[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) › 7.16.24\_110 # Skandapurana 7.16.24\_110 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24\_110 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_110) - - - nirayaprāptān pitṝn kleśairupadrutān . sukhāya dhāsyatha yathā sthāvarāstannibodhata38 . .8.158.40 . . mantravad vidhitaścaiva39 yo vaḥ saṃskāramantaśaḥ . garbhādhānādibhiḥ kṛtvā putratve kalpayennaraḥ . . .41 . . ye cāpi40 pūrvajātān yo vidhinā41 niṣparigrahān . putraprakṛtakān kuryyustām̐śca nistārayiṣyatha . .4 2 . . sarvakāmām̐śca dāsyadhvaṃ sukhañcaiva tathottamam . karmakṣayaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ lokām̐ścaiva tathākṣayān42 ..43 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ śailasutā bhūyopṛcchattadvidhimuttamam43 . tāṃ pṛcchatīṃ mahādeva idaṃ vacanamabravīt . .44. . devi nāgendranāsoru nāgendragatigāmini . śṛṇuṣva yena vidhinā gṛhyatevanijaḥ sutaḥ ..45. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 34 tānevaṃ (?) . 35 stām̐stārayiṣyatha - kha. . 36 mṛtāḥ - kha. . 37. tānaghāḥ - ka. . 38 stānni- bodhata - ka. kha. . 39 vidhitaccaiva - kha. . 40 vāpi - kha. . 41 vividhāṃ - ka. . 42... kṣayam - ka. . 43 apṛcchadvidhimuttamam - ka kha. . 44 ca nija. - ka . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 815 śvo bhūtehaṃ45 bhuviruhaṃ grahīṣyāmīti46 pārvati . sopavāsā bhavennārī śuciśīlā śucivratā . .46. . tataḥ śatasahasrāṃśāvastaśṛṅgaṃ gate ravau . udite vimale cāpi candre candranibhānane . .47. . āpadbhāvena subhage pareṇa paramātmike . viprānāmantrayedrātrau pāvanān vedavādinaḥ . .48. . śrutīnāmākarā hyete ratnānāmiva sāgarāḥ . viprā viprādhipamukhi pūjanīyāḥ sahasraśaḥ ..49. . yatra mantravido viprā na prāśnantyuttamaṃ haviḥ . na tatra devā47 deveśe havirbhuñjanti karhicit ..8.158.50 . . na skandate na vyathate nainamākramate48 tamaḥ . variṣṭhametaddānānāṃ yad brāhmaṇamukhe hutam . .51 .. > \[Brahmā said:\] > “… how you, \[O trees,\] stationary beings, shall establish in happiness > your ancestors who have reached hell and are afflicted by torments, learn that. > Whatever man, by rites and with sacred mantras, > performs in full your purificatory rites beginning with conception, and takes you as a son, > and those who, according to rule, make those previously born > and without an owner into adoptive sons—you shall deliver them as well. > You shall grant all desires and supreme happiness, > the destruction of karma for everyone, and imperishable worlds.” > Sanatkumāra said: > Then the daughter of the mountain asked again about that excellent rule. > To her asking, Mahādeva spoke this word: > “O goddess whose thighs are like an elephant-king’s trunk, walking with the gait of a lordly elephant, > hear the rule by which a tree is taken as a son. > ‘Tomorrow, I shall adopt an earth-born \[tree\],’ O Pārvatī, > thinking thus, a woman should fast, possessing pure conduct and pure vows. > Then, when the sun of a hundred thousand rays has gone to the mountain of sunset, > and the spotless moon has risen, O moon-faced one, > in the supreme spirit of distress, O fortunate and supreme-souled lady, > she should invite at night pure brahmins who recite the Veda. > For they are mines of Vedic scriptures, like the oceans of jewels. > Brahmins, O woman whose face resembles the moon, are to be worshipped by the thousands. > Where brahmins who know mantras do not partake of the excellent offering, > there, O ruler of gods, the gods never eat the offering. > It does not spill, it does not suffer, and darkness does not overcome it; > this is the most distinguished of gifts: what is offered into the mouth of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_109) - [Next: 7.16.24\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_111) - [Up: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.24_110) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_110) · Pramāṇa