Skanda Purana · Verses 5.51-3

uttānapāda uvāca -
kāle tatkriyate kasmiñchrāddhaṃ dānaṃ tatheśvara /
yātrā tatra prakartavyā tithau yasyāṃ vadāśu tat

īśvara uvāca -
pitṛtīrthaṃ yathā puṇyaṃ sarvakāmikamuttamam /
idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ snānadānāditarpaṇaiḥ

viśeṣeṇa tu kurvīta śrāddhaṃ sarvayugādiṣu /
manvantarādayo vatsa śrūyantāṃ ca caturdaśa

aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārttikasya ca /
tṛtīyā caitramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca

āṣāḍhasyaiva daśamī māghasyaiva tu saptamī /
śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhasya pūrṇimā

phālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā /
kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī tathā

manvantarādayaścaite anantaphaladāḥ smṛtāḥ /
ayane cottare rājandakṣiṇe śrāddhamācaret

kārttikī ca tathā māghī vaiśākhasya tṛtīyikā /
paurṇamāsī ca caitrasya jyeṣṭhasya ca viśeṣataḥ

aṣṭakāsu ca saṃkrāntau vyatīpāte tathaiva ca /
śrāddhakālā ime sarve dattameṣvakṣayaṃ smṛtam

madhumāse site pakṣa ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
niśi jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādviṣṇupādasamīpataḥ

dhūpadīpādinaivedyaiḥ sraṅmālāgurucandanaiḥ /
arcāṃ kurvanti ye viṣṇoḥ paṭheyuḥ prāktanīṃ kathām

ṛgyajuḥsāmamantroktaṃ sūktaṃ japati yo dvijaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

prātaḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta dvijān sampūjya yatnataḥ /
dānaṃ dadyādyathāśakti gohiraṇyāmbarādikam

pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam /
śrāddhadastu vrajettatra yatra devo janārdanaḥ

trayodaśyāṃ tato gacchedguhāvāsini liṅgake /
dṛṣṭvā mārkaṇḍamīśānaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

uttānapāda uvāca -
guhāmadhye mahādeva liṅgaṃ paramaśobhitam /
yena pratiṣṭhitaṃ deva tanmamākhyātumarhasi

īśvara uvāca -
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto mārkaṇḍeyo munīśvaraḥ /
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam

guhāmadhyaṃ praviṣṭo'sau yogābhyāsamupāśritaḥ /
liṅgaṃ tu sthāpitaṃ tena mārkaṇḍeśvarasaṃjñitam

tatra snātvā ca yo bhaktyā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
tatra jāgaraṇaṃ kurvan dadyāddīpaṃ prayatnataḥ

devasya snapanaṃ kuryānmṛtaiḥ pañcabhistathā /
yathā śaktyā samālabhya pūjāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

svaśākhotpannamantraiśca japaṃ kuryurdvijātayaḥ /
sāvitryaṣṭasahasraṃ tu śatāṣṭakamathāpi vā

etatkṛtvā nṛpaśreṣṭha janmanaḥ phalamāpnuyāt /
caturdaśyāṃ tu vai snātvā pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi

pātraṃ parīkṣya dātavyamātmanaḥ śreya icchatā /
pitarastasya tṛpyanti dvādaśābdānyasaṃśayam

dātā sa gacchate tatra yatra bhogāḥ sanātanāḥ /
guhāmadhye praviṣṭastu loṭayeccaiva śaktitaḥ

nīle girau hi yatpuṇyaṃ tatsamastaṃ labhanti te /
śūlabhede tu yaḥ kuryācchrāddhaṃ parvaṇi parvaṇi

viśeṣāccaitramāsānte tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu /
kedāre caiva yatpuṇyaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame

sitāsite tu yatpuṇyamanyatīrthe viśeṣataḥ /
arbude vidyate puṇyaṃ puṇyaṃ cāmaraparvate

gayādisarvatīrthānāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ /
vidhimantrasamāyuktastarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

kulānāṃ tārayedviṃśaṃ daśa pūrvān daśāparān /
dakṣiṇasyāṃ tato mūrtau śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

nyāsaṃ kṛtvā tu pūrvoktaṃ pradadyādaṣṭapuṣpikām /
śāstroktairaṣṭabhiḥ puṣpairmānasaiḥ śṛṇu tadyathā

vārijaṃ saumyamāgneyaṃ vāyavyaṃ pārthivaṃ punaḥ /
vānaspatyaṃ bhavetṣaṣṭhaṃ prājāpatyaṃ tu saptamam

aṣṭamaṃ śivapuṣpaṃ syādeṣāṃ śṛṇu vinirṇayam /
vārijaṃ salilaṃ jñeyaṃ saumyaṃ madhughṛtaṃ payaḥ

āgneyaṃ dhūpadīpādyaṃ vāyavyaṃ candanādikam /
pārthivaṃ kandamūlādyaṃ vānaspatyaṃ phalātmakam

prājāpatyaṃ tu pāṭhādyaṃ śivapuṣpaṃ tu vāsanā /
ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpaṃ puṣpamindriyanigrahaḥ

tṛtīyaṃ tu dayā puṣpaṃ kṣamā puṣpaṃ caturthakam /
dhyānapuṣpaṃ tapaḥ puṣpaṃ jñānapuṣpaṃ tu saptamam

satyaṃ caivāṣṭamaṃ puṣpamebhistuṣyanti devatāḥ /
bhaktyā tapasvinaḥ pūjyā jñāninaśca narādhipa

chatramāvaraṇaṃ dadyādupānadyugalaṃ tathā /
tena pūjitamātreṇa pūjitāḥ puruṣāstrayaḥ

svargaloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam /
śūlapāṇestu bhaktyā vai jāpyaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ

pañcāmṛtaiḥ pañcagavyairyakṣakardamakuṅkumaiḥ /
samālabheta deveśaṃ śrīkhaṇḍāgurucandanaiḥ

nānāvidhaiśca ye puṣpairarcāṃ kurvanti śūlinaḥ /
niśi jāgaraṇaṃ kuryurdīpadānaṃ prayatnataḥ

dhūpanaivedyakaṃ dadyātpaṭhetpaurāṇikīṃ kathām /
tatra sthāne sthitā bhaktyā japaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ

śrīsūktaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ vṛṣākapim /
vedoktaiścaiva mantraiśca raudrīṃ vā bahurūpiṇīm

brāhmaṇān pūjayedbhaktyā pūjayitvā praṇamya ca /
nānāvidhairmahābhogaiḥ śivaloke mahīyate

agnimityādi jāpyāni ṛgvedī japate tu yaḥ /
rudrān puruṣasūktaṃ ca ślokādhyāyaṃ ca śukriyam

iṣetvā dikamantraughaṃ jyotirbrāhmaṇameva ca /
gāyatryaṃ vai madhu caiva maṇḍalabrāhmaṇāni ca

etāñjapyāṃstu yo bhaktyā yajurvedī japedyadi /
devavrataṃ vāmadevyaṃ puruṣarṣabhameva ca

bṛhadrathāntaraṃ caiva yo japedbhaktitatparaḥ /
sa prayāti naraḥ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ

pādaśaucaṃ tathābhyaṅgaṃ kurute yo'tra bhaktitaḥ /
godāne caiva yatpuṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

brāhmaṇān bhojayettatra madhunā pāyasena ca /
ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ dadyādbhaktyā dvijottame /
tarpitāstena devāḥ syurmanuṣyāḥ pitarastathā

candrasūryagrahe bhaktyā snānaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ /
devārcanaṃ ye ca kuryurjapaṃ homaṃ viśeṣataḥ /
dadyāddānaṃ yathāśakti brāhmaṇe vedapārage

aśvaṃ rathaṃ gajaṃ yānaṃ tulāpuruṣameva ca /
śakaṭaṃ yaḥ pradadyādvā saptadhānyaprapūritam

sayoktraṃ lāṅgalaṃ dadyādyuvānau tu dhuraṃdharau /
gobhūtilahiraṇyādi pātre dātavyamarcitam

apātre viduṣā kiṃcinna deyaṃ bhūtimicchatā /
yato'sau sarvabhūtāni dadhāti dharaṇī kila

tato viprāya sā deyā sarvasasyaughamālinī /
athānyacchṛṇu rājendra godānasya tu yatphalam

yāvadvatsasya pādau dvau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ pradṛśyate /
tāvadgauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muñcati

yena kenāpyupāyena brāhmaṇe tāṃ samarpayet /
pṛthvī dattā bhavettena saśailavanakānanā

tārayenniyataṃ dattā kulānāmekaviṃśatim /
raupyakhurīṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ savastrāṃ ca payasvinīm

ye prayacchanti kṛtino graste sūrye niśākare /
teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ na jānāmi puṇyasyābdaśatairapi

sarvasyāpi hi dānasya saṃkhyāstīha narādhipa /
candrasūryoparāge ca dānasaṃkhyā na vidyate

yatra gaurdṛśyate rājan sarvatīrthāni tatra hi /
tatra parva vijānīyānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

punaḥ smṛtvā tu tattīrthaṃ yaḥ kuryādgamanaṃ naraḥ /
athavā mriyate yo'tra rudrasyānucaro bhavet

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