The Glory of the Lamp-Offering at Anarakeshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.5.30.1)

व्यास उवाच । दीपेऽस्मिन्यत्फलं चास्ति विधिना येन दीयते । तत्सर्वं ब्रूहि मे तात दीपोत्पत्तिं च शोभनाम्

vyāsa uvāca dīpe'sminyatphalaṁ cāsti vidhinā yena dīyate tatsarvaṁ brūhi me tāta dīpotpattiṁ ca śobhanām

Vyāsa said: "Tell me, O father, all the fruit that exists in this rite of the lamp, and by what procedure it is offered, and the auspicious origin of the lamp-offering."

Verse 2 (skanda.5.30.2)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । पुरा कृतयुगे व्यास पार्वतीं शंकरोऽग्रतः । अभिप्रयाचितुं यातस्तयापि सोऽभियाचितः

sanatkumāra uvāca purā kṛtayuge vyāsa pārvatīṁ śaṁkaro'grataḥ abhiprayācituṁ yātastayāpi so'bhiyācitaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: "Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O Vyāsa, Śaṅkara went before Pārvatī to entreat her playfully, and she too entreated him in turn."

Verse 3 (skanda.5.30.3)

पार्वत्युवाच । शरीरे कृष्णता शंभो ममास्ति रूपहारिणी । तस्माद्याचे भृशं शंभो प्रसीद दिव्य लोचन

pārvatyuvāca śarīre kṛṣṇatā śaṁbho mamāsti rūpahāriṇī tasmādyāce bhṛśaṁ śaṁbho prasīda divya locana

Pārvatī said: "O Śambhu, there is a darkness in my body that steals away my beauty; therefore I earnestly beg you, O Śambhu of divine eyes, be gracious."

Verse 4 (skanda.5.30.4)

भवेन वर्णिता सा वै अतीव शोभना मम । लोचने पक्ष्ममालायाः शोभसेऽतितरां सदा

bhavena varṇitā sā vai atīva śobhanā mama locane pakṣmamālāyāḥ śobhase'titarāṁ sadā

"You have been described by me as exceedingly lovely; your eyes, with their row of lashes, ever shine forth all the more."

Verse 5 (skanda.5.30.5)

सिताब्जसंस्थितो भृंगो यथा शोभयते च तम् । तया तथा याचितोसौ धूर्जटिर्वृषभासनः

sitābjasaṁsthito bhṛṁgo yathā śobhayate ca tam tayā tathā yācitosau dhūrjaṭirvṛṣabhāsanaḥ

"As a black bee resting upon a white lotus adorns it, so does your darkness adorn you." Thus entreated by her, Dhūrjaṭi, whose seat is the bull, replied --

Verse 6 (skanda.5.30.6)

विरूपरूपकर्तासि न शृणोषि वचो यदा । तदा त्वहं सवै राग्या चरेयं दुष्करं तपः

virūparūpakartāsi na śṛṇoṣi vaco yadā tadā tvahaṁ savai rāgyā careyaṁ duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ

"You make light of my plea and deform my appearance with words; if you will not heed my word, then, filled with dispassion, I shall undertake severe austerity."

Verse 7 (skanda.5.30.7)

भवस्तयेति चोक्तस्तु तस्या वै पाणिमग्रहीत् । कदाचिच्छंकरो देवो रतिं याचितवान्प्रियाम्

bhavastayeti coktastu tasyā vai pāṇimagrahīt kadācicchaṁkaro devo ratiṁ yācitavānpriyām

Bhava, saying "So be it" to her, took her hand. Once, the god Śaṅkara entreated his beloved for amorous pleasure.

Verse 8 (skanda.5.30.8)

रतिं दत्तवती सा तु जहास नाम कीर्तयन् । सुदुःखिताऽभवत्सा तु पराङ्मुखी विहाय तम्

ratiṁ dattavatī sā tu jahāsa nāma kīrtayan suduḥkhitā'bhavatsā tu parāṅmukhī vihāya tam

She granted him his pleasure, but he laughed, uttering some teasing name. She became deeply distressed, and, turning away, left him.

Verse 9 (skanda.5.30.9)

उवाच रोषसंयुक्ता संस्मृत्य देवभाषितम् । तपोवनं व्रजाम्यद्य सुगौरत्वोपलब्धये

uvāca roṣasaṁyuktā saṁsmṛtya devabhāṣitam tapovanaṁ vrajāmyadya sugauratvopalabdhaye

Filled with anger, recalling the god's words, she said: "I shall go this very day to a forest of austerity, to obtain a fair complexion."

Verse 10 (skanda.5.30.10)

सुवर्णरूपरूपा च यदा पुनर्भवामि च । तदा तव सानुरागा भवामि चैव नान्यथा

suvarṇarūparūpā ca yadā punarbhavāmi ca tadā tava sānurāgā bhavāmi caiva nānyathā

"When I become again golden-hued in form, then I shall be devoted to you in love — and not otherwise."

Verse 11 (skanda.5.30.11)

इतीदमेव जल्पंती जगाम विंध्यपर्वतम् । हरः शुशोच ततस्तां क्व गता सा विहाय माम्

itīdameva jalpaṁtī jagāma viṁdhyaparvatam haraḥ śuśoca tatastāṁ kva gatā sā vihāya mām

Speaking just this, she went to the Vindhya mountain. Then Hara grieved: "Where has she gone, abandoning me?"

Verse 12 (skanda.5.30.12)

स्मरंस्तदेव चेष्टितं तदेव पूर्वभाषितम् । तदैव मे वृथा मतिर्मुदा यदा न मानिता

smaraṁstadeva ceṣṭitaṁ tadeva pūrvabhāṣitam tadaiva me vṛthā matirmudā yadā na mānitā

Remembering that very act, and those very earlier words of his own: "My wits were vain indeed, when in my mirth I did not honour her."

Verse 13 (skanda.5.30.13)

यतो मया हिमाद्रिजा समस्तलोकसुन्दरी । पुरैव नाभिनंदिता गता विहाय मामिति

yato mayā himādrijā samastalokasundarī puraiva nābhinaṁditā gatā vihāya māmiti

"Because I, before, did not properly cherish the daughter of the Himālaya, most beautiful in all the worlds, she has gone, abandoning me" — thus he lamented.

Verse 14 (skanda.5.30.14)

इतीदमेव सोऽवदद्गतस्त्वद्दर्शनं ततः । प्रियावियोगमीदृशं गुरुं न सोढुमुत्सहे

itīdameva so'vadadgatastvaddarśanaṁ tataḥ priyāviyogamīdṛśaṁ guruṁ na soḍhumutsahe

Saying just this, he then went out of your sight: "I cannot bear such a heavy separation from my beloved."

Verse 15 (skanda.5.30.15)

ततो जगद्धि संकुलं महाभयेन संयुतम् । सुरासुरा महर्षयः परं विषादमभ्यगुः

tato jagaddhi saṁkulaṁ mahābhayena saṁyutam surāsurā maharṣayaḥ paraṁ viṣādamabhyaguḥ

Then the whole world became thrown into confusion, filled with great fear; the gods, asuras, and great sages fell into the deepest despair.

Verse 16 (skanda.5.30.16)

विहाय मंदिराणि ते परं विषादमागताः । हरस्तुतिं परां च ते प्रचक्रुरद्भुतोपमाः

vihāya maṁdirāṇi te paraṁ viṣādamāgatāḥ harastutiṁ parāṁ ca te pracakruradbhutopamāḥ

Abandoning their abodes, plunged in the deepest despair, they, wondrous in their distress, began the supreme praise of Hara.

Verse 17 (skanda.5.30.17)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । न दृश्यते यदा देवो रुद्रो बालेंदुशेखरः । नष्टालोकं जगत्सर्वं कांतारमभवत्तदा

sanatkumāra uvāca na dṛśyate yadā devo rudro bāleṁduśekharaḥ naṣṭālokaṁ jagatsarvaṁ kāṁtāramabhavattadā

Sanatkumāra said: When the god Rudra, crested with the young moon, was no longer seen, the whole world, its light lost, became a wilderness.

Verse 18 (skanda.5.30.18)

त्रीणि नेत्राणि रुद्रस्य यतः सूर्येंदुव ह्नयः । गते रुद्रे न ते भांति जगत्यस्मिंश्चराचरे

trīṇi netrāṇi rudrasya yataḥ sūryeṁduva hnayaḥ gate rudre na te bhāṁti jagatyasmiṁścarācare

For Rudra's three eyes are the sun, the moon, and fire; when Rudra had gone, they no longer shone in this world of moving and unmoving things.

Verse 19 (skanda.5.30.19)

ततस्तमसि दुस्तारे संभूते लोमहर्षणे । अन्योन्यं हि न पश्यंति सुरासुरास्तमोवृताः

tatastamasi dustāre saṁbhūte lomaharṣaṇe anyonyaṁ hi na paśyaṁti surāsurāstamovṛtāḥ

Then, when an impassable, hair-raising darkness had come to be, the gods and asuras, enveloped in darkness, could not see one another.

Verse 20 (skanda.5.30.20)

एषा बुद्धिस्ततस्तेषामुत्पन्ना कार्यसिद्धये । यया बुद्ध्या जगन्नाथो ज्ञायते पार्वतीपतिः

eṣā buddhistatasteṣāmutpannā kāryasiddhaye yayā buddhyā jagannātho jñāyate pārvatīpatiḥ

Then this thought arose in them, for the accomplishment of their purpose, by which thought the Lord of the world, the husband of Pārvatī, might be known.

Verse 21 (skanda.5.30.21)

न ह्यालोको विना तेन शशिसूर्याग्निच क्षुषा । परस्परं ब्रुवंति स्म दुःखितास्ते विसंज्ञया

na hyāloko vinā tena śaśisūryāgnica kṣuṣā parasparaṁ bruvaṁti sma duḥkhitāste visaṁjñayā

For there is no light without him, who has the moon, sun, and fire as his eyes. Distressed, bereft of their senses, they spoke to one another --

Verse 22 (skanda.5.30.22)

हे देव हे मुने सिद्धे हे ऋषे हे निशाचर । हे दैत्य हे दनुश्रेष्ठ हे मनुष्यनिदेशक

he deva he mune siddhe he ṛṣe he niśācara he daitya he danuśreṣṭha he manuṣyanideśaka

"'O god! O sage! O siddha! O ṛṣi! O night-walker! O daitya! O best of the Danus! O guide of men!'"

Verse 23 (skanda.5.30.23)

गतोऽसि कां दिशं तात को वा लब्धस्त्वया विभो । क्वचिद्विश्रामभूमिस्ते क्वचिदालंबनेऽपि वा

gato'si kāṁ diśaṁ tāta ko vā labdhastvayā vibho kvacidviśrāmabhūmiste kvacidālaṁbane'pi vā

"'To what direction have you gone, father? Or what have you found, O mighty one? Is there anywhere a resting-place for you, or anywhere a support?'"

Verse 24 (skanda.5.30.24)

पाथेयमस्ति किंचित्ते दिशि किं वाथ कुत्रचित् । प्रकाशं वाहनं छत्रमशनं शयनं गृहम्

pātheyamasti kiṁcitte diśi kiṁ vātha kutracit prakāśaṁ vāhanaṁ chatramaśanaṁ śayanaṁ gṛham

"'Do you have any provisions for the way? Is there anywhere in any direction a light, a mount, a canopy, food, a bed, a house?'"

Verse 25 (skanda.5.30.25)

क्वचिद्वासि कथं तोयमथवा चित्तनिर्वृतिः । बन्धुः पुत्रोऽसि वा तात वृक्ष च्छाया सुशीतला

kvacidvāsi kathaṁ toyamathavā cittanirvṛtiḥ bandhuḥ putro'si vā tāta vṛkṣa cchāyā suśītalā

"'Are you dwelling somewhere? How is there water, or peace of mind? Do you have a kinsman, a son, O father, or the cool shade of a tree?'"

Verse 26 (skanda.5.30.26)

एवं प्रकारं करुणं समाभाष्य परस्परम् । भूयश्चिन्तापराः सर्वे देवाश्चेंद्रपुरोगमाः

evaṁ prakāraṁ karuṇaṁ samābhāṣya parasparam bhūyaścintāparāḥ sarve devāśceṁdrapurogamāḥ

Speaking thus, pitifully, to one another, all the gods, headed by Indra, became once more overcome with anxiety.

Verse 27 (skanda.5.30.27)

भूमेर्विवरमाश्रित्य प्राणिनो ये वसंत्यपि । रसातले च दैतेयाः संस्थिताः पन्नगाश्च ये

bhūmervivaramāśritya prāṇino ye vasaṁtyapi rasātale ca daiteyāḥ saṁsthitāḥ pannagāśca ye

Those creatures too who dwell in the crevices of the earth, and the daityas established in Rasātala, and the serpents --

Verse 28 (skanda.5.30.28)

न तेषां विद्यते सूर्यो नेन्दुर्नान्ये महाग्रहाः । नाग्निर्देवमुखं विद्युन्नैव तारकको टयः

na teṣāṁ vidyate sūryo nendurnānye mahāgrahāḥ nāgnirdevamukhaṁ vidyunnaiva tārakako ṭayaḥ

"-- for them there existed neither sun, nor moon, nor the other great planets; neither fire, nor lightning, the face of the gods, nor the crores of stars."

Verse 29 (skanda.5.30.29)

केनालोकेन पश्यंति समानि विषमाणि च । नरकस्था नरा लोके न पश्यंत्यन्यलोकगाः

kenālokena paśyaṁti samāni viṣamāṇi ca narakasthā narā loke na paśyaṁtyanyalokagāḥ

"By what light could they see level and uneven ground? Men in hell in that world could not see those who went to other worlds."

Verse 30 (skanda.5.30.30)

विचरन्तः समं को वा मनो रथशतप्रदः । तृष्णांभः क्षुधितान्नं च श्रांतानामथ वाहनम्

vicarantaḥ samaṁ ko vā mano rathaśatapradaḥ tṛṣṇāṁbhaḥ kṣudhitānnaṁ ca śrāṁtānāmatha vāhanam

"Who could be found, wandering together, a bestower of a hundred desires? Who could give water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, a mount for the weary?"

Verse 31 (skanda.5.30.31)

समे शय्या जले नौश्च रोगे सत्परिचारकः । श्रेष्ठौषधीभिः सन्मंत्रैः संपदो व्याधिसंकटे

same śayyā jale nauśca roge satparicārakaḥ śreṣṭhauṣadhībhiḥ sanmaṁtraiḥ saṁpado vyādhisaṁkaṭe

"Who could give a bed on level ground, a boat on water, a good attendant in sickness, wealth of fine herbs and true mantras in the crisis of disease?"

Verse 32 (skanda.5.30.32)

सुहृद्विदेशे च्छायोष्णे निर्धूमः शिशिरे शिखी । महाभये परित्राणं प्रकाशश्च महानिशि

suhṛdvideśe cchāyoṣṇe nirdhūmaḥ śiśire śikhī mahābhaye paritrāṇaṁ prakāśaśca mahāniśi

"Who could be a friend in a foreign land, shade in the heat, a smokeless fire in the cold, protection in great danger, and light in the deep night?"

Verse 33 (skanda.5.30.33)

सर्वदश्चैव सर्वेषां मनोरथशतप्रदः । एक एव भवान्द्योतस्त्वां च जानीमहे वयम्

sarvadaścaiva sarveṣāṁ manorathaśatapradaḥ eka eva bhavāndyotastvāṁ ca jānīmahe vayam

"You alone are the giver of everything to all, the bestower of a hundred desires; you alone are the light — thus we know you to be."

Verse 34 (skanda.5.30.34)

ब्रुवंत इति ते व्यास शुश्रुवुर्मधुरां गिरम् । श्रुतपूर्वां तमोमध्याद्विष्णोर तुलकर्मणः

bruvaṁta iti te vyāsa śuśruvurmadhurāṁ giram śrutapūrvāṁ tamomadhyādviṣṇora tulakarmaṇaḥ

Speaking thus, O Vyāsa, they heard a sweet voice, one heard before, coming from the midst of the darkness — the voice of Viṣṇu, of matchless deeds.

Verse 35 (skanda.5.30.35)

न जानंति स्थितः कुत्र भाषते केशवो विभुः । शृणुध्वमिति मे वाक्यं सर्वे चैव समाहिताः

na jānaṁti sthitaḥ kutra bhāṣate keśavo vibhuḥ śṛṇudhvamiti me vākyaṁ sarve caiva samāhitāḥ

They did not know where the mighty Keśava stood as he spoke: "Listen, all of you, with composed minds, to this word of mine."

Verse 36 (skanda.5.30.36)

दानमेकं सदा सम्य क्चिंतामणिसमं स्मृतम् । सर्वेषामेव दानानां दीपदानं प्रशस्यते

dānamekaṁ sadā samya kciṁtāmaṇisamaṁ smṛtam sarveṣāmeva dānānāṁ dīpadānaṁ praśasyate

"There is one gift, ever rightly remembered as equal to a wish-fulfilling gem: among all gifts, the gift of a lamp is most praised."

Verse 37 (skanda.5.30.37)

तच्च देयमतः सर्वैः शृणुध्वं तत्त्वतो भृशम् । मया रसातले पूर्वं नागा नामनुकंपया

tacca deyamataḥ sarvaiḥ śṛṇudhvaṁ tattvato bhṛśam mayā rasātale pūrvaṁ nāgā nāmanukaṁpayā

"Therefore it should be given by all; listen closely and truly. By me, formerly, in Rasātala, out of compassion for the nāgas --"

Verse 38 (skanda.5.30.38)

उत्पादितो दीपवरो येन ध्वस्तमिदं तमः । एवंभूतस्तु वायूनामप्रधृष्यो महाप्रभः

utpādito dīpavaro yena dhvastamidaṁ tamaḥ evaṁbhūtastu vāyūnāmapradhṛṣyo mahāprabhaḥ

"-- an excellent lamp was made, by which this darkness was destroyed. Being of this nature, it is unassailable by the winds, of great splendour --"

Verse 39 (skanda.5.30.39)

निष्कंपो निर्मलो हृद्यः सुस्थिरो भास्करप्रभः । नात्युष्णो नातिशीतश्च देव्या योगसमुद्भवः । तेन दीपप्रकाशेन गोकर्णो निर्वृतिं ययौ

niṣkaṁpo nirmalo hṛdyaḥ susthiro bhāskaraprabhaḥ nātyuṣṇo nātiśītaśca devyā yogasamudbhavaḥ tena dīpaprakāśena gokarṇo nirvṛtiṁ yayau

"-- unwavering, spotless, pleasing, most steady, radiant as the sun, neither too hot nor too cold, arisen from the goddess's yogic power. By the light of that lamp, Gokarṇa attained peace."

Verse 40 (skanda.5.30.40)

नागाः शेषादयः सर्वे नोद्यमानाश्च संघशः । दीपाद्दीपसहस्राणि ददुस्ते वै शिवाग्रतः

nāgāḥ śeṣādayaḥ sarve nodyamānāśca saṁghaśaḥ dīpāddīpasahasrāṇi daduste vai śivāgrataḥ

All the nāgas, headed by Śeṣa, exalted in their throngs, offered thousands of lamps, lit from that first lamp, before Śiva.

Verse 41 (skanda.5.30.41)

पर्वतेषु समुद्रेषु वनेषूपवनेषु च । नदीतीरेषु सर्वत्र दीपान्प्रज्वाल्य रेमिरे

parvateṣu samudreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca nadītīreṣu sarvatra dīpānprajvālya remire

On mountains, in oceans, in forests and groves, on riverbanks — having lit lamps everywhere, they rejoiced.

Verse 42 (skanda.5.30.42)

भुंजानाः पञ्च मूलानि दिव्यानि क्षीरसंयुतम् । परमान्नं च मांसानि मकरंदं घृतौदनम्

bhuṁjānāḥ pañca mūlāni divyāni kṣīrasaṁyutam paramānnaṁ ca māṁsāni makaraṁdaṁ ghṛtaudanam

Enjoying the five kinds of roots, divine foods mixed with milk, the finest rice-dish, meats, honey-nectar, ghee-rice --

Verse 43 (skanda.5.30.43)

चन्द्रशालिभवं भक्तं तांबूलं सप्तधा गतम् । मद्यमष्टप्रकारं तु भार्यापीतावशेषकम्

candraśālibhavaṁ bhaktaṁ tāṁbūlaṁ saptadhā gatam madyamaṣṭaprakāraṁ tu bhāryāpītāvaśeṣakam

"-- rice grown by moonlight, betel prepared in seven ways, liquor of eight kinds, the remainder drunk first by their wives --"

Verse 44 (skanda.5.30.44)

शयनेषु महार्हेषु हृद्यासु वनराजिषु । वृक्षमूलेषु सर्वेषु वनच्छायोपशोभिषु

śayaneṣu mahārheṣu hṛdyāsu vanarājiṣu vṛkṣamūleṣu sarveṣu vanacchāyopaśobhiṣu

"-- on costly couches, in lovely rows of forest trees, at the roots of all the trees, adorned with forest shade --"

Verse 45 (skanda.5.30.45)

रमन्ते स्म च ते सर्वे ह्युद्वेष्टंतः परस्परम् । कामतन्त्रोपदिष्टैस्तु शास्त्रैश्च चुंबनादिभिः

ramante sma ca te sarve hyudveṣṭaṁtaḥ parasparam kāmatantropadiṣṭaistu śāstraiśca cuṁbanādibhiḥ

"-- all of them sported, embracing one another, with kisses and the like taught in the treatises on the art of love."

Verse 46 (skanda.5.30.46)

सूर्यतापभयान्मुक्ताश्चंद्ररश्मिभयाच्च ते । विमुक्ताश्च भयाद्धोरात्पिपीलिकोद्भवात्तथा

sūryatāpabhayānmuktāścaṁdraraśmibhayācca te vimuktāśca bhayāddhorātpipīlikodbhavāttathā

They were free from fear of the sun's heat, and free from fear of the moon's rays, and likewise freed from the terrible fear arising from ants --

Verse 47 (skanda.5.30.47)

सूर्यतापेन दाहः स्याच्छीतं चंद्रमरीचिभिः । मयूरनकुलाद्यैश्च पिपीलीमरणाद्भयम्

sūryatāpena dāhaḥ syācchītaṁ caṁdramarīcibhiḥ mayūranakulādyaiśca pipīlīmaraṇādbhayam

"-- for ordinarily there is burning from the sun's heat, cold from the moon's rays, and fear of death from ants, from peacocks, mongooses, and the like."

Verse 48 (skanda.5.30.48)

सौवर्णान्दीपका न्कृत्वा द्विजेभ्यस्ते ददुः पुनः । तेन पातालमाश्रित्य कृत्वा भोगवतीं पुरीम्

sauvarṇāndīpakā nkṛtvā dvijebhyaste daduḥ punaḥ tena pātālamāśritya kṛtvā bhogavatīṁ purīm

Having made golden lamps, they gave them again to brāhmaṇas. By this, having taken refuge in Pātāla, having built the city of Bhogavatī --

Verse 49 (skanda.5.30.49)

वसंति सुखिनस्तत्र स्वर्गादष्टगुणैः सुखैः । एवमंधं तमो देवाः पातालाद्दीपतो गतम्

vasaṁti sukhinastatra svargādaṣṭaguṇaiḥ sukhaiḥ evamaṁdhaṁ tamo devāḥ pātālāddīpato gatam

"-- they dwell there happily, with pleasures eightfold greater than in heaven. Thus, O gods, the blinding darkness departed from Pātāla, through the lamp."

Verse 50 (skanda.5.30.50)

एतद्गुह्यं मया ख्यातं भवतां चानुकम्पया । दीपदानमतोयूयं कुरुध्वं सुसमाहिताः

etadguhyaṁ mayā khyātaṁ bhavatāṁ cānukampayā dīpadānamatoyūyaṁ kurudhvaṁ susamāhitāḥ

"This secret has been declared by me out of compassion for you; therefore, with composed minds, perform the gift of a lamp."

Verse 51 (skanda.5.30.51)

दीपाग्निना विना नैव तमोदारु प्रदह्यते । नारायणपरा देवा निशम्याथ समाहिताः

dīpāgninā vinā naiva tamodāru pradahyate nārāyaṇaparā devā niśamyātha samāhitāḥ

"Without the fire of a lamp, the wood of darkness is never burnt away." The gods, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, having heard this, then, composed --

Verse 52 (skanda.5.30.52)

पप्रच्छुस्ते पुनः सर्वे हृष्टा दामोदरं विभुम् । ब्रूहि नोग्निं जगन्नाथ स दीपो येन जायते

papracchuste punaḥ sarve hṛṣṭā dāmodaraṁ vibhum brūhi nogniṁ jagannātha sa dīpo yena jāyate

"-- all of them, delighted, asked the mighty Dāmodara again: 'Tell us, O Lord of the world, of the fire by which that lamp is made.'"

Verse 53 (skanda.5.30.53)

घोरे तमसि वै मग्ना नाग्निं जानीमहे वयम् । देवानां मानसो वह्निरथ कृष्णेन कीर्तितः

ghore tamasi vai magnā nāgniṁ jānīmahe vayam devānāṁ mānaso vahniratha kṛṣṇena kīrtitaḥ

"'Sunk in terrible darkness, we do not know where to find fire.' Then the mental fire of the gods was declared by Kṛṣṇa."

Verse 54 (skanda.5.30.54)

तेन दीपं प्रतिज्वाल्य देवाः शिवपरायणाः । ददुस्ते शिवमुद्दिश्य सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदम्

tena dīpaṁ pratijvālya devāḥ śivaparāyaṇāḥ daduste śivamuddiśya sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam

With that, having kindled the lamp, the gods, wholly devoted to Śiva, offered it, dedicated to Śiva, the bestower of every desired fruit.

Verse 55 (skanda.5.30.55)

दत्ते दीपे ततो देवैर्दृष्टो हृष्टो महेश्वरः । तिमिरं तद्गतं चापि जगद्येन जडीकृतम्

datte dīpe tato devairdṛṣṭo hṛṣṭo maheśvaraḥ timiraṁ tadgataṁ cāpi jagadyena jaḍīkṛtam

When the lamp had been offered by the gods, the delighted Maheśvara was then seen; and that darkness by which the world had been stupefied also departed.

Verse 56 (skanda.5.30.56)

ततो देवाः सुखं प्रापुः स्वर्गे सेन्द्रपुरोगमाः । राज्यं भोगान्वितं प्राप्य सार्धं स्त्रीभिश्च रेमिरे

tato devāḥ sukhaṁ prāpuḥ svarge sendrapurogamāḥ rājyaṁ bhogānvitaṁ prāpya sārdhaṁ strībhiśca remire

Then the gods, headed by Indra, obtained happiness in heaven; having obtained a kingdom rich in enjoyments, they rejoiced together with their wives.

Verse 57 (skanda.5.30.57)

दीपदानफलं ज्ञात्वा दैतेयाश्चापि विस्मिताः । तथैव तत्फलं ज्ञात्वा व्यास यक्षाश्च विस्मिताः

dīpadānaphalaṁ jñātvā daiteyāścāpi vismitāḥ tathaiva tatphalaṁ jñātvā vyāsa yakṣāśca vismitāḥ

Knowing the fruit of the lamp-gift, the daityas too were astonished; and likewise, O Vyāsa, knowing that fruit, the yakṣas too were astonished.

Verse 58 (skanda.5.30.58)

पूजयित्वा महादेवं पुष्पैश्च निर्मलैर्जलैः । ददुर्दीप सहस्राणि सर्वे शिवपरायणाः

pūjayitvā mahādevaṁ puṣpaiśca nirmalairjalaiḥ dadurdīpa sahasrāṇi sarve śivaparāyaṇāḥ

Having worshipped Mahādeva with flowers and pure water, all of them, devoted wholly to Śiva, offered thousands of lamps.

Verse 59 (skanda.5.30.59)

स्वस्थाने चाभवन्सर्वे दीपदानाच्च शोभनाः । स्वेच्छया भुंजते भोगान्बन्धुभृत्यादिसंयुताः

svasthāne cābhavansarve dīpadānācca śobhanāḥ svecchayā bhuṁjate bhogānbandhubhṛtyādisaṁyutāḥ

All of them, having returned to their own places, became splendid through the gift of lamps; they enjoy pleasures at will, together with kinsmen, servants, and the rest.

Verse 60 (skanda.5.30.60)

निराहारास्ततो व्यास पिशाचा वै निराश्रयाः । दीपदानफलं ज्ञात्वा सर्वे तेऽतीव विस्मिताः

nirāhārāstato vyāsa piśācā vai nirāśrayāḥ dīpadānaphalaṁ jñātvā sarve te'tīva vismitāḥ

O Vyāsa, the piśācas, who were without food and without shelter, upon knowing the fruit of the lamp-gift, were all exceedingly astonished.

Verse 61 (skanda.5.30.61)

चंडालादग्निमानीय ददुर्दीपं शिवे रताः ।। । । दीपदानफलं ते वै पुत्रदारसमन्विताः

caṁḍālādagnimānīya dadurdīpaṁ śive ratāḥ dīpadānaphalaṁ te vai putradārasamanvitāḥ

Bringing fire from a caṇḍāla, they, devoted to Śiva, offered a lamp; by the fruit of that lamp-gift, they came to be reborn with sons and wives.

Verse 62 (skanda.5.30.62)

लीढमन्नं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं तथा । उच्छिष्टं सूतिकास्पृष्टं न मेध्यं चातिलंघितम्

līḍhamannaṁ gatarasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ tathā ucchiṣṭaṁ sūtikāspṛṣṭaṁ na medhyaṁ cātilaṁghitam

Even those who had once been reduced to eating food that had been licked, that had lost its taste, putrid, stale, leftover, touched by a woman in confinement, unclean, or beyond its proper time --

Verse 63 (skanda.5.30.63)

भुंजानास्ते सदा हृष्टा रमंते दुष्टभूमिषु । विद्याधरास्तथा मर्त्याः सिद्धाश्च शिवमानसाः

bhuṁjānāste sadā hṛṣṭā ramaṁte duṣṭabhūmiṣu vidyādharāstathā martyāḥ siddhāśca śivamānasāḥ

"-- now eating good food, they ever rejoice, delighting even in wretched places. The vidyādharas, likewise mortals, and the siddhas, their minds fixed on Śiva --"

Verse 64 (skanda.5.30.64)

दीपदानफलं ज्ञात्वा ददुर्दीपं शिवाग्रतः । दीपदानात्ततः सर्वे सर्वभोगसमन्विताः

dīpadānaphalaṁ jñātvā dadurdīpaṁ śivāgrataḥ dīpadānāttataḥ sarve sarvabhogasamanvitāḥ

"-- knowing the fruit of the lamp-gift, offered a lamp before Śiva. Thereafter, through the lamp-gift, all of them, endowed with every enjoyment --"

Verse 65 (skanda.5.30.65)

स्थानेषु मुदितास्तेषु रमंते सुखिनस्तदा । तिमिरं तद्गतं चैव व्यास लोकेषु दीपतः

sthāneṣu muditāsteṣu ramaṁte sukhinastadā timiraṁ tadgataṁ caiva vyāsa lokeṣu dīpataḥ

"-- delight happily in their own realms. Thus that darkness, O Vyāsa, departed from the worlds through the lamp."

Verse 66 (skanda.5.30.66)

ततो घोरं स्थितं सम्यक्प्रेतलोकेषु सर्वदा । प्रेतलोकं तदा दृष्ट्वा घोरेण तमसा वृताः

tato ghoraṁ sthitaṁ samyakpretalokeṣu sarvadā pretalokaṁ tadā dṛṣṭvā ghoreṇa tamasā vṛtāḥ

Then that darkness remained thoroughly established, most terrible, ever in the worlds of the pretas. Seeing that world of the pretas then, covered by terrible darkness --

Verse 67 (skanda.5.30.67)

दामोदरं जगन्नाथमूचुः सर्वे सुरोत्तमाः । घोरं चैव तमो हत्वा प्रसन्नास्ते सदा विभो

dāmodaraṁ jagannāthamūcuḥ sarve surottamāḥ ghoraṁ caiva tamo hatvā prasannāste sadā vibho

"-- all the best of the gods said to Dāmodara, Lord of the world: 'Having destroyed that terrible darkness, we are ever pleased, O mighty one --'"

Verse 68 (skanda.5.30.68)

गंधर्वाश्च तथा यक्षाः सिद्धा विद्याधरोरगाः । वयं चैव तथा मर्त्याः सर्वभोगैश्च संयुताः

gaṁdharvāśca tathā yakṣāḥ siddhā vidyādharoragāḥ vayaṁ caiva tathā martyāḥ sarvabhogaiśca saṁyutāḥ

"'-- the gandharvas, and likewise the yakṣas, siddhas, vidyādharas, serpents, and we ourselves, and likewise mortals, endowed with every enjoyment --'"

Verse 69 (skanda.5.30.69)

स्थानेषु च सदा ह्येषु सुखिनश्च रमामहे । प्रेतलोके नरा ये वै घोरेण तमसा वृताः

sthāneṣu ca sadā hyeṣu sukhinaśca ramāmahe pretaloke narā ye vai ghoreṇa tamasā vṛtāḥ

"'-- ever delight happily in these realms. But those men who, in the world of the pretas, are covered by terrible darkness --'"

Verse 70 (skanda.5.30.70)

वसंति च जगन्नाथ वर्तंते तेऽतिदुःखिताः । यैर्नो कृतं हि तत्कर्म कृष्णालं पापमोहितैः

vasaṁti ca jagannātha vartaṁte te'tiduḥkhitāḥ yairno kṛtaṁ hi tatkarma kṛṣṇālaṁ pāpamohitaiḥ

"'-- dwell, O Lord of the world, and remain exceedingly miserable — since we have not performed that deed of the lamp-gift for them, deluded as they are by their utterly dark sins.'"

Verse 71 (skanda.5.30.71)

न तेषां विद्यते किंचिद्यत्प्रकाशं करोति च । घोरे तमसि ते मग्नास्तत्र नार्केन्दुवह्नयः

na teṣāṁ vidyate kiṁcidyatprakāśaṁ karoti ca ghore tamasi te magnāstatra nārkenduvahnayaḥ

"'For them there exists nothing at all that gives light; sunk in terrible darkness, there for them there is neither sun, moon, nor fire.'"

Verse 72 (skanda.5.30.72)

न सहायो न जायेयं नालंबो न च देशिकाः । न वाहनं न शय्या च केवलं तु महत्तमः

na sahāyo na jāyeyaṁ nālaṁbo na ca deśikāḥ na vāhanaṁ na śayyā ca kevalaṁ tu mahattamaḥ

"'There is no companion, no wife, no support, no guides, no vehicle, no bed — only the deepest darkness alone.'"

Verse 73 (skanda.5.30.73)

तत्राष्टाविंशतिः ख्याता घोरा नरककोटयः । तमोमयाश्च ताः सर्वाः पापिनां भयदाः सदा

tatrāṣṭāviṁśatiḥ khyātā ghorā narakakoṭayaḥ tamomayāśca tāḥ sarvāḥ pāpināṁ bhayadāḥ sadā

"'There, twenty-eight crores of terrible hells are renowned; all of them, made of darkness, ever bring fear to sinners.'"

Verse 74 (skanda.5.30.74)

सुखं तत्र कथं कृष्ण लभंते दुःखिता नराः । दारिद्र्यदुःखरोगैश्च मायामोहैश्च सर्वदा

sukhaṁ tatra kathaṁ kṛṣṇa labhaṁte duḥkhitā narāḥ dāridryaduḥkharogaiśca māyāmohaiśca sarvadā

"'How, O Kṛṣṇa, can those suffering men obtain happiness there, ever afflicted by poverty, sorrow, disease, illusion, and delusion?'"

Verse 75 (skanda.5.30.75)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । इति श्रुत्वा तु देवानां प्रार्थनां गरुड ध्वजः । उवाच वचनं हृद्यं मनोरथफलप्रदम्

sanatkumāra uvāca iti śrutvā tu devānāṁ prārthanāṁ garuḍa dhvajaḥ uvāca vacanaṁ hṛdyaṁ manorathaphalapradam

Sanatkumāra said: Hearing this entreaty of the gods, the one whose banner is Garuḍa spoke a pleasing word, granting the fruit of their desire --

Verse 76 (skanda.5.30.76)

शृणुध्वं त्रिदशाः सर्वे यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि वो वचः

śṛṇudhvaṁ tridaśāḥ sarve yatpravakṣyāmi vo vacaḥ

"'Listen, all you thirty gods, to the word that I shall now speak to you.'"

Verse 77 (skanda.5.30.77)

अवंत्यां वर्तते तीर्थं सद्यः पापहरं परम् । अनरकाख्यं महापुण्यं सर्वतीर्थोत्तमोत्तमम्

avaṁtyāṁ vartate tīrthaṁ sadyaḥ pāpaharaṁ param anarakākhyaṁ mahāpuṇyaṁ sarvatīrthottamottamam

"'In Avantī there exists a ford, instantly removing sin, supreme, called Anaraka, of great merit, the very best of all fords.'"

Verse 78 (skanda.5.30.78)

कार्तिकस्यासिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु यमध्यानपरायणः

kārtikasyāsite pakṣe caturdaśyāṁ samāhitaḥ tatra snātvā naro yastu yamadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ

"'On the fourteenth of the dark fortnight of Kārtika, with composed mind, the man who bathes there, wholly devoted to meditation on Yama --'"

Verse 79 (skanda.5.30.79)

संगृह्य वै तिलान्कृष्णान्पितृभक्तो जितेंद्रियः । दक्षिणाभिमुखो भूत्वा मध्याह्ने सुरसत्तमाः

saṁgṛhya vai tilānkṛṣṇānpitṛbhakto jiteṁdriyaḥ dakṣiṇābhimukho bhūtvā madhyāhne surasattamāḥ

"'-- having gathered black sesame seeds, devoted to his ancestors, self-controlled, facing south, at midday, O best of gods --'"

Verse 80 (skanda.5.30.80)

अपसव्यं तथा कृत्वा मंत्रैः संतर्प येद्यमम् । यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चांतकाय च

apasavyaṁ tathā kṛtvā maṁtraiḥ saṁtarpa yedyamam yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāṁtakāya ca

"'-- and having performed the counter-clockwise circumambulation, should satisfy Yama with mantras — to Yama, to Dharmarāja, to Mṛtyu, and to Antaka --'"

Verse 81 (skanda.5.30.81)

वैवस्वताय कालाय दक्षाय मनवे तथा । कृष्णाय कृष्णगुप्ताय प्रेतलोकपराय च

vaivasvatāya kālāya dakṣāya manave tathā kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇaguptāya pretalokaparāya ca

"'-- to Vaivasvata, to Kāla, to Dakṣa, and likewise to Manu; to Kṛṣṇa, to Kṛṣṇagupta, and to him devoted to the world of the pretas --'"

Verse 82 (skanda.5.30.82)

हरये रविपुत्राय कालिंदीसोदराय च । तथा वै श्राद्धदेवाय पितृणां पतये तथा

haraye raviputrāya kāliṁdīsodarāya ca tathā vai śrāddhadevāya pitṛṇāṁ pataye tathā

"'-- to Hari, to the son of the sun, and to the brother of Kālindī; and likewise to Śrāddhadeva, the lord of the ancestors --'"

Verse 83 (skanda.5.30.83)

मंत्रैरेभिर्नमःप्रोक्तैरोंकाराद्यैः सुशोभनैः । जलांजलिं सदर्भं वै दद्याच्च तिलसंयुतम्

maṁtrairebhirnamaḥproktairoṁkārādyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ jalāṁjaliṁ sadarbhaṁ vai dadyācca tilasaṁyutam

"'-- with these mantras, uttered as salutations, beautiful, beginning with Om, one should offer a handful of water together with darbha grass and sesame seeds.'"

Verse 84 (skanda.5.30.84)

संतर्पयेद्यमं देवं तिलपात्रं समाहितः । प्राज्ञो विप्राय वै दद्याद्वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः

saṁtarpayedyamaṁ devaṁ tilapātraṁ samāhitaḥ prājño viprāya vai dadyādvittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ

"'One should satisfy the god Yama, and, composed, the wise man should give the vessel of sesame to a brāhmaṇa, free from any miserliness about wealth.'"

Verse 85 (skanda.5.30.85)

अनेन विधिना यस्तु संतर्पयेद्यमं विभुम् । पितरस्तस्य मुच्यंते निरये ये गता अपि

anena vidhinā yastu saṁtarpayedyamaṁ vibhum pitarastasya mucyaṁte niraye ye gatā api

"'By this rite, whoever satisfies the mighty Yama — his ancestors are freed, even those who have gone to hell.'"

Verse 86 (skanda.5.30.86)

रात्रिं तत्राथ संप्राप्य मानवः कामसंयुतः । नमः पितृभ्यः प्रेतेभ्यो नमो धर्माय विष्णवे

rātriṁ tatrātha saṁprāpya mānavaḥ kāmasaṁyutaḥ namaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ pretebhyo namo dharmāya viṣṇave

"'Then, having reached that night, a man, filled with the desire for merit --' reciting: 'Homage to the ancestors, homage to the pretas, homage to Dharma, to Viṣṇu --'"

Verse 87 (skanda.5.30.87)

नमः सूर्याय रुद्राय कालांतपतये नमः । एभिर्मंत्रैर्यमे दीपं यो दद्याद्धृतपूरितम्

namaḥ sūryāya rudrāya kālāṁtapataye namaḥ ebhirmaṁtrairyame dīpaṁ yo dadyāddhṛtapūritam

"'-- homage to Sūrya, to Rudra, homage to the lord of Kāla and Anta.' With these mantras, whoever offers to Yama a lamp filled with ghee --"

Verse 88 (skanda.5.30.88)

कार्तिकं हि समग्रं तु वर्धंते तस्य संपदः । संपूर्णे कार्तिके चैव दीपोद्यापनमाचरेत्

kārtikaṁ hi samagraṁ tu vardhaṁte tasya saṁpadaḥ saṁpūrṇe kārtike caiva dīpodyāpanamācaret

"'-- throughout the whole month of Kārtika, his prosperity increases. When Kārtika is completed, one should perform the concluding rite of the lamp-offering.'"

Verse 89 (skanda.5.30.89)

दिवाकराह्नेऽस्तमिते च सूर्ये दीपस्य वर्त्तिं पुरुष प्रमाणाम् । यूपाकृतौ दारुमये करोति यया च धीमान्यमभक्तिचित्तः

divākarāhne'stamite ca sūrye dīpasya varttiṁ puruṣa pramāṇām yūpākṛtau dārumaye karoti yayā ca dhīmānyamabhakticittaḥ

"'When the sun has set at the end of the day, the wise man, his mind fixed on devotion to Yama, makes a lamp-wick the height of a man, upon a wooden stand shaped like a sacrificial post --'"

Verse 90 (skanda.5.30.90)

निक्षिप्य भूमावथ हस्तमात्रं मूर्ध्नि द्विहस्ताष्टदलान्वितस्य । धार्याश्चतस्रः शुभपट्टिकाश्च च्छिद्रेण युक्ताश्चतुरंगुलेन

nikṣipya bhūmāvatha hastamātraṁ mūrdhni dvihastāṣṭadalānvitasya dhāryāścatasraḥ śubhapaṭṭikāśca cchidreṇa yuktāścaturaṁgulena

"'-- setting it upon the ground, a cubit in height, with an eight-petalled lotus-diagram two cubits wide at its top; four auspicious strips of cloth should be held, joined with a four-finger-wide opening.'"

Verse 91 (skanda.5.30.91)

तत्कर्णिकायां तु महाप्रकाशो देयो हि दीपः परया च भक्त्या । उदङ्मुखान्दीपवरांस्त थाष्टौ दलेषु तस्या घृतपूर्यमाणाः

tatkarṇikāyāṁ tu mahāprakāśo deyo hi dīpaḥ parayā ca bhaktyā udaṅmukhāndīpavarāṁsta thāṣṭau daleṣu tasyā ghṛtapūryamāṇāḥ

"'In its central pericarp, a great, brightly-shining lamp is to be given with supreme devotion; and likewise eight excellent lamps, facing north, filled with ghee, upon its petals.'"

Verse 92 (skanda.5.30.92)

अनंगलग्नं धवलं च वस्त्रं नवं सुरक्तं ह्यथवा सुशुक्लम् । वर्त्यां प्रदेयं च स्वके च दद्यात्स्निग्धे त्वखण्डे सुसमे प्रशस्ते

anaṁgalagnaṁ dhavalaṁ ca vastraṁ navaṁ suraktaṁ hyathavā suśuklam vartyāṁ pradeyaṁ ca svake ca dadyātsnigdhe tvakhaṇḍe susame praśaste

"'A new cloth, unstitched, white, or well-reddened, or purely white, should be given there; and one should place the wick made of the same, smooth, unbroken, even, and excellent.'"

Verse 93 (skanda.5.30.93)

तच्छालिपिष्टोपरि संनिधाय यथा न निर्याति न कंपते च । सर्वं प्रकुर्यात्त्रिगुणप्रमाणं मध्यस्थितस्तस्य च दीपराजः

tacchālipiṣṭopari saṁnidhāya yathā na niryāti na kaṁpate ca sarvaṁ prakuryāttriguṇapramāṇaṁ madhyasthitastasya ca dīparājaḥ

"'Having set that upon a base of rice-flour so that it neither slips nor trembles, one should make everything in threefold measure; and the king of lamps stands in the centre.'"

Verse 94 (skanda.5.30.94)

दलेषु शोभार्थमतीव कुर्यान्मनोरथप्रत्युपलब्धये च । घंटाष्टकं लंबितपुष्पदाम सवस्त्रशोभान्वितमंत्र कार्यम्

daleṣu śobhārthamatīva kuryānmanorathapratyupalabdhaye ca ghaṁṭāṣṭakaṁ laṁbitapuṣpadāma savastraśobhānvitamaṁtra kāryam

"'On the petals, for the sake of beauty and for the fulfilment of one's desires, one should hang a set of eight bells with hanging garlands of flowers, adorned with cloth, all this to be done with the appropriate mantras.'"

Verse 95 (skanda.5.30.95)

संलिप्य भूमिं त्वथ गोमयेन पुनः सुगंधेन जलेन लिप्त्वा । कुर्याद्विचित्रं त्वथ मंडले च दलाष्टकं वै कमलं च रम्यम्

saṁlipya bhūmiṁ tvatha gomayena punaḥ sugaṁdhena jalena liptvā kuryādvicitraṁ tvatha maṁḍale ca dalāṣṭakaṁ vai kamalaṁ ca ramyam

"'Having plastered the ground with cowdung, and then anointed it again with fragrant water, one should make, in a wondrous fashion, upon that circle, an eight-petalled, lovely lotus diagram.'"

Verse 96 (skanda.5.30.96)

ततो जलं शीतलमानयित्वा आपूर्य चाष्टौ कलशांस्तु रम्यान् । निधाय मूर्ध्नि क्रमशो हि धीमान्फलानि मूलानि तथेक्षुकानि

tato jalaṁ śītalamānayitvā āpūrya cāṣṭau kalaśāṁstu ramyān nidhāya mūrdhni kramaśo hi dhīmānphalāni mūlāni tathekṣukāni

"'Then, having brought cool water and filled eight lovely water-jars, the wise man, having set them at the top in order, should place there fruits, roots, and sugarcane likewise.'"

Verse 97 (skanda.5.30.97)

मध्वाज्ययुक्ता दधिदुग्धपूर्णा नैर्ऋत्यकोणादथ दक्षिणांतम् । धर्माय दद्यादथ शंकराय दामोदरायाप्यथ वेधसे च

madhvājyayuktā dadhidugdhapūrṇā nairṛtyakoṇādatha dakṣiṇāṁtam dharmāya dadyādatha śaṁkarāya dāmodarāyāpyatha vedhase ca

"'-- filled with honey and ghee, and full of curds and milk, from the south-west corner up to the south, these should be given: one to Dharma, one to Śaṅkara, one to Dāmodara, and one to the Ordainer --'"

Verse 98 (skanda.5.30.98)

प्रजापतिभ्यः क्रमशो हि भक्त्या प्रेतेभ्य इंद्राय तथा पितृभ्यः । होमादिपात्रं तिलचूर्णमेव दद्याद्द्विजानां च सदक्षिणं च

prajāpatibhyaḥ kramaśo hi bhaktyā pretebhya iṁdrāya tathā pitṛbhyaḥ homādipātraṁ tilacūrṇameva dadyāddvijānāṁ ca sadakṣiṇaṁ ca

"'-- and, in order, with devotion, to the Prajāpatis, to the pretas, to Indra, and likewise to the ancestors; the vessel for the fire-oblation, filled with sesame powder, should also be given to the brāhmaṇas, together with a fee.'"

Verse 99 (skanda.5.30.99)

गावो हिरण्यं रजतं च वस्त्रं फलानि मूलानि यवाश्च धान्यम् । गृहं रथं कुंजरमश्वमेव मनोज्ञमन्यं हृदयप्रियं यत्

gāvo hiraṇyaṁ rajataṁ ca vastraṁ phalāni mūlāni yavāśca dhānyam gṛhaṁ rathaṁ kuṁjaramaśvameva manojñamanyaṁ hṛdayapriyaṁ yat

"'Cows, gold, silver, garments, fruits, roots, barley, and grain; a house, a chariot, an elephant, or a horse, or whatever else pleasing and dear to the heart --'"

Verse 100 (skanda.5.30.100)

विद्याधिकेभ्यो द्विजसत्तमेभ्यः पौराणिकेभ्यश्च तथा द्विजेभ्यः । एकैकसु प्रीणनमत्र कुर्याद्दीपैर्दलस्थैश्च यमादिकानाम्

vidyādhikebhyo dvijasattamebhyaḥ paurāṇikebhyaśca tathā dvijebhyaḥ ekaikasu prīṇanamatra kuryāddīpairdalasthaiśca yamādikānām

"'-- should be given to the best of the twice-born, most learned, and likewise to the twice-born versed in the Purāṇas. At each petal one should offer satisfaction to Yama and the others by means of the lamps set upon the petals.'"

Verse 101 (skanda.5.30.101)

धर्माय देयस्त्वथ मध्यदीप आज्ञां च लब्ध्वा व्रतदेशिकस्य । नृत्येन गीतेन सुशोभने न युक्तं सुवाद्येन च कारयेच्च

dharmāya deyastvatha madhyadīpa ājñāṁ ca labdhvā vratadeśikasya nṛtyena gītena suśobhane na yuktaṁ suvādyena ca kārayecca

"'The central lamp should then be given to Dharma; having obtained the permission of the teacher of the vow, one should have the ceremony performed together with dance, beautiful song, and fine music.'"

Verse 102 (skanda.5.30.102)

एतत्समग्रं विधिवच्च कुर्यात्सशक्तिमादौ स्वधनं समीक्ष्य । आहूय विप्राञ्छुभभावयुक्तान्वदेच्च धीमान्परया च भक्त्या

etatsamagraṁ vidhivacca kuryātsaśaktimādau svadhanaṁ samīkṣya āhūya viprāñchubhabhāvayuktānvadecca dhīmānparayā ca bhaktyā

"'All this one should do, properly and according to one's means, first taking stock of one's own wealth; having invited brāhmaṇas endowed with pure disposition, the wise man should speak to them with supreme devotion.'"

Verse 103 (skanda.5.30.103)

दीपान्समग्रान्नव वर्जयित्वा सर्वं नयेयुः स्थितमत्र विप्राः । प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य विसृज्य विप्रांस्ततो भवद्वै स च नक्तभोजी

dīpānsamagrānnava varjayitvā sarvaṁ nayeyuḥ sthitamatra viprāḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya visṛjya viprāṁstato bhavadvai sa ca naktabhojī

"'Setting aside nine of all the lamps assembled here, the brāhmaṇas present should take away the rest. Having then circumambulated and taken leave of the brāhmaṇas, he should thereafter eat only at night.'"

Verse 104 (skanda.5.30.104)

एवं कृते नागलोकाद्विशिष्टं सुखं भवेत्प्रेतलोकेस्थितानाम्

evaṁ kṛte nāgalokādviśiṣṭaṁ sukhaṁ bhavetpretalokesthitānām

When this is done thus, a happiness surpassing even that of the world of the nāgas comes to those established in the world of the pretas.

Verse 105 (skanda.5.30.105)

एवं ह्यनरके व्यास दीपदानं करोति यः । तस्यैव यत्फलं प्रोक्तं तदिहैकमनाः शृणु

evaṁ hyanarake vyāsa dīpadānaṁ karoti yaḥ tasyaiva yatphalaṁ proktaṁ tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

O Vyāsa, thus whoever performs this gift of a lamp at Anaraka — hear, with single-minded attention, what fruit has been declared for him.

Verse 106 (skanda.5.30.106)

विमानैः कामिकैर्दिव्यैरप्सरोगणसेवितैः । उह्यमानो दिवं याति यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ

vimānaiḥ kāmikairdivyairapsarogaṇasevitaiḥ uhyamāno divaṁ yāti yāvaccaṁdradivākarau

Borne along in wish-granting, divine celestial cars, attended by hosts of apsarases, he goes to heaven for as long as the moon and sun endure.