Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 88
SkP-RK 88.1
उत्तानपाद उवाच: कस्मिन् काले च क्रियते श्राद्धं दानं च शङ्कर । तीर्थयात्रा कथं कार्या आतिथ्यं कथयस्व नः
uttānapāda uvāca: kasmin kāle ca kriyate śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ ca śaṅkara / tīrthayātrā kathaṃ kāryā ātithyaṃ kathayasva naḥ
Uttānapāda said: At what time is the śrāddha performed, and gift-giving, O Śaṅkara? How is pilgrimage to a sacred ford to be undertaken? Tell us about hospitality to guests.
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SkP-RK 88.2
शङ्कर उवाच: पितुरर्थं यथा पुण्यं सार्वकालिकम् उत्तमम् । इदं तीर्थं तथा पुण्यं स्नानदानादितर्पणैः
śaṅkara uvāca: piturarthaṃ yathā puṇyaṃ sārvakālikam uttamam / idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ snānadānāditarpaṇaiḥ
Śaṅkara said: Just as (an act done) for the sake of one's father is meritorious, excellent, and valid at all times, so this sacred ford is meritorious, through bathing, giving, and the offering of water and so forth.
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SkP-RK 88.3
विशेषेण च कुर्वन्ति श्राद्धं चतुर्युगादिषु । मन्वन्तरादयो वत्स श्रूयतां च चतुर्दश
viśeṣeṇa ca kurvanti śrāddhaṃ caturyugādiṣu / manvantarādayo vatsa śrūyatāṃ ca caturdaśa
And especially do (people) perform the śrāddha at the beginnings of the four ages; hear too, my child, of the fourteen (times) beginning with the manvantaras.
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SkP-RK 88.4
आश्विने नवमी शुक्ला द्वादशी कार्तिकस्य च । तृतीया चैत्रमासे तु तथा भाद्रपदस्य च
āśvine navamī śuklā dvādaśī kārtikasya ca / tṛtīyā caitramāse tu tathā bhādrapadasya ca
The ninth of the bright (fortnight) in Āśvina, and the twelfth of Kārttika, the third in the month of Caitra, and likewise (the third) of Bhādrapada;
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SkP-RK 88.5
आषाढदशमी तथा माघस्यैव चसप्तमी । श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढी तु पूर्णिमा
āṣāḍhadaśamī tathā māghasyaiva casaptamī / śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī tu pūrṇimā
the tenth of Āṣāḍha, and likewise the seventh of Māgha, the eighth of the dark (fortnight) of Śrāvaṇa, and the full moon of Āṣāḍha;
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SkP-RK 88.6
फाल्गुनस्य अमावास्या पौषस्यैकादशी शुभा । कार्त्तिकी फाल्गुनी चैत्री ज्यैष्ठी पञ्चदशी सिता
phālgunasya amāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī śubhā / kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī sitā
the new moon of Phālguna, the auspicious eleventh of Pauṣa, and the fifteenth of the bright (fortnight) in Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra and Jyaiṣṭha.
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SkP-RK 88.7
मन्वन्तरादयश् चैव ह्यनन्तफलदाः स्मृताः । अयने तूत्तरे चैव दक्षिणे च तथैव हि
manvantarādayaś caiva hyanantaphaladāḥ smṛtāḥ / ayane tūttare caiva dakṣiṇe ca tathaiva hi
And the manvantaras and the rest are held to yield endless fruit; likewise at the northern solstice and at the southern as well,
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SkP-RK 88.8
कार्त्तिक्यां च तथा माध्यां वैशाख्यां च तृतीयया । चैत्र्यां चैव तथा षष्ठ्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां तथैव च
kārttikyāṃ ca tathā mādhyāṃ vaiśākhyāṃ ca tṛtīyayā / caitryāṃ caiva tathā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ tathaiva ca
and on the Kārttika full moon, and on the Māgha (full moon), and on the Vaiśākha (full moon) with the third (tithi), and on the Caitra (full moon) and on the sixth, and likewise on the Bhādrapada full moon —
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SkP-RK 88.9
श्राद्धकालाश् च ते सर्वे दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम् । मधुमासे सिते पक्ष एकादश्याम् उपोषितः
śrāddhakālāś ca te sarve dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / madhumāse site pakṣa ekādaśyām upoṣitaḥ
all these are times for śrāddha, and what is given (then) becomes imperishable. In the month of Madhu (Caitra), in the bright fortnight, fasting on the eleventh,
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SkP-RK 88.10
क्षपाजागरणं कुर्याद् विष्णोः पदसमीपतः । दद्याद् दानं तथा शक्त्या हिरण्यं गो ऽम्बराणि च
kṣapājāgaraṇaṃ kuryād viṣṇoḥ padasamīpataḥ / dadyād dānaṃ tathā śaktyā hiraṇyaṃ go 'mbarāṇi ca
one should keep the night-long vigil near the foot(print) of Viṣṇu; and one should give gifts according to one's ability — gold, cows and garments.
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SkP-RK 88.11
धूपं दीपं च नैवेद्यं स्रक्पुष्पचन्दनानि च । अर्चां करोति यो विष्णोः कथां पौराणकीर्तनम्
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ srakpuṣpacandanāni ca / arcāṃ karoti yo viṣṇoḥ kathāṃ paurāṇakīrtanam
Incense, a lamp, food-offering, garlands, flowers and sandal paste — he who performs the worship of Viṣṇu, and the telling of the Purāṇic story,
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SkP-RK 88.12
ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाणां सूक्तं तज् जपति द्विजः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvāṇāṃ sūktaṃ taj japati dvijaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
and (he who), being twice-born, recites that hymn of the Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma and Atharva (Vedas) — he, freed from all sins, goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
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SkP-RK 88.13
प्रभाते कुरुते श्राद्धं द्विजान् भोज्य प्रयत्नतः । ददेद् दानं यथा शक्त्या हिरण्यं गो ऽम्बराणि च
prabhāte kurute śrāddhaṃ dvijān bhojya prayatnataḥ / daded dānaṃ yathā śaktyā hiraṇyaṃ go 'mbarāṇi ca
At dawn he performs the śrāddha, carefully feeding brahmins, and should give gifts according to his ability — gold, cows and garments.
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SkP-RK 88.14
पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावद् आहूतसंप्लवम् । श्राद्धदश् च वसेत् तत्र यत्र देवो जनार्दनः
pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvad āhūtasaṃplavam / śrāddhadaś ca vaset tatra yatra devo janārdanaḥ
His forefathers are satisfied until the deluge that is (their) summoning; and the giver of the śrāddha dwells there where the god Janārdana is.
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SkP-RK 88.15
त्रयोदश्यां ततो गच्छेद् गुहावासीति तिष्ठति । दृष्ट्वा मार्कण्डमीशानं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
trayodaśyāṃ tato gacched guhāvāsīti tiṣṭhati / dṛṣṭvā mārkaṇḍamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Then on the thirteenth one should go where (the god) called Guhāvāsin ('cave-dweller') abides; having seen Mārkaṇḍa the Lord, one is released from all sins.
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SkP-RK 88.16
उत्तानपाद उवाच: गुहामध्ये यथा देव लिङ्गं परमशोभनम् । प्रतिष्ठा येन देवस्य तन् ममाख्यातुम् अर्हसि
uttānapāda uvāca: guhāmadhye yathā deva liṅgaṃ paramaśobhanam / pratiṣṭhā yena devasya tan mamākhyātum arhasi
Uttānapāda said: O god, as for the exceedingly beautiful liṅga in the middle of the cave — by whom the god's installation (was made), that you should tell me.
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SkP-RK 88.17
ईश्वर उवाच: त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातं मार्कण्डेश्वरसंज्ञिकम् । बृहद्रथान्तरं यच् च सामवेदं द्विजोत्तमः
īśvara uvāca: triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ mārkaṇḍeśvarasaṃjñikam / bṛhadrathāntaraṃ yac ca sāmavedaṃ dvijottamaḥ
The Lord said: (It is) renowned in the three worlds, named Mārkaṇḍeśvara; and (as for) the Bṛhat and Rathantara (chants) and the Sāmaveda, the best of the twice-born...
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SkP-RK 88.18
अथर्वाथर्वशीर्षाणि तथा हृच्च वृषाकपिम् । शिवसंकल्पितं जप्त्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
atharvātharvaśīrṣāṇi tathā hṛcca vṛṣākapim / śivasaṃkalpitaṃ japtvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Having recited the Atharva and the Atharvaśīrṣa (hymns), and the Hṛd and the Vṛṣākapi, and the Śivasaṃkalpa, one is freed from all sins.
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SkP-RK 88.19
स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः । पादशौचं तथा तस्य कुर्वते ये च भक्तितः
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ / pādaśaucaṃ tathā tasya kurvate ye ca bhaktitaḥ
He goes to the highest abode, where the god Maheśvara is; and those who out of devotion perform the washing of his feet,
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SkP-RK 88.20
गोदानेनैव यत्पुण्यं लभन्ते ना ऽत्र संशयः । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत् तत्र पायसैर् मधुसर्पिषा
godānenaiva yatpuṇyaṃ labhante nā 'tra saṃśayaḥ / brāhmaṇān bhojayet tatra pāyasair madhusarpiṣā
they gain the merit that (comes) from the gift of a cow — there is no doubt here. There one should feed brahmins with milk-rice, honey and ghee.
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SkP-RK 88.21
एकेन भोजितेनापि सहस्रं तेन भोजितम् । सुवर्णं रजतं वस्त्रं दद्याद् भक्त्या द्विजातिषु
ekena bhojitenāpi sahasraṃ tena bhojitam / suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ dadyād bhaktyā dvijātiṣu
Even by one (brahmin) being fed, a thousand are thereby fed. One should give gold, silver and cloth with devotion to the twice-born.
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SkP-RK 88.22
तेन तृप्यन्ति ते देवा मनुष्याः पितरस् तथा । चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे भक्त्या स्नानं कुर्वन्ति ये नराः
tena tṛpyanti te devā manuṣyāḥ pitaras tathā / candrasūryagrahe bhaktyā snānaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ
By that the gods are satisfied, and men, and the forefathers likewise. Those men who with devotion bathe at an eclipse of the moon or the sun,
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SkP-RK 88.23
देवार्चनं च यः कुर्याज् जपं होमं विशेषतः । दह्याद् दानं यथाशक्त्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे
devārcanaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāj japaṃ homaṃ viśeṣataḥ / dahyād dānaṃ yathāśaktyā brāhmaṇe vedapārage
And whoever performs worship of the gods, and especially muttered prayer and fire-oblation, should also give a gift according to his ability to a brahmin who has gone through (all) the Vedas.
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SkP-RK 88.24
अश्वरत्नं गजरत्नं तूलापुरुषम् एव च । यो दद्याच् छकटं तत्र सप्तधान्यप्रपूरितम्
aśvaratnaṃ gajaratnaṃ tūlāpuruṣam eva ca / yo dadyāc chakaṭaṃ tatra saptadhānyaprapūritam
A prize horse, a prize elephant, and (the gift of) a man's weight in cotton — and he who gives there a cart filled with the seven grains,
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SkP-RK 88.25
युक्तं च लाङ्गलं दद्याद् युवानौ तु धुरन्धरौ । गोभूतिलहिरण्यं च पात्रे दातव्यम् ईप्सितम्
yuktaṃ ca lāṅgalaṃ dadyād yuvānau tu dhurandharau / gobhūtilahiraṇyaṃ ca pātre dātavyam īpsitam
and should give a plough with (its team) yoked, and two young draught-bearing bulls; and cows, land, sesame and gold are to be given, as desired, to a worthy recipient.
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SkP-RK 88.26
अपात्रे विदुषा किंचित् न देयं श्रेय इच्छता । सर्वभूतानि चात्मैव यतो धारयते मही
apātre viduṣā kiṃcit na deyaṃ śreya icchatā / sarvabhūtāni cātmaiva yato dhārayate mahī
By a wise man who desires his own good, nothing should be given to an unworthy recipient; and (since) the earth supports all beings as her very self,
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SkP-RK 88.27
ततो विप्राय सा देया सर्वसस्यानुशालिनी । अन्यच् च शृणु राजेन्द्र गोदानस्य च यत्फलम्
tato viprāya sā deyā sarvasasyānuśālinī / anyac ca śṛṇu rājendra godānasya ca yatphalam
therefore she, abounding in every kind of grain, is to be given to a brahmin. And hear something else, O best of kings: what the fruit of the gift of a cow is.
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SkP-RK 88.28
यावद् वत्सस्य पादौ द्वौ मुखं योन्यां च दृश्यते । तावद् गौः पृथिवी ज्ञेया यावद् गर्भं न मुञ्चति
yāvad vatsasya pādau dvau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ ca dṛśyate / tāvad gauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvad garbhaṃ na muñcati
So long as the calf's two feet and its face are seen in the womb (i.e. at the opening) — so long, until she releases the fetus, the cow is to be known as the earth.
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SkP-RK 88.29
येन केनाप्य् उपायेन ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् । पृथ्वी दत्ता भवेत् तेन सशैलवनकानना
yena kenāpy upāyena brāhmaṇāya samarpayet / pṛthvī dattā bhavet tena saśailavanakānanā
By whatever means one should present (such a cow) to a brahmin, by that the earth, with its mountains, woods and forests, becomes given.
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SkP-RK 88.30
तारयन्ती च सा दत्ता कुलानाम् एकविंशतिम् । रौप्यखुरीं कांस्यदोहां सवत्सां च पयस्विनीम्
tārayantī ca sā dattā kulānām ekaviṃśatim / raupyakhurīṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ savatsāṃ ca payasvinīm
And she, when given, carries across twenty-one generations of the family; (thus people give) a milk-rich cow with silvered hooves, with a bronze milking-vessel, together with her calf,
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SkP-RK 88.31
प्रयच्छन्ति जनाः पुण्या राहुग्रस्ते निशाकरे । सर्वस्यैव तु दानस्य संख्या चास्ति नराधिप
prayacchanti janāḥ puṇyā rāhugraste niśākare / sarvasyaiva tu dānasya saṃkhyā cāsti narādhipa
— such gifts do meritorious people make when the moon is seized by Rāhu. But for every (other) gift there is a measure, O ruler of men.
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SkP-RK 88.32
चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे च दानसंख्या न विद्यते । यत्र गावः प्रदृश्यन्ते सर्वतीर्थानि तत्र वै
candrasūryoparāge ca dānasaṃkhyā na vidyate / yatra gāvaḥ pradṛśyante sarvatīrthāni tatra vai
But at an eclipse of the moon or the sun there is no measure of the gift. Where cows are seen, there indeed are all the sacred fords.
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