The Glory of Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda

Verse 1 (skanda.5.234.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थद्वयमनुत्तमम्। दधिस्कन्दं मधुस्कन्दं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthadvayamanuttamam| dadhiskandaṁ madhuskandaṁ sarvapāpakṣayaṁkaram

Shri Markandeya said: Then go, O king of kings, to a pair of incomparable tirthas — Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda, destroyers of every sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.234.2)

दधिस्कन्दे नरः स्नात्वा यस्तु दद्याद्द्विजे दधि। उपतिष्ठेत्ततस्तस्य सप्तजन्मनि भारत

dadhiskande naraḥ snātvā yastu dadyāddvije dadhi| upatiṣṭhettatastasya saptajanmani bhārata

Whoever, having bathed at Dadhiskanda, gives curds to a brahmin — for him, O Bharata, that merit stands ready through seven births.

Verse 3 (skanda.5.234.3)

न व्याधिर्न जरा तस्य न शोको नैव मत्सरः। दशचन्द्रशतं यावज्जायते विमले कुले

na vyādhirna jarā tasya na śoko naiva matsaraḥ| daśacandraśataṁ yāvajjāyate vimale kule

Neither disease, nor old age, nor sorrow, nor envy touches him; for a thousand lunar cycles he is born into a spotless family.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.234.4)

मधुस्कन्देऽपि मधुना मिश्रितान्यस्तिलान्ददेत्। नासौ वैवस्वतं देवं पश्येद्वै जन्मसप्ततिम्

madhuskande'pi madhunā miśritānyastilānddet| nāsau vaivasvataṁ devaṁ paśyedvai janmasaptatim

At Madhuskanda too, whoever offers sesame seeds mixed with honey shall not behold Vaivasvata, the god of death, for seventy births.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.234.5)

मधुना सह सम्मिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत्। तस्य पौत्रप्रपौत्रेभ्यो दारिद्र्यं नैव जायते

madhunā saha sammiśraṁ piṇḍaṁ yastu pradāpayet| tasya pautraprapautrebhyo dāridryaṁ naiva jāyate

Whoever offers a pinda mixed with honey — for his grandsons and great-grandsons, poverty never arises.

Verse 6 (skanda.5.234.6)

दधिभिः सह संमिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत्। तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिवद्दक्षिणामुखः

dadhibhiḥ saha saṁmiśraṁ piṇḍaṁ yastu pradāpayet| tasmiṁstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhivaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

Whoever, bathing at that tirtha, offers a pinda mixed with curds, duly, facing south —

Verse 7 (skanda.5.234.7)

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः। द्वादशाब्दानि तुष्यन्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ| dvādaśābdāni tuṣyanti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather remain satisfied for twelve years — of this there should be no doubt.