Skanda Purana [sanskrit]
876,996 words | ISBN-10: 8170800978 | ISBN-13: 9788170800972
This Sanskrit edition of the Skandapurana. It is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.
Chapter 236
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brahmovāca |
iṣṭavastuprado viṣṇurlokaśceṣṭaruciḥ sadā |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena cātumāsye tyajecca tat || 1 ||
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nārāyaṇasya prītyarthaṃ tadevākṣayyamāpyate |
martyastyajati śraddhāvānso'naṃtaphalabhāgbhavet || 2 ||
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kāṃsyabhājanasaṃtyāgājjāyate bhūpatirbhuvi |
pālāśapatre bhuñjāno brahmabhūyastvamaśnute || 3 ||
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tāmrapātre na bhuñjīta kadācidvā gṛhī naraḥ |
cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa tāmrapātraṃ vivarjayet || 4 ||
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arkapatreṣu bhuñjāno'nupamaṃ labhate phalam |
vaṭapatreṣu bhoktavyaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ || 5 ||
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aśvatthapatrasaṃbhogaḥ kāryo budhajanaiḥ sadā |
ekānnabhojī rājā syātsakalaṃ bhūmimaṇḍale || 6 ||
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tathā ca lavaṇatyāgātsubhago jāyate naraḥ |
godhūmānnaparityāgājjāyate janavalabhaḥ || 7 ||
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aśākabhojī dīrghāyuścāturmāsye'bhijāyate |
rasatyāgānmahāprāṇī madhutyāgātsulocanaḥ || 8 ||
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mudgatyāgādripumṛtī rājamāṣāddhanāḍhyatā |
aśvāptistaṃḍulatyāgāccāturmāsye'bhijāyate || 9 ||
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phalatyāgādbahusutastailatyāgātsurūpitā |
jñānī tuvarisaṃtyāgādbalaṃ vīryaṃ sadaiva hi || 10 ||
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mārgamāṃsaparityāgānnarakaṃ na ca paśyati |
śaukarasya pīratyāgādbrahmavāsamavāpnuyāt || 11 ||
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jñānaṃ lāvakasantyāgādājyatyāge mahatsukham |
āsavaṃ samparityajya muktistasya na durlabhā || 12 ||
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sabalaḥ kanakatyāgādrūpyatyāgena mānuṣaḥ || 69 ||
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dadhidugdhaparityāgī goloke sukha bhāgbhavet || 13 ||
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brahmā pāyasasaṃtyāgātkṣiprātyāgānmaheśvaraḥ |
kandarpo'pūpasaṃtyāgānmodakatyājakaḥ sukhī || 14 ||
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gṛhāśramaparityāgī bāhyā śramaniṣevakaḥ |
cāturmāsyaṃ hariprītyai na māturjaṭhare śiśuḥ || 15 ||
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nṛpo marīcasaṃtyāgācchuṇṭhītyāgena satkaviḥ |
śarkarāyāḥ parityāgājjāyate rājapūjitaḥ || 16 ||
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guḍatyāgānmahābhūtistathā dāḍimavarjanāt |
raktavastraparityāgājjāyate janavallabhaḥ || 17 ||
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paṭṭakūlaparityāgādakṣayyaṃ svarga māpnuyāt |
māṣānnacaṇakānnasya tyāgānnaiva punarbhavaḥ || 18 ||
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kṛṣṇavastraṃ sadā tyājyaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ |
sūryasaṃdarśanācchuddhirnīlavastrasya darśanāt || 19 ||
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caṃdanasya parityāgādgāṃdharvaṃ lokamaśnute |
karpūrasya parityāgādyāvajjīvaṃ mahādhanī || 20 ||
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kusumbhasya parityāgānnaiva paśyedyamāla yam |
keśarasya parityāgānmanuṣyo rājavallabhaḥ || 21 ||
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yakṣakardamasaṃtyāgādbrahmaloke mahīyate |
jñānī puṣpaparityāgācchayyātyāge mahatsu kham || 22 ||
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bhāryāviyogaṃ nāpnoti cāturmāsye na saṃśayaḥ |
alīkavādasaṃtyāgānmokṣadvāramapāvṛtam || 23 ||
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paramarmaprakāśaśca sadyaḥpāpasamā gamaḥ |
cāturmāsye harau supte paranindāṃ vivarjayet || 24 ||
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paranindā mahāpāpaṃ paranindā mahābhayam |
paranindā mahadduḥkhaṃ na tasyāṃ pātakaṃ param || 25 ||
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kevalaṃ nindane caiva tatpāpaṃ labhate guru |
yathā śṛṇvāna eva syātpātakī na tataḥ paraḥ || 26 ||
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keśasaṃskārasaṃtyāgāttāpatrayavivarjitaḥ |
nakharomadharo yastu harau supte viśeṣataḥ || 27 ||
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divasedivase tasya gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ bhavet || 25 ||
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sarvopāyairviṣṇureva prasādyo yogidhyeyaḥ pravaraiḥ sarvavarṇeḥ |
viṣṇornāmnā mucyate ghorabandhāccāturmāsye smaryate'sau viśeṣāt || 29 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitā yāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śeṣaśāyyupākhyāne cāturmāsyamāhātmye brahmanāradasaṃvāda iṣṭavastuparityāgamahimavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaradvi śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 236 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 236
The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)
(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office
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Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)
স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)
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Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)
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by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)
સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)
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Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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