma, Nārāyaṇa, living beings, and rivers— / resting in her hair follicles, the gods are situated; / and the Yakṣas, the Rākṣasas, the Piśācas along with the birds, / sacrifices, priestly gifts, and the auspicious apsarases, / the noble-minded Gandharvas, and whatever others are of this kind— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_24) tasyā viṣāṇayorvyāsa sarva eva samāśritāḥ . phalāni yajñadānānāṃ gatayaśca81 pṛthagvidhāḥ . .84. . vatsaṃ samāśritāḥ sarve sarvaṃ82 devamayaṃ śubham . devairadhyāsitāṃ tāṃ tu sarvalokanamaskṛtām83 ..85.. > all of them reside in her horns, O Vyāsa. / The fruits of sacrifices and gifts, and the various paths / all abide within the calf—the whole, auspicious \[embodiment\] consisting of the gods. / That \[cow\] inhabited by the gods and revered by all the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_25) 72 śiro - ka. . 73 syāt ka, lokāpālāḥ syu - gha . 74 pārśve tu vasavaḥ - ka . 75 mūrttaṃ - ka. . 76 niyamā - gha, yamāni - ka . 77 niyamaiḥ saha (?) . 78. pca yajuścaiva va - ka. . 79 sāmagāthivarṇaṃ - gha . 80 ṛtuvarṣamathāpi - gha. . 81 ṛ (kra) tavaśca - gha . 82 sarve - ka, sarvadevamayaṃ (?) . 83 sarvairhastadvayena tu - ka. . 589 viprebhyo84 mantravaddhaste pradadyāt susamāhitaḥ . kuśān85 suvarṇaṃ bījāni86 tilān siddhārthakām̐stathā87 ..86.. > 72 śiro - ka. . 73 syāt ka, lokāpālāḥ syu - gha . 74 pārśve tu vasavaḥ - ka . 75 mūrttaṃ - ka. . 76 niyamā - gha, yamāni - ka . 77 niyamaiḥ saha (?) . 78. pca yajuścaiva va - ka. . 79 sāmagāthivarṇaṃ - gha . 80 ṛtuvarṣamathāpi - gha. . 81 ṛ (kra) tavaśca - gha . 82 sarve - ka, sarvadevamayaṃ (?) . 83 sarvairhastadvayena tu - ka. . > 589 > Well-composed, he should bestow with mantras into the hands of the brahmins / kuśa grass, gold, seeds, sesame, and white mustard seeds. . . 86 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_26) pradadyād gāṃ tatodbhistu88 mantreṇānena suvrata89 . sarvadevamayīṃ dogdhrīṃ sarvalokamayīṃ tathā ..87. . sarvalokanimittāya sarvalokahitāya ca90 . prayacchāmi mahāsatvāmakṣayāya śubhāmiti . .88.. > Then, O one of noble vows, he should bestow the cow with water, with this mantra: / 'She who embodies all the gods, the milch cow, she who also embodies all the worlds, . . 87 . . > for the sake of all the worlds and for the benefit of all the worlds, / I offer this great-natured, auspicious \[cow\] for imperishable \[merit\].' . . 88 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_27) evaṃ sa dattvā tāṃ gāṃ tu yatra yatra prajāyate . tatra tatra gatā sā taṃ91 jantuṃ tārayate bhayāt92 . .89. . sarva93 kāmaduhā94 caiva sarvalokapradā tathā . sarvajñānapradā caiva sarvayajñaphalā tathā . .8.111.90 .. > Having thus given that cow, wherever that creature is reborn, / going there, she delivers him from fear. . . 89 . . > She yields all desires, bestows all worlds, / confers all knowledge, and grants the fruit of all sacrifices. . . 8.111.90 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_28) sarvāṃllokān tayā95 gatvā ramate ca yathāmaraḥ . iha jātaśca tāmeva kāmagāṃ saṃprapadyate . .9 1 . . sa tayā96 mānuṣo jāto gosahasrī mahābalaḥ . rūpavān dhanavāṃścaiva bahuputraśca jāyate . . 92 . . prasūyamānāṃ yo gāṃ tu dadyādubhayatomukhīm . yathoktena vidhānena sa jātismaratāṃ labhet . .93 .. > Going to all the worlds by means of her, he rejoices like an immortal; / and born here \[on earth\], he attains that very wish-granting cow. . . 91 . . > Born as a mortal by virtue of her, he becomes a possessor of a thousand cows, exceedingly strong, / handsome, wealthy, and endowed with many sons. . . 92 . . > Whoever gives a cow in the process of calving, facing both ways, / according to the prescribed rule, attains recollection of former births. . . 93 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_29) yastu gāṃ saṃprayaccheta brāhmaṇebhyo yathātatham . tamapyasau bhayārthebhyastrāyate narakādapi . .94. . kṛṣṇājinaṃ ca yo97 dadyād vratine brahmacāriṇe . pṛthivīphalamāpnoti yogaścāsya pravartate . .95 . . yogibhyo brahmacāribhyo brāhmaṇebhyo yatātmavān . yaḥ prayacchedāvasathaṃ sośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ..96. . āptoryāmaṃ pauṇḍarīkaṃ gosahasrañca vindati . smṛñca paramā labdhvā yogamāpnoti suvratāḥ . . 97. . > Whoever duly gives a cow to the brahmins, / she delivers him from things of fear and even from hell. . . 94 . . > And whoever gives a black antelope hide to a student of the Veda observing vows, / obtains the fruit of \[giving\] the earth, and yoga succeeds for him. . . 95 . . > Whoever, self-controlled, gives shelter / to yogis, students of the Veda, and brahmins, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. . . 96 . . > He gains an Āptoryāma, a Pauṇḍarīka, and a thousand cows; / and having obtained supreme memory, O people of noble vows, he attains yoga. . . 97 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_30) 84 viprāya (?) . 85 daśāṃ - gha . 86 suvarṇabījāni - ka. . 87 siddhāntakām̐stathā - gha. . 88 gāstatodbhistu - ka. . 89 suvratāḥ (?) . 90 sarvadevanamaskṛtā - ka kha. . 91 sānte - kha, śāntaṃ - ka . 92.. kṣapāt - ka. . 93 tathā ka . 94 kāmadughā - gha . 95 tathā - gha. . 96 tadā - ṣa . 97 tato - gha. . 590 kamaṇḍaluṃ tu yo dadyād brāhmaṇāya narottamaḥ .. sa tena karmaṇā devyo dharmanityatvamāpnute98 . .98. . vyādhitaṃ yastu viprarṣe99 dīnaṃ mūḍhamacetasam . uddhareta yathāśaktyā sa mucyed brahmahatyayā . .99.. yaḥ suvarṇa prayaccheta daridrāya dvijātaye . daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti devatāḥ . .8.111.1 00 .. yaścaivemāni sarvāṇi dānānyuktāni kṛtsnaśaḥ . dadāti yugapaddevyaḥ sa pṛthvyāmekarāḍ bhavet100 .. 101 . . idaṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ dadyāccaiva svaśaktitaḥ . paṭheta ca mahābhāgāḥ sopi gacchet triviṣṭapam . . 102 .. iti skandapurāṇe ekādaśottaraśatodhyāyaḥ101 > 84 viprāya (?) . 85 daśāṃ - gha . 86 suvarṇabījāni - ka. . 87 siddhāntakām̐stathā - gha. . 88 gāstatodbhistu - ka. . 89 suvratāḥ (?) . 90 sarvadevanamaskṛtā - ka kha. . 91 sānte - kha, śāntaṃ - ka . 92.. kṣapāt - ka. . 93 tathā ka . 94 kāmadughā - gha . 95 tathā - gha. . 96 tadā - ṣa . 97 tato - gha. . > 590 > A best of men who gives a water-pot to a brahmin, / O goddess, attains perpetuity in righteousness by that act. . . 98 . . > Whoever, O brahmin-seer, according to his ability rescues / the sick, the afflicted, the bewildered, and the faint-hearted, is freed from the killing of a brahmin. . . 99 . . > Whoever gives gold to a poor twice-born, / O deities, obtains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices. . . 8.111.100 . . > And whoever gives at once all these gifts / that have been completely described, O goddess, becomes the sole king upon the earth. . . 101 . . > Whoever constantly hears this, gives according to his capacity, / and recites it, O fortunate ones, he too goes to heaven. . . 102 . . > Thus ends the one hundred and eleventh chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_31) devyuvāca1 devyāḥ śṛṇuta bhūyopi yathā dānaṃ vinā śubhāḥ . ayamevopavāsena yathā dharmobhilabhyate . . 1 . . ekabhaktena yo devyo māsaṃ mārgaśiraṃ kṣapet . sa tena karmaṇā devyo gomān bhavati nityaśaḥ . .2. . pauṣamāsena3 putrām̐śca bahūnāpnoti dhārmikān . māghamāse ca kurvāṇo bhūyaḥ prāpnoti vai priyāḥ4 . . 3 .. ekabhaktantu kurvāṇaḥ phālgune māsi nityaśaḥ . strīṣu saubhāgyamāpnoti striyaśca paramapriyāḥ ..4. . yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena caitramāsaṃ narottamaḥ . dhanadhānyasamṛddhe sa5 kule jāyeta rūpavān . .5. . > The Goddess said: > Listen again, O auspicious goddesses, how even without giving gifts, / just by fasting, righteousness is attained. . . 1 . . > Whoever, O goddess, spends the month of Mārgaśīrṣa eating only once a day, / constantly becomes wealthy in cattle through that deed, O goddess. . . 2 . . > Through \[such practice in\] the month of Pauṣa, he obtains many righteous sons; / and doing so in the month of Māgha, he repeatedly gains dear things. . . 3 . . > Constantly eating only once a day in the month of Phālguna, / he gains good fortune among women, and women become extremely dear to him. . . 4 . . > The best of men who spends the month of Caitra eating only once a day, / is born handsome in a family abundant in wealth and grain. . . 5 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_32) 98 dharmannityatvamāpnute - 99 viprarṣi (?) - ka . 100 pṛthivyā saikarāḍ - ka kha, mucyate bhayāt - gha . 101 dānadhyāyaḥ 110 - gha. . 1 sanatku - ka, pa rvatyuvāca (?) . 2 dharmopi labhyate - ka . 3 pauṣyamāsena - ka. . 4 priyā (n) - ka . 5... samṛddheṣu - ka. . 591 vaiśākhaṃ yaḥ kṣapenmāsamekabhaktena mānavaḥ . yāti sa śreṣṭhatāṃ loke pūjito dhanavānapi .. 6 .. > 98 dharmannityatvamāpnute - 99 viprarṣi (?) - ka . 100 pṛthivyā saikarāḍ - ka kha, mucyate bhayāt - gha . 101 dānadhyāyaḥ 110 - gha. . > 1 sanatku - ka, pa rvatyuvāca (?) . 2 dharmopi labhyate - ka . 3 pauṣyamāsena - ka. . 4 priyā (n) - ka . 5... samṛddheṣu - ka. . > 591 > A human being who spends the month of Vaiśākha eating only once a day, / achieves preeminence in the world, honored and wealthy. . . 6 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_33) jyeṣṭhamūlaṃ tu yo māsamekabhaktaṃ samācaret . bhrātṝṇāṃ bhavati jyeṣṭho bhogaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam . .7.. . āṣāḍhaṃ cāpi yo māsamekabhaktaṃ samācaret7 . sa rājño mānyatāṃ prāpya kāmānāpnoti puṣkalān . .8. . śrāvaṇe cāpi yo māse tathā caivācarennaraḥ . senāpatyaṃ sa saṃprāpya balavānabhijāyate . .9.. > Whoever practices eating only once a day throughout the month of Jyeṣṭha, / becomes the foremost among brothers and attains abundant enjoyment. . . 7 . . > And whoever practices eating only once a day throughout the month of Āṣāḍha, / gaining honor from the king, he attains abundant desires. . . 8 . . > And if a man conducts himself likewise in the month of Śrāvaṇa, / attaining the post of army commander, he is born strong. . . 9 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_34) yastu bhādrapadaṃ māsamekabhaktaṃ samācaret . sa tena karmaṇā devyo dhanavānabhijāyate . . 8.112.10 .. > Whoever practices eating only once a day throughout the month of Bhādrapada, / through that action, O goddess, he is born wealthy. . . 8.112.10 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_35) yopi cāśvayujaṃ māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati . vāṇijyaṃ phalate tasya kṛṣiḥ paśugaṇāstathā .. 11 . . kārtikaṃ tvapi yo māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati . sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya vahniloke mahīyate ..1 2 . . yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena yāvajjīvaṃ narottamaḥ . vimānenārkavarṇena śakralokaṃ sa gacchati8 . . 13 . . saṃvatsaraṃ tu yaḥ pūrṇamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati . sa pārthivasamo bhūtvā mahīṃ pāti mahendravat .. 14. . ahorātraṃ tūpavāsaṃ kuryādekaṃ narottamaḥ . daśānāṃ sa suvarṇānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti śobhitam . .1 5 . . māse māse tvahoratraṃ yaḥ karoti narottamaḥ . sa tena karmaṇā śuddho vidvān bhavati dhārmikaḥ . . 1 6. . caturdaśīmaṣṭamīṃ ca pakṣayorubhayorapi9 . ahorātraṃ kṣapedyastu samvatsaramaśeṣataḥ . . 17.. > And he who endures the month of Āśvina eating only once a day, / for him trade bears fruit, as do agriculture and herds of livestock. . . 11 . . > Moreover, whoever endures the month of Kārttika eating only once a day, / having obtained the fruit of a horse sacrifice, he is exalted in the realm of fire. . . 12 . . > A best of men who spends his entire life eating only once a day, / goes to the realm of Śakra in an aerial chariot shining like the sun. . . 13 . . > And he who endures a full year eating only once a day, / becoming equal to an earthly sovereign, protects the earth like Mahendra. . . 14 . . > If a best of men observes a fast for one day and night, / he obtains the splendid fruit of ten pieces of gold. . . 15 . . > A best of men who observes \[a fast of\] a day and night month after month, / purified by that deed, becomes learned and righteous. . . 16 . . > Whoever spends a full year \[fasting\] day and night / on the fourteenth and eighth lunar days of both fortnights, . . 17 . . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_36) sa tena karmaṇā yuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ . na yāti narakaṃ devyo yamañca na sa paśyati .. 1 8. . > Engaged in that practice, freed from all sin, / he does not go to hell, O goddesses, nor does he see Yama. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_37) 6 caiva - kha. . 7.. mekabhaktena vai kṣapet - kha. . 8 sa gacchecchakralokatām - ka. . 9 ubhayoḥ pakṣayorapi - ka. . 592 māse māse ca yaḥ kuryāt trirātrakṣapaṇaṃ budhaḥ . kauberaṃ lokamāsādya sa vindet paramaṃ sukham ..19. . caturthehani yo bhuṃkte prayatātmā śucirnaraḥ . gāndharvaṃ sa padaṃ prāpya modate śakravaddivi . .8.112.20 . . pañcamehani yo bhuṃkte pratimāsamatandritaḥ . vāyulokaṃ10 samāsādya svargalokaṃ sa gacchati ..2 1 .. > \[Apparatus readings …\] > 592 > And the wise man who fasts for three nights month after month, / having reached the realm of Kubera, finds supreme happiness. (19) / The self-controlled, pure man who eats on the fourth day / reaches the realm of the Gandharvas and rejoices like Indra in heaven. (20) / He who eats on the fifth day, untired month after month, / reaches the realm of Vāyu and goes to heaven. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_38) yo bhuṃkte divase ṣaṣṭhe nityaṃ niyamamāsthitaḥ . vāruṇaṃ lokamāsādya sopi vindet mahatpadam ..22.. > He who eats on the sixth day, constantly established in his vow, / reaches the realm of Varuṇa and he too attains an exalted abode. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_39) saptamehani yo bhuṃkte jitadvandvo dṛḍhavrataḥ . ādityalokamāsādya sopi vindet mahatpadam ..23 .. > He who eats on the seventh day, having conquered the pairs of opposites, firm in his vow, / reaches the realm of the sun and he too attains an exalted abode. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_40) aṣṭame caiva11 yo bhuṃkte divase mānavaḥ śuciḥ . vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāsādya sa bhavet paramadyutiḥ ..24. . navamehani yo bhuṃkte naro niyamamāsthitaḥ . sa vasūnāṃ priyo bhūtvā carate vasubhiḥ saha ..25. . daśamehani bhuktvā tu daśāhasya phalaṃ labhet . aśvibhyāṃ ca samo bhūtvā sūryavajjvalate sadā ..26. . mānuṣyañca punaḥ prāpya daśabhāryā labheta saḥ . subarṇamakṣayaṃ caiva na cākāle12 mriyeta saḥ ..27.. > And the pure man who eats on the eighth day, / having reached the realm of Viṣṇu, becomes possessed of supreme splendor. (24) / The man who eats on the ninth day, established in his vow, / becoming dear to the Vasus, roams with the Vasus. (25) / But having eaten on the tenth day, he obtains the fruit of a ten-day sacrifice; / becoming equal to the Aśvins, he constantly shines like the sun. (26) / And obtaining human birth again, he obtains ten wives, / imperishable gold, and he does not die untimely. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_41) ekādaśe tu yo bhuṃkte divase mānavaḥ śuciḥ . ekadaśyāḥ phalaṃ prāpya sa rudragaṇatāṃ labhet ..28.. > The pure man who eats on the eleventh day, / having obtained the fruit of the eleventh \[day\], attains the state of a member of Rudra's retinue. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_42) sthitvā tatra śatānyaṣṭāvatisaukhyasamanvitaḥ13 . brāhmaṇatvamanuprāpya yajvā sa iha jāyate ..29.. > Having stayed there for eight hundred \[years\], endowed with great happiness, / he obtains brahminhood and is born here as a performer of sacrifices. (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_43) dvādaśe divase yastu14 devyo bhuṃkte sadā naraḥ . dvādaśāhaṃ sa saṃprāpya15 śakralokamavāpnuyāt ..8.112.3 0 .. > The man, O goddesses, who constantly eats on the twelfth day, / having obtained \[the fruit of\] a twelve-day rite, reaches Indra's world. (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_44) 10 vāyuloke - ka. . 11 aṣṭamehani - ka. . 12... kāṅkṣaṃ - ka. . 13 . vanti (nte) saukhyasamanvitaḥ - kha. . 14 caiva divase - kha. . 15 samāsādya - gha. . 593 tatroṣya sa sukhaṃ bhūya iha jāto narottamaḥ . rājā vā rājamātro vā dhanvā16 vā sumahān bhavet17 . . 31 . . trayodaśe tu yo nityamaśnāti divase naraḥ . vaset18 sa bhārgavasthānaṃ prāpya divyasukhānvitaḥ . .3 2 . . atha cenmānuṣo bhūyassa naro jāyate 'śubhāḥ19 . dhanadhānyasamākīrṇe jāyate satkule20 śubhaḥ ..3 3 .. > \[Apparatus readings …\] > 593 > Having lived there happily, that best of men, born here again, / becomes an emperor, a ruler, or an exceedingly great archer. (31) / But the man who constantly eats on the thirteenth day, / reaches the abode of Bhārgava and dwells \[there\], endowed with heavenly pleasure. (32) / If that man is born human again, O auspicious ones, / the auspicious one is born in an excellent family full of wealth and grain. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_45) caturdaśa tu yo nityaṃ divasāni kṣapennaraḥ . tauṣitaṃ lokamāsādya bhaved gaṇapatirvaraḥ . . 34. . ardhamāsaṃ kṣapedyastu nityameva hyatandritaḥ . devarājena tulyosau bhūtvā svargevatiṣṭhati . . 3 5. . iha rājā mahābhūmau bhūya evābhijāyate . yastu māsaṃ kṣapeddhīro jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ .. 3 6. . vimānena sa divyena apsarobhissamāvṛtaḥ . pūjyamāno yathā devaḥ stūyamānaśca sarvaśaḥ . . 37 . . > The man who constantly fasts for fourteen days, / having reached the Tuṣita realm, becomes an excellent leader of the gaṇas. (34) / But he who constantly fasts for half a month without indolence, / having become equal to the king of the gods, stays in heaven. (35) / He is born again here on the great earth as a king. / The wise man, having subdued anger and conquered his senses, who fasts for a month, (36) / in a divine aerial chariot, surrounded by apsarases, / worshipped like a god and praised on all sides, (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_46) jvalannādityasaṃkāśo21 nityaṃ sukhamupāśnute22 . sarvalokeṣu vasate bahūnyabdāyutāni23 tu . . 3 8. tato brahmasadaṃ prāpya brahmaṇā sa supūjitaḥ24 . brahmaloke nivasate yathā brahmā narottamaḥ . . 39 . . atha cetpunarāyāti brāhmaṇo bhavatīśvaraḥ . yogañca tatra labhate yogaiśvaryaṃ25 samaśnute26 . .8.112.40 . . yogīśassa tato bhūtvā śambhorgaṇapatirbhavet . sarveṣāṃ copavāsānāṃ vidhiṃ paramapuṇyadam . .41 . . > shining like the sun, constantly enjoys happiness. / He dwells in all the worlds for many tens of thousands of years. (38) / Then, having reached the assembly of Brahmā, well honored by Brahmā, / that best of men dwells in the realm of Brahmā like Brahmā himself. (39) / If he returns again, he becomes a lordly brahmin; / he attains yoga there and enjoys the sovereign power of yoga. (40) / Then, having become a master of yoga, he becomes a gaṇapati of Śambhu. / \[Now hear\] another rule for all fasts, yielding supreme merit: (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_47) devyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ mattonyaṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ . snātaḥ śucirathācānto hutāgniḥ susamāhitaḥ27 ..42 . . > Listen from me, O goddesses, in proper order as it truly is. / Bathed, pure, having sipped water, having offered into the sacred fire, well-composed, (42) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_48) 16 dhanī - (?) . 17 sa mahān bhaveta - kha . 18 viśet - ka . 19 śubhaḥ - kha . 20 sa kule - ka. . 21 jvalanādityasaṃkāśo - ka . 22 sukhaṃ nityaṃ samaśnute - kha . 23 bahūnabdāyutān - ka. kha . 24 supūjyate - ka. . 25 ya (ye) naiśvaryaṃ - ka . 26 samanvitaḥ - kha. . 27 sumamīhitaḥ - ka. . 594 dīkṣayitvā tathā28tmānamupavāsaṃ cared budhaḥ . snāyāt29triṣavaṇaṃ caiva juhuyādagnimeva ca ..43.. > \[Apparatus readings …\] > 594 > consecrating himself in this way, the wise man should observe the fast. / He should bathe at dawn, noon, and dusk, and offer into the fire itself, (43) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_49) vāgyato krodhano dānto dhārmikaḥ satyavāg ghṛṇī . japansadaiva gāyatrīṃ pavitrāṇi ca nityaśaḥ ..44.. > restrained in speech, without anger, self-controlled, righteous, truthful in speech, compassionate, / constantly reciting the Gāyatrī and purifying texts day after day, (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_50) rudrānatha gaṇān vāpi rātrau ca sthaṇḍileśayaḥ . kuśānāstīrya vidhivat strīśūdraiḥ parivarjitaḥ ..45.. > or the Rudras or the gaṇas; and at night sleeping on bare ground, / having strewn kuśa grass according to rule, avoiding women and Śūdras. (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_51) samaśnīyāt30 tato devyo vītaśoko31 vimatsaraḥ . yāvantyahāni tiṣṭheta tāvadviprām̐stu bhojayet ..46. . tataḥ pūrṇe tu kāle vai brāhmaṇānāṃ śataṃ varam . sahasramathavā śaktyā pūjayitvā tu sarvaśaḥ ..47.. > Then he should eat, O goddesses, free from grief and free from jealousy. / As many days as he stays \[in the vow\], for so many \[days\] he should feed brahmins. (46) / Then, when the time is fulfilled, having honored fully a hundred excellent brahmins / or a thousand, according to his capacity, (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_52) haviṣyaṃ bhojanaṃ dattvā gāśca32 vāsāṃsi ca kramāt . suvarṇaṃ tilapātraṃ ca ekaikasya pradāpayet . tatastatphalamāpnoti yadanyairdurlabhaṃ vrataiḥ ..48.. > having given sacrificial food to eat, and cows and clothes in order, / he should present gold and a vessel of sesame to each one. / He then attains that fruit which is difficult to obtain through other vows. (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_53) vṛṣabhaṃ yastu nīlāṅgamutsṛjeta narottamaḥ . anyaṃ vāpi mahābhāgāḥ33 sa pitṝm̐stārayennaraḥ ..49.. > The best of men who releases a dark-bodied bull, / or any other \[bull\], O fortunate ones, that man delivers his ancestors. (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_54) yāvanti tasya romāṇi vṛṣabhasya mahātmanaḥ . tāvantyeva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate ..8.112.50.. > As many hairs as there are on that noble bull, / for that many thousands of years he rejoices in heaven. (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_55) tilapātrāṇi yo dadyādviprebhyaḥ śuddhamānasaḥ . amāvāsyāṃ samāsādya kṛṣṇānāṃ (?) susamāhitaḥ ..51.. > He who gives vessels of sesame to brahmins with a pure mind, / on the new moon day of the dark \[fortnights\], well-composed, (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_56) sa pitṝm̐starpayitvā tu akṣayaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ . pitṛlokaṃ samāpnoti cirañca sukhamaśnute ..52.. > having gratified the ancestors, that bull among men / reaches the realm of the ancestors imperishably and enjoys happiness for a long time. (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_57) upavāsavidhistveṣa kathito me śubhānanāḥ34 . cāndrāyaṇavidhiṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ ..53.. > This rule of fasting has been told by me, O fair-faced ones. / Listen again with concentrated attention to the rule of the cāndrāyaṇa. (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_58) yastu cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryādyathoktaṃ susamāhitaḥ . sa somalokamāsādya somena samatāṃ vrajet ..54.. > He who undertakes the cāndrāyaṇa as prescribed, well-composed, / reaches the realm of Soma and attains equality with Soma. (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_59) 28 tato - ka kha. . 29 snāyeta - ka., snātaḥ - kha. . 30 sapatnī.. - kha. . 31 viśoko pro.. kha. . 32 gāvo - ka . 33 mahābhāgān - ka., mahābhāga - kha. . 34 suśobhanāḥ - ka. . 595 prājāpatyaṃ tu35 yaḥ kuryādekaśo bahuśopi vā . prajāpatisamo bhūtvā tasya loke mahīyate . .55. . yastu sāntapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ karoti narasattamaḥ . ātmānamuddharet kṛcchrāt sognilokaṃ ca gacchati36 . .56. . mahāsāntapanaṃ yaśca karoti sumahāmanāḥ . sarvajñatāmavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca vindati . .57.. > 28 tato - ka kha. . 29 snāyeta - ka., snātaḥ - kha. . 30 sapatnī.. - kha. . 31 viśoko pro.. kha. . 32 gāvo - ka . 33 mahābhāgān - ka., mahābhāga - kha. . 34 suśobhanāḥ - ka. . > 595 > Whoever performs the prājāpatya penance, whether once or many times, / becomes equal to Prajāpati and is exalted in his world. // 55 > And whatever best of men performs the sāntapana kṛcchra penance / delivers himself from suffering and goes to the world of Agni. // 56 > And whoever, being noble-minded, performs the mahāsāntapana penance / attains omniscience and reaches the world of Brahmā. // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_60) tulāpuruṣakaṃ yaśca kurute dvijasattamaḥ . sa muktassarvapāpaistu gaccheta37 divamūrjitaḥ38 ..58.. > And whatever best of the twice-born performs the tulāpuruṣa penance, / freed from all sins, mighty, he would go to heaven. // 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_61) atikṛcchreṇa tu naraḥ śarvasya39 bhavanaṃ vrajet . kṛcchrātikṛcchreṇa tathā gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt . .59. . yastu sarvāṇi kṛcchrāṇi kurute narasattamaḥ40 . sa yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ tameva samupāśnute .. 8.112.60 . . yasya kasyacideteṣāṃ41 kartā syāt42 susamāhitaḥ . sa tena śuddho43 bhavati devatvañcāpi vindati ..6 1 . . payobhakṣastu yo nityaṃ naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ vaset . yāvakaṃ copayuñjāno gomūtreṇābhisaṃskṛtam . .62 . . piṇyākaphala(?) bhakṣo44 vā akṣāralavaṇopi vā . sośvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya brahmalokaṃ samaśnute . . 63 .. > By the atikṛcchra penance a man goes to the abode of Śarva; / likewise, by the kṛcchrātikṛcchra he would attain the status of a Gaṇapati. // 59 > And whatever best of men performs all the kṛcchra penances, / whatever desire he longs for, that indeed he completely attains. // 8.112.60 > Whoever might perform any one of these with a collected mind, / he becomes purified by that and attains divine status as well. // 61 > A man who lives constantly for a year subsisting only on milk, / or consuming barley-porridge processed with cow's urine, // 62 > or subsisting on oilcake \[and\] fruit, or without pungent herbs and salt, / he, having obtained the fruit of an horse sacrifice, enjoys the world of Brahmā. // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_62) sarvapāpavinirmukto vimuktassarvabandhanaiḥ . vimānenārkavarṇena brahmavaccarate ca saḥ45 . . 64. . yastvetānyeva46 sarvāṇi vyastāni narasattamaḥ . yāvaducchvāsamāśete mahātmā naṣṭakilviṣaḥ ..65. . sa lokānvā mahāsatvo yatheṣṭān mokṣameva vā . aiśvaryaṃ vā mahat prāpya dīpyamānovatiṣṭhate47 . .66. . > Liberated from all sins, completely freed from all bonds, / in an aerial chariot shining like the sun, he moves about like Brahmā. // 64 > And whatever best of men, a great soul freed of impurities, / practices all these severally for as long as he has breath, // 65 > that person of great resolve, having attained the worlds he desires, or liberation itself, / or great sovereignty, remains resplendent. // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_63) 35 ca - kha. . 36 samaśnute - kha. . - kha. . 37 gacchate - kha. . 38 divi pūjitaḥ - ka., divimūrjitaḥ - kha . 39 sarvasya - ka. . 40 sa narottamaḥ - ka. . 41. deteva - ka., deveha - kha. . 42 kṛcchrasya - ka kha. . 43 siddho - ka. . 44 bhakto - kha. . 45... va sa (śa)ḥ - ka . 46 yaścaitānyeva - ka . 47 dīvyamāno- vatiṣṭhate - kha. . 596 etānyeva ca sarvāṇi dānāni ca tapāṃsi ca . vinā mantreṇa satataṃ śūdrāṇāmapi sarvaśaḥ . . 67. . vidhīyate na sandeho evamāha prajāpatiḥ . amantrāste smṛtāḥ sarve śūdrā vigatakalmaṣāḥ . . 68. . strīṇāṃ tu daivataṃ48 bharttā na tatonyadvidhīyate . sa gatiḥ paramaṃ dhāma sa dharmaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ . . 69.. > 35 ca - kha. . 36 samaśnute - kha. . - kha. . 37 gacchate - kha. . 38 divi pūjitaḥ - ka., divimūrjitaḥ - kha . 39 sarvasya - ka. . 40 sa narottamaḥ - ka. . 41. deteva - ka., deveha - kha. . 42 kṛcchrasya - ka kha. . 43 siddho - ka. . 44 bhakto - kha. . 45... va sa (śa)ḥ - ka . 46 yaścaitānyeva - ka . 47 dīvyamāno- vatiṣṭhate - kha. . > 596 > And all these same \[observances\], both gifts and austerities, / are always prescribed for Śūdras too in every way without mantras; / of this there is no doubt—so spoke Prajāpati. // 67 > All those Śūdras are declared to be without mantras, cleansed of defilements. // 68 > For women, however, the husband is the deity; none other is prescribed. / He is the goal, the supreme abode; he is traditionally regarded as the supreme duty. // 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_64) tena yā tvabhyanujñātā imaṃ49 dharmaṃ samācaret . sā phalaṃ tasya dharmasya prāpnoti susamāhitā . .8.112.70 .. > She who, permitted by him, should practice this duty, / being well-composed, obtains the fruit of that duty. // 8.112.70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_65) yā tu tenānanujñātā dharmaṃ kiñcit samācaret50 . na tatphalaṃ sā labhate labhate ca satī phalam 51 .. 71 .. > She, however, who should practice any duty unpermitted by him / does not obtain that fruit; but the devoted wife obtains the fruit. // 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_66) yā tu bhartrābhyanujñātā52 kṛtvā dharmaṃ supuṣkalam . dadyāttu patyuryā53 nārī tasyānantaṃ bhavet54 phalam . .72. . yacca prārthayate kiñcidiha loke paratra vā . tatsarvaṃ prāpnute55 devyaḥ subhagā cāpi jāyate56 . .73 . . vaśyaścāsyā bhaved bharttā priyā tasya ca sā tadā . putraprajā ca bhati na ca duḥkhaṃ samaśnute . .74. . eṣa dharmo mayākhyāto yuṣmākaṃ lokamātaraḥ . ato bhūyaśca kiṃ tvanyacchrotumicchatha śobhanāḥ . .75 . . ayaṃ hi dharmaḥ sumahānatiprabhaḥ suduṣkaraścāpyakṛtmabhirvarāḥ . na cainamanyasya57 śaṭhasya kasyacidadharmiṇo vā kathayīta dharmavit58 . .7 6 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tatastāḥ sahitāḥ sarvā devyo lokasya mātaraḥ . pūjayitvā mahādevīmūcuḥ saṃhṛṣṭacetasaḥ . . 77 . . > And whatever woman, permitted by her husband, having performed abundant duty, / gives \[the merit\] to her husband, her fruit becomes infinite. // 72 > And whatever she desires, either in this world or in the next, / she attains all that, O goddesses, and also becomes fortunate. // 73 > Her husband becomes devoted to her, and she is dear to him then; / she has sons and offspring, and does not experience sorrow. // 74 > This duty has been told by me to you, O mothers of the world. / What else do you wish to hear further than this, O beautiful ones? // 75 > For this duty is very great, exceedingly splendid, and hard to accomplish by those of untrained mind, O excellent ladies; / and one who knows duty should not recount this to any rogue or unrighteous person. // 76 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then all those goddesses together, the mothers of the world, / having worshipped the Great Goddess, spoke with delighted minds: // 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.12.584\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.584_67) 48 devatā - ka . 49 idaṃ - ka kha . 50 kuryācchucismite - kha, kañcit samagacaret (?) . 51 cāsatītaphalaṃ - ka . 52 hyanujñātā - ka . 53 pataye ( patye yā?) - ka kha . 54 tasyānantyaṃ hi tata, - ka . 55 prāpyate - ka. . 56 cābhijāyate - kha . 57 na caivamanyasya - gha . 58 itaḥ param iti śrīskandapurāṇe umāsāvitrīsaṃvāde ekādaśottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ, ityanantara strī dharmaviṣayaka śatarūpā brahmasaṃvādarūpaḥ sāvitrikartṛko?padeśātmakaḥ prāyaḥ - paṃcacatvāriṃśacchlokātmako granthodhika upalabhyate gha pustake, sa ca prakṣipta ityasmābhiratropekṣita iti . 597 aho dharmastvayākhyātaḥ sarvāmaranamaskṛte . yasya saṃsevanāt kṣipraṃ prāpyate sumahat phalam . .78.. ito vīkṣāmahe devi girerasya vanaṃ śubham . puṣpajātisamākīrṇaṃ bahupakṣigaṇāvṛtam . .79. . tata utthāya sā devī sahitā devamātṛbhiḥ . mandarasya girerdivyaṃ draṣṭuṃ tadvanamuttamam ..8.112.8 0 . . vicacāra mahāyogā cakṣurdatvā sukhāpahama59 . mānaśśilāni śṛṅgāṇi sauvarṇāni ca vīkṣatī . .81 . . ramyāṇi sitatoyāni gireḥ prasravaṇāni ca . sarāṃsyutpalapūrṇāni vāpīśca sumanoharāḥ . tutoṣa girijā dṛṣṭvā pārśvasaṃsthaṃ ca nandinama . .82 .. tadā60 śubhāvatī nāma merukanyā sumadhyamā . uvāca himavatputrīṃ darśayaṃtī śubhaṃ vanam . .83 . . idaṃ parvatakanye tvaṃ paśya kelikalāśubham . vanaṃ sarvartusaṃpannaṃ yathādhitvaṃ subhāṣitam (?) . .84. . ayaṃ prasūte sumahān saparvasyāsya śobhane (?) . viduṣāmatha kṛcchreṣu yathāyuktaṃ subhāṣitam (?) . .85.. tathā svarṇopalo bhāti gireḥ śikhara uttamaḥ . yathā lakṣaṇavadvidvān pragīya iva sāmagaḥ . .86. . ayaṃ ca maṇimānnityaṃ śailāgraḥ61 pratibhāsvaraḥ . bhāti udyannivāditya ubhayasto mahāyuge (?) . .87.. ayaṃ vaidūryaśikhara indranīlatalopalaḥ . bhāti śarvāṇi62 vibhrāṇaḥ63 sthaleśvaraharopari (?) ..88.. ayaṃ matto gajo mattaḥ kareṇubhirivāvṛtaḥ . kṛtvābhyaṃjanayaḥ subhru pallavaḥ śirasā nataḥ . .89. > \[Sanatkumāra said:\] > “Ah, the dharma has been declared by you, O lady revered by all the gods! / By the practice of which a very great fruit is quickly obtained. // 78 > From here, O goddess, let us look upon the auspicious forest of this mountain, / strewn with kinds of flowers and filled with flocks of numerous birds.” // 79 > Then, having arisen, that goddess, together with the mothers of the gods, / \[set out\] to see that excellent, divine forest of Mount Mandara. // 80 > Endowed with great yoga, directing her eye that brings pleasant ease, she walked about, / beholding the peaks made of red arsenic and gold, // 81 > and the delightful, clear-watered torrents of the mountain, / pools full of blue lotuses, and most charming reservoirs; / seeing these, and Nandin standing at her side, the Mountain's Daughter rejoiced. // 82 > Then a slender-waisted daughter of Meru, named Śubhāvatī, / said to the daughter of Himavat, showing her the auspicious forest: // 83 > “O Daughter of the Mountain, look at this \[forest\], beautiful with playful graces, / endowed with every season, like \[...\] well-spoken \[wisdom\]. // 84 > This very great \[mountain\] brings forth \[...\] / like a well-spoken \[counsel\] applied by the wise in times of distress. // 85 > So too shines the excellent golden rock on the mountain peak, / like a learned Sāmaveda chanter singing according to the rules. // 86 > And this gem-studded, radiant mountain crest constantly / shines like the rising sun \[...\]. // 87 > This beryl peak with a floor of sapphire / shines, O Śarvāṇī, bearing \[...\] over the mountain \[...\]. // 88 > This intoxicated elephant, looking like one surrounded by female elephants, / bowing its head down, O fair-browed one, with its sprout \[...\] // 89 //” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 68 of 410 passages. 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