Skip to main content

Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya · Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Unit 143 of 221Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya · Chapter 10Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya · Chapter 101 source entries

Mārgaśīrṣa-māhātmya · Chapter 10

Source

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ।। नैवेद्यानंतरं तात किं कर्तव्यं नृभिः प्रभो ।। यत्कर्तव्यं सहोमासे तत्सर्वं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः ।। १ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। अथ भुक्तवते दत्त्वा जलैः कर्पूरवासितैः ।। आचमनं च तांबूलं चंदनं करमार्जनम् ।। २ ।। पुष्पांजलिं ततः कुर्याद्भक्त्याऽऽदर्शं प्रदर्शयेत् ।। नीराजनं ततः कार्यं कार्पूरं विभवे सति ।। ३ ।। समर्प्य मुकुटादीनि भूषणानि विचक्षणः ।। ततः पश्चान्महाभाग प्रकल्प्य च्छत्रचामरे ।।४।। प्रसादसुमुखं ध्यात्वा श्यामसुंदरविग्रहम् ।। जपेदष्टोत्तरशतं स्तुवीत स्तुतिभिः प्रभुम् ।।५।। शंखरौप्यमयी माला कांचनी च विशेषतः ।। पद्माक्षैश्चैव सुभगैर्विद्रुमैर्मणिमौक्तिकैः ।। ६ ।। रचितेंद्राक्षकैर्माला तथैवांगुलिपर्वभिः ।। पुत्रजीवमयी माला शस्ता वै जपकर्मणि ।। ७ ।। न च क्रमन्न च हसन्न पार्श्वमवलोकयन् ।। न पदा पदमाक्राम्य करप्राप्तशिरास्तथा ।।८।। नोत्तिष्ठन्मन्मनुं विद्वान्न जपेद्व्यग्रमानसः ।। जपकाले न भाषेत व्रतहोमार्चनादिषु ।।९।। गृहेष्वेकगुणंजाप्यं गोष्ठे दशगुणं भवेत् ।। नदीतीरे शतं विद्यादग्न्यगारे दशाऽधिकम् ।। 2.5.10.१० ।। तीर्थादिषु सहस्रं स्यादनंतं मम सन्निधौ ।। एवं कृत्वा सहोमासे यः कुर्याच्च प्रदक्षिणाम् ।। ११ ।। सप्तद्वीपवतीपुण्यं लभते स पदेपदे ।। पठन्नामसहस्रं तु अथवा नाम केवलम् ।। १२ ।। एका प्रदक्षिणा भक्त्या दहेत्पापं सदाऽऽह्निकम् ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा ।। १३ ।। दिनसप्तोद्भवं पापं मम तिस्रः प्रदक्षिणाः ।। तत्क्षणान्नाशयंत्येव पापं देहे दशाऽऽह्निकम् ।। १४ ।। कृताः प्रदक्षिणा येन एकविंशति भक्तितः ।। भ्रूणहत्यादिपापानि नाशमायांति तत्क्षणात् ।। १५ ।। अष्टोत्तरशतं येन कृता भक्त्या प्रदक्षिणाः ।। तेनेष्टं क्रतुभिः सर्वैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ।। १६ ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन तावद्वारं वसुन्धरा ।। मातुः प्रदक्षिणास्तद्वद्भूतधात्रीप्रदक्षिणाः ।। १७ ।। शालिग्रामशिलायाश्च सममेतत्त्रयं स्मृतम् ।। एको दंडप्रपातश्च सहे सप्तप्रदक्षिणाः ।। १८ ।। सममेतद्द्वयं नो वा दंडपातो विशिष्यते ।। प्रदक्षिणे दंडपातं यः करोति सदा मम ।। १९ ।। सहोमासे विशेषेण आकल्पं स वसेद्दिवि ।। कल्पादनंतरं तात चक्रवर्ती प्रजायते ।। 2.5.10.२० ।। चिरायुर्धनवान्भोगी दानवान्धर्मवत्सलः ।। सहस्रनामपठनात्पापं नश्येत्त्रिधा कृतम् ।। २१ ।। अथ किं बहुनोक्तेन शृणु गुह्यं च मे सुत ।। दामोदरेति नाम्ना वै भवेत्प्रीतिर्ममाऽतुला ।। २२ ।। गुणसंबंधि मन्नाम कृतं मात्रा यशोदया ।। यदा मे दधिभांडस्य स्फोटनं गोकुले कृतम्।। २३ ।। तदा यशोदया गाढं बद्धो दाम्ना ह्युलूखले ।। ततः प्रभृति मे नाम ख्यातं दामोदरेति च।।२४।। नमो दामोदरायेति जपेद्यः सुसमाहितः ।। सूर्योदये शुचिर्भूत्वा त्रिसहस्रं दिनेदिने ।। २५ ।। सार्द्धलक्षत्रयं यावत्तत उद्यापयेद्बुधः ।। तर्पणं हवनं चैव ब्रह्मभोज्यं दशांशतः ।। २६ ।। एवं यः कुरुते भक्त्या तस्य यच्छामि वांछितम् ।। धनं धान्यं तथा दारान्पुत्रांश्चान्यच्च वांछितम् ।। २७ ।। त्रिसत्येन मया चोक्तं श्रद्धत्स्व त्वं महामते ।। मंत्रराजमिमं पुत्र कृपया मे प्रकाशितम् ।। २८ ।। दामोदरायेति पठन्नित्यं कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणम्।। दंडपातं तथा पुत्र अष्टांगेन समन्वितम् ।। २९ ।। पद्भ्यां कराभ्यां जानुभ्यामुरसा शिरसा तथा ।। मनसा वचसा दृष्टवा प्रणामोष्टांग उच्यते ।। 2.5.10.३० ।। शिरो मत्पादयोः कृत्वा बाहुभ्यां च परस्परम्।। प्रपन्नं पाहि मामीश भीतं मृत्युग्रहाऽर्णवात् ।। ३१ ।। पश्चाच्छेषां मया दत्तां शिरस्याधाय सादरम् ।। एवं ब्रूयात्ततो वत्स मम पूजाप्रपूर्त्तये ।। ३२ ।। मंत्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं जनार्दन ।। यत्पूजितं मया देव परिपूर्णं तदस्तु मे ।। ३३ ।। मृदंगवाद्येन समं प्रणवेन सुसंयुतम् ।। एवं कार्यं सहोमासे नृत्यं पुण्यप्रदं नृणाम् ।। ३४ ।। गीतं वाद्यं च नृत्यं च तथा पुस्तकवाचनम् ।। पूजाकाले चतुर्वक्त्र सर्वदा मम च प्रियम् ।।३५।। गीतवाद्याद्यभावे च मम नामसहस्रकम् ।। स्तवराजं तथा पुत्र गजेंद्रस्य च मोक्षणम् ।।३६।। अनुस्मृतिश्च गीता च स्तवनं पंचधा मतम् ।। पंचस्तवं महाभाग मम प्रीतिकरं परम्।।३७।। पादोदकं पिबेद्यो वै शालिग्रामसमुद्भवम् ।। पंचगव्यसहस्रैस्तु प्राशितैः किं प्रयोजनम्।।३८।। शालिग्रामशिलातोयं यः पिबेद्बिंदुना समम् ।। मातुः स्तन्यं पुनर्नैव स पिबेन्मुक्तिभाग्नरः।। ३९ ।। आशौचं नैव विद्येत सूतके मृतकेऽपि च ।। येषां पादोदकं मूर्ध्नि प्राशनं ये प्रकुर्वते ।। 2.5.10.४० ।। अंतकालेऽपि यस्येदं दीयते पादयोर्जलम् ।। सोऽपि सद्गतिमाप्नोति सदाचारबहिष्कृतः ।। ४१ ।। अपेयं पिबते यस्तु भुंक्ते यद्यप्यभोजनम् ।। अगम्यागमनो यो वै पापाचारश्च यो नरः ।। ४२ ।। सोऽपि पूतो भवत्याशु सद्यः पादांबुधारणात् ।। चांद्रायणात्पादकृच्छ्रादधिकं पादयोर्जलम् ।।४३।। अगुरुं कुंकुमं वाऽपि कर्पूरं चाऽनुलेपनम् ।। मम पादांबुसंस्पृष्टं तद्वै पावनपावनम् ।।४४।। दृष्टिपूतं तु यत्तोयं भवेद्वै विप्रसत्तम ।। तद्वै पापहरं नृणां किं पुनः पादयोर्जलम् ।। ४५ ।। प्रियस्त्वं मेऽग्रजः पुत्रो विशेषेण च मत्प्रियः ।। तदर्थं कथितं सर्वं रहस्यं यच्च मे स्थितम् ।।४६।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखंडे ब्रह्मविष्णुसंवादे मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्ये पूजाविधिसमापनं तदुद्यापनं तत्फलकथनयोगोनाम दशमोऽध्यायः ।। १० ।।

|| brahmovāca || || naivedyānaṃtaraṃ tāta kiṃ kartavyaṃ nṛbhiḥ prabho || yatkartavyaṃ sahomāse tatsarvaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ || 1 || śrībhagavānuvāca || || atha bhuktavate dattvā jalaiḥ karpūravāsitaiḥ || ācamanaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ caṃdanaṃ karamārjanam || 2 || puṣpāṃjaliṃ tataḥ kuryādbhaktyā''darśaṃ pradarśayet || nīrājanaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ kārpūraṃ vibhave sati || 3 || samarpya mukuṭādīni bhūṣaṇāni vicakṣaṇaḥ || tataḥ paścānmahābhāga prakalpya cchatracāmare ||4|| prasādasumukhaṃ dhyātvā śyāmasuṃdaravigraham || japedaṣṭottaraśataṃ stuvīta stutibhiḥ prabhum ||5|| śaṃkharaupyamayī mālā kāṃcanī ca viśeṣataḥ || padmākṣaiścaiva subhagairvidrumairmaṇimauktikaiḥ || 6 || raciteṃdrākṣakairmālā tathaivāṃguliparvabhiḥ || putrajīvamayī mālā śastā vai japakarmaṇi || 7 || na ca kramanna ca hasanna pārśvamavalokayan || na padā padamākrāmya karaprāptaśirāstathā ||8|| nottiṣṭhanmanmanuṃ vidvānna japedvyagramānasaḥ || japakāle na bhāṣeta vratahomārcanādiṣu ||9|| gṛheṣvekaguṇaṃjāpyaṃ goṣṭhe daśaguṇaṃ bhavet || nadītīre śataṃ vidyādagnyagāre daśā'dhikam || 2.5.10.10 || tīrthādiṣu sahasraṃ syādanaṃtaṃ mama sannidhau || evaṃ kṛtvā sahomāse yaḥ kuryācca pradakṣiṇām || 11 || saptadvīpavatīpuṇyaṃ labhate sa padepade || paṭhannāmasahasraṃ tu athavā nāma kevalam || 12 || ekā pradakṣiṇā bhaktyā dahetpāpaṃ sadā''hnikam || pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasundharā || 13 || dinasaptodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ mama tisraḥ pradakṣiṇāḥ || tatkṣaṇānnāśayaṃtyeva pāpaṃ dehe daśā''hnikam || 14 || kṛtāḥ pradakṣiṇā yena ekaviṃśati bhaktitaḥ || bhrūṇahatyādipāpāni nāśamāyāṃti tatkṣaṇāt || 15 || aṣṭottaraśataṃ yena kṛtā bhaktyā pradakṣiṇāḥ || teneṣṭaṃ kratubhiḥ sarvaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ || 16 || pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena tāvadvāraṃ vasundharā || mātuḥ pradakṣiṇāstadvadbhūtadhātrīpradakṣiṇāḥ || 17 || śāligrāmaśilāyāśca samametattrayaṃ smṛtam || eko daṃḍaprapātaśca sahe saptapradakṣiṇāḥ || 18 || samametaddvayaṃ no vā daṃḍapāto viśiṣyate || pradakṣiṇe daṃḍapātaṃ yaḥ karoti sadā mama || 19 || sahomāse viśeṣeṇa ākalpaṃ sa vaseddivi || kalpādanaṃtaraṃ tāta cakravartī prajāyate || 2.5.10.20 || cirāyurdhanavānbhogī dānavāndharmavatsalaḥ || sahasranāmapaṭhanātpāpaṃ naśyettridhā kṛtam || 21 || atha kiṃ bahunoktena śṛṇu guhyaṃ ca me suta || dāmodareti nāmnā vai bhavetprītirmamā'tulā || 22 || guṇasaṃbaṃdhi mannāma kṛtaṃ mātrā yaśodayā || yadā me dadhibhāṃḍasya sphoṭanaṃ gokule kṛtam|| 23 || tadā yaśodayā gāḍhaṃ baddho dāmnā hyulūkhale || tataḥ prabhṛti me nāma khyātaṃ dāmodareti ca||24|| namo dāmodarāyeti japedyaḥ susamāhitaḥ || sūryodaye śucirbhūtvā trisahasraṃ dinedine || 25 || sārddhalakṣatrayaṃ yāvattata udyāpayedbudhaḥ || tarpaṇaṃ havanaṃ caiva brahmabhojyaṃ daśāṃśataḥ || 26 || evaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā tasya yacchāmi vāṃchitam || dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā dārānputrāṃścānyacca vāṃchitam || 27 || trisatyena mayā coktaṃ śraddhatsva tvaṃ mahāmate || maṃtrarājamimaṃ putra kṛpayā me prakāśitam || 28 || dāmodarāyeti paṭhannityaṃ kuryātpradakṣiṇam|| daṃḍapātaṃ tathā putra aṣṭāṃgena samanvitam || 29 || padbhyāṃ karābhyāṃ jānubhyāmurasā śirasā tathā || manasā vacasā dṛṣṭavā praṇāmoṣṭāṃga ucyate || 2.5.10.30 || śiro matpādayoḥ kṛtvā bāhubhyāṃ ca parasparam|| prapannaṃ pāhi māmīśa bhītaṃ mṛtyugrahā'rṇavāt || 31 || paścāccheṣāṃ mayā dattāṃ śirasyādhāya sādaram || evaṃ brūyāttato vatsa mama pūjāprapūrttaye || 32 || maṃtrahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ bhaktihīnaṃ janārdana || yatpūjitaṃ mayā deva paripūrṇaṃ tadastu me || 33 || mṛdaṃgavādyena samaṃ praṇavena susaṃyutam || evaṃ kāryaṃ sahomāse nṛtyaṃ puṇyapradaṃ nṛṇām || 34 || gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca tathā pustakavācanam || pūjākāle caturvaktra sarvadā mama ca priyam ||35|| gītavādyādyabhāve ca mama nāmasahasrakam || stavarājaṃ tathā putra gajeṃdrasya ca mokṣaṇam ||36|| anusmṛtiśca gītā ca stavanaṃ paṃcadhā matam || paṃcastavaṃ mahābhāga mama prītikaraṃ param||37|| pādodakaṃ pibedyo vai śāligrāmasamudbhavam || paṃcagavyasahasraistu prāśitaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam||38|| śāligrāmaśilātoyaṃ yaḥ pibedbiṃdunā samam || mātuḥ stanyaṃ punarnaiva sa pibenmuktibhāgnaraḥ|| 39 || āśaucaṃ naiva vidyeta sūtake mṛtake'pi ca || yeṣāṃ pādodakaṃ mūrdhni prāśanaṃ ye prakurvate || 2.5.10.40 || aṃtakāle'pi yasyedaṃ dīyate pādayorjalam || so'pi sadgatimāpnoti sadācārabahiṣkṛtaḥ || 41 || apeyaṃ pibate yastu bhuṃkte yadyapyabhojanam || agamyāgamano yo vai pāpācāraśca yo naraḥ || 42 || so'pi pūto bhavatyāśu sadyaḥ pādāṃbudhāraṇāt || cāṃdrāyaṇātpādakṛcchrādadhikaṃ pādayorjalam ||43|| aguruṃ kuṃkumaṃ vā'pi karpūraṃ cā'nulepanam || mama pādāṃbusaṃspṛṣṭaṃ tadvai pāvanapāvanam ||44|| dṛṣṭipūtaṃ tu yattoyaṃ bhavedvai viprasattama || tadvai pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ kiṃ punaḥ pādayorjalam || 45 || priyastvaṃ me'grajaḥ putro viśeṣeṇa ca matpriyaḥ || tadarthaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ yacca me sthitam ||46|| iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṃḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye pūjāvidhisamāpanaṃ tadudyāpanaṃ tatphalakathanayogonāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ || 10 ||

English translation

Brahmā said :

1. O dear father, what should be done after the Naivedya (food offering) by men, O Lord? Mention everything accurately whatever is to be done in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa .

Śrī Bhagavān said :

2-5. Ācamana should be offered to one who has taken food with water rendered fragrant with camphor. Then betel leaves, sandal-paste and water for washing the hands (and wiping it off with a cloth) should be offered.

Afterwards the devotee should offer a handful of flowers with devotion. Then he should show the mirror. Thereafter, the Nīrājana rite should be performed with camphor if one has the capacity for it.

The intelligent devotee should then offer a crown and other ornaments. Thereafter, O highly fortunate one, an umbrella and chowries should be offered.

The dark-coloured handsome personality of the Lord with a pleasant face ready to grant favour should be meditated upon. He should perform the Japa one hundred and eight times and eulogize the Lord with hymns.

6-12a. The rosary for japa [1] may be of shells strung together by a silver wire or gold wire in particular. The beads may be beautiful lotus seeds, corals, jewels, pearls or artificial Indrākṣas (? Sapphire). Japa can be performed on the joints of fingers (i.e. for counting purposes). A necklace made of Putrajīva ( Roxburghii ) is also recommended for the purpose of Japa.

The learned devotee should not repeat my Mantras while walking about, laughing, looking over the sides, keeping one foot over the other, keeping the hands over the head or standing up. He shall not repeat the (god’s) names with an excited mind. At the time of Japa, Vrata , Homa , worship etc. the devotee shall not speak.

The merit of Japa performed at home is of one unit; that in a cowpen has ten times that merit; on the banks of a river the merit is hundredfold; in the sacred fire-chamber the merit is ten times more. In Tīrthas etc. the merit is a thousand times and in my presence it is infinite.

After doing all these in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa if one circumambulates, [2] he attains for every step the merit of the gift of the earth consisting of the seven continents.

12b. While circumambulating the devotee should repeat the thousand names (of god) or repeat a single name several times.

13. A single circumambulation performed with devotion always dispels the sin of the day. It is as good as though the entire earth consisting of the seven continents has been circumambulated.

14. Three circumambulations of mine will dispel the sin committed in the course of a week, instantaneously; they dispel the sins of the body committed in ten days.

15. If twenty-one circumambulations are completed with devotion, sins of killing a foetus in the womb and similar sins are destroyed instantaneously.

16. If one hundred and eight circumambulations are performed by anyone, it is on a par with the performance of all sacrifices and concluding them with excellent monetary gifts.

17-22. It is as though he has circumambulated the earth as many times.

The circumambulations of the mother, of the earth, and of the Śālagrāma stone—these three are known to be on a par with one another.

One full prostration in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa is equal to seven circumambulations, or one prostration is rather superior (to the circumambulations).

He who always prostrates at the time of circumambulation especially in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, shall reside in heaven till the end of the Kalpa . After the Kalpa has passed, O dear one, he is born as an emperor.

He shall have longevity, shall enjoy all pleasures. He shall become rich and shall be extremely interested in virtue and piety. By repeating the thousand names sins committed in three ways (i.e. mentally, verbally and physically) will perish.

Well, of what avail is much talk? Listen to this secret from me, O son. By the (utterance of the) name Dāmodara I will have unparalleled delight.

23-30. This name signifying a quality has been given to me by my mother Yaśodā when the pot of curds was broken by me in Gokula (the cowherds’ colony). At that time Yaśodā tied me tightly to a mortar by means of Dāman (a rope). Ever since I became famous by the name Dāmodara. [3]

With great concentration and purity of mind the devotee should repeat the Mantra “Obeisance to Dāmodara” at sunrise at the rate of three thousand per day. When it reaches ṃree hundred and fifty thousand, the learned devotee should perform the Udyāpana rite. The libation, Homa and feeding of Brāhmaṇas should be a tenth of this. If anyone does like this with devotion, I grant him everything wished for, viz. wealth, food grains, wife, sons and other desired objects. This has been stated by me with the utterance of “This is truth” three times. O highly intelligent one, believe it. This great Mantra has been revealed by me out of favour, O son.

After repeating (Mantra), “(Obeisance) to Dāmodara” the devotee should always circumambulate and prostrate, O son, with all the eight limbs of the body ( Aṣṭāṅgas ). Prostration with feet, hands, knees, chest, head, mind, words and eyes, is called Aṣṭāṅga .

31. He should keep the head near my feet and joining the palms together, should request thus: “O Lord, I am afraid of the ocean in the form of clutches of Death. I have resorted to you. Save me.”

32. Thereafter, the devotee should take upon his head the remnant given by me and should say with great respect as follows, O dear one, in order to complete the worship:

33. “The worship performed by me, O Janārdana , may be deficient in the mantras, or in holy rites or in devotion. But O Lord, let it be complete.”

34. During the month of Mārgaśīrṣa dancing programme must be staged along with drums, Mṛdaṅgas and Paṇavas . It yields merit unto men.

35. Songs, instrumental music, dance and the reading of books at the time of the worship—all these are always pleasing to me, O Fourfaced One.

36-37. If songs and instrumental music are not available Pañcastava (a group of five prayers [4] ) is highly delightful unto me, O highly fortunate one. It consists of Viṣṇu - Sahasra - Nāma (‘A Thousand Names of Viṣṇu’), Bhīṣma -Stavarāja (‘The Eulogy of Kṛṣṇa by Bhīṣma’), Gajendra - Mokṣa (‘The Liberation of the Elephant’), Anusmṛti and Bhagavad-Gītā . These five together constitute the Pañcastava (‘Five Prayer-hymns’).

38. If any devotee drinks the Pādodaka [5] (the water with which feet are washed) issuing from the Śālagrāma, of what avail is the drinking of thousands of Pañcagavyas (five milk products)!

39. Even if a man drinks a drop of the water from the Śālagrāma stone, he will never drink the breast milk of a mother. He shall attain salvation.

40. Those who keep the Pādodaka on their heads, those who sip it, will not have the pollution due to birth or death (of relatives).

41. A man may have been excluded from the society of people of good conduct. But if he is given the Pādodaka at the time of death, he shall attain the best state (hereafter).

42-43. One who drinks forbidden beverage, eats forbidden foodstuffs and carnally approaches a forbidden woman, one who commits sinful activities, becomes immediately sanctified by resorting to the Pādāṃbu (i.e. Pādodaka ).The water from the feet is superior to expiation rites of Cāndrāyaṇa or Pādakṛcchra .

44. Black aloewood, saffron, camphor and unguent—each one of these mixed with Pādodaka is the sanctifier of all sacred things.

45. The water that is sanctified by mere sight dispels sins of man, O excellent Brāhmaṇa . The water from the feet does so all the more!

46. You are my favourite. You are my eldest son. Particularly you are devoted to me. Hence everything, even the greatest of secrets, has been communicated to you.

[1]: [1] : Different materials for preparing beads are mentioned here but the Śaivite Rudrākṣa-seed is excluded from the list. The gradation of the places for performing Japa is interesting.

[2]: [2] : VV 12-17 describe the sanctifying effect of circumambulation.

[3]: [3] : The etymology based on the story mentioned here from BhP X, Part I is confirmed in Mbh, Udyoga 70.8.

[4]: [4] : These are still read by us everyday.

[5]: [5] : VV 38-45 extol the sanctifying effects of Pādodaka .

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23022, revision 329303 (2022-01-02T00:55:38Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371689.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.