[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.105 # Skandapurana 16.105 Skandapurāṇa 16.105 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.105.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. athānyatsaṃpravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ sthānamuttamam .. sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ vistarātkatha yāmi te .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / “Now I shall proclaim another secret, supreme place / that removes all sins of men; I will describe it to you at length. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.2) pradhānadevamāhātmyaṃ māhātmyaṃ kalpavāsinām .. someśo daityahaṃtā ca vālarūpī pitāmahaḥ ..2.. > It is the māhātmya of the principal deities, the māhātmya of those who dwell there for a kalpa: / Someśa, the slayer of Daityas, the Grandfather in child form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.3) arkasthalastathādityaḥ prabhāsaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ .. ete ṣaṭpravarā devāḥ kṣetre prābhāsike sthitāḥ .. 3 .. > Arkasthala, as well as Āditya, Prabhāsa, and the moon-adorned one. / These are the six eminent gods established in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.4) teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyaḥ prajāyate .. mucyate pātakairghorairājanmajanitairdhru vam .. 4 .. > By merely beholding them, a person achieves all his aims / and is surely freed from terrible sins accumulated since birth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.5) .. devyuvāca.. .. pūrveṣāmuktadevānāṃ māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ tvayā .. prabhāse bālarūpīti yatproktaṃ tatkathaṃ vacaḥ .. 5 .. > The goddess said: / “The māhātmya of the aforesaid gods has been related by you; / but what is the meaning of the statement made that the Grandfather has the form of a child in Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.6) anyeṣu sarva sthāneṣu vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ .. kathaṃ ca samanuprāpto māhātmyaṃ tasya kiṃ smṛtam .. 6 .. > In all other places, the Grandfather has the form of an old man. / How did he come there, and what is remembered as his māhātmya? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.7) kathaṃ sa pūjyo deveśa yātrā kāryā kathaṃ nṛbhiḥ .. etadvistarato brūhi prasanno yadi me prabho .. 7 .. > How should he be worshipped, O Lord of gods? How should the pilgrimage be performed by men? / Tell this in detail, O Lord, if you are pleased with me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.8) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ brahmasambhavam .. yasya śravaṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 8 .. > Īśvara said: > Listen, O goddess, I shall declare the māhātmya concerning Brahmā, > by the mere hearing of which one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.9) nāsti brahmasamo devo nāsti brahmasamo guruḥ .. nāsti brahmasamaṃ jñānaṃ nāsti brahmasamaṃ tapaḥ .. 9 .. > There is no god equal to Brahmā; there is no guru equal to Brahmā; > there is no knowledge equal to Brahmā; there is no austerity equal to Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.10) tāvaddhamaṃti saṃsāre duḥkha śokabhayaplutāḥ .. na bhavaṃti surajyeṣṭhe yāvadbhaktāḥ pitāmahe .. 7.1.105.10 .. > They wander in saṃsāra, flooded with grief, sorrow, and fear, > only as long as they do not become devoted to the grandfather, the eldest among the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.11) samāsaktaṃ yathā cittaṃ jantorviṣayagocare .. yadyevaṃ brahmaṇi nyastaṃ ko na mucyeta baṃdhanāt .. 11 .. > Just as a creature's mind is intensely attached to the realm of sense objects, > if it were thus directed towards Brahmā, who would not be liberated from bondage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.12) .. devyuvāca .. .. evaṃ māhātmyasaṃyukto yadi brahmā jagadguruḥ .. prābhāsike mahātīrthe kasminsthāne tu saṃsthitaḥ .. .. 12 .. > The goddess said: > If Brahmā, the guru of the universe, is endowed with such māhātmya, > then in what location does he dwell in the great sacred ford of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.13) kimarthamāgatastatra kasminkāle surottamaḥ .. kathaṃ sa pūjyo vipreṃdraistithau kasyāṃ kramādvada .. 13 .. > For what reason did that best of gods come there, and at what time? > How is he to be worshipped by the foremost of brahmins, and on which lunar day? Tell me in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.14) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. somanāthasya aiśānyāṃ sāṃbādityāgnigocare .. brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ brahmaloka ivāparaḥ .. 14 > Īśvara said: > To the northeast of Somanātha, in the direction of the fire god from Sāmbāditya, > is the supreme abode of Brahmā, like a second Brahmaloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.15) tiṣṭhate kalpasaṃsthā vai tatra kalpāṃtavāsinaḥ .. tatra sthāne sthito devi bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ .. 15 .. > The cosmic ages stay there, and those who dwell until the end of a kalpa; > in that place, O goddess, the grandfather resides in the form of a child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.16) jagatprabhurlokakartā sattvamūrtirmahāprabhaḥ .. āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe .. 16 .. > The lord of the universe, the creator of the worlds, the embodiment of sattva, of great radiance, > came to the auspicious sacred field of Prabhāsa as an eight-year-old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.17) tatrā'karottapo ghoraṃ divyābdānāṃ sahasrakam .. saṃsthāpya tu mahāliṃgaṃ sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ .. 17 .. > There he performed terrible austerity for a thousand divine years, > having installed a great liṅga, desiring to create various creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.18) tataḥ kālāṃtaretīte somena prārthito vibhuḥ .. kṣayarogavimuktena samyakchraddhānvitena vai .. 18 .. > Then, after a period of time had elapsed, the all-pervading lord was requested by Soma, > who had been freed from consumption and was endowed with full faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.19) liṃgapratiṣṭhāhetorvai kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe .. koṭibrahmarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sahito viśvakarmaṇā .. kārayāmāsa vidhivatpratiṣṭhāṃ liṃgamuttamam.. 19 .. > for the sake of consecrating the liṅga in the auspicious sacred field of Prabhāsa; > together with a crore of brahmin seers and accompanied by Viśvakarman, > he had the excellent liṅga consecrated according to the injunctions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.20) pratiṣṭhāpya tato liṃgaṃ somanāthaṃ varānane .. dāpayāmāsa viprebhyo bhūriśo yajñadakṣiṇām .. 7.1.105.20 .. > Having then consecrated that liṅga, Somanātha, O fair-faced one, > he had abundant sacrificial fees given to the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.21) evaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā .. varṣāṇi cātra jātāni prabhāse bālarūpiṇaḥ .. 21 .. > Thus the liṅga was consecrated by Brahmā, the creator of the worlds; > and years have passed for him here in Prabhāsa in the form of a child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.22) catvāriṃśadvayaṃ caiva kṣetramadhyanivāsinaḥ .. evaṃ parārddhamagamatprabhāsakṣetravāsinaḥ .. 22 .. > His age as a dweller within the sacred field is forty \[years\]; > thus a parārdha has passed for him as an inhabitant of the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.23) .. devyuvāca .. .. brahmaṇo dinamānaṃ tu māsavarṣasahasrakam .. tatsarvaṃ vistarādbrūhi yathāyurbrahmaṇaḥ smṛta m .. 23 .. > The goddess said: > Tell me in detail the full measure of a day of Brahmā, / as well as the months, years, and thousands, > according as the lifespan of Brahmā is recorded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.24) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. paramāyuḥ smṛto brahmā parārddhaṃ tasya vai gatam.. prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthasya dvitīyaṃ bhavate'dhunā .. 24 .. > Īśvara said: > Brahmā is recorded to have the supreme lifespan; indeed, a parārdha of his has passed. > Now begins the second \[parārdha\] for him who resides in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.25) yadā prābhāsike kṣetre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu bālarūpī tadocyate .. 25 .. > When Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa, > he was eight years of age, and therefore he is called 'the child-formed'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.26) anyeṣu sarvatīrtheṣu vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ .. muktvā prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ sadaiva vibudhapriye .. 26 .. > In all other sacred fords, the grandfather has the form of an old man, > except in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, always, O beloved of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.27) brahmāṃḍe yāni tīrthāni brahmāṇasteṣu ye smṛtāḥ .. teṣāmādyo mahātejāḥ prabhāse yo vyavasthitaḥ .. 27 .. > Among all the tīrthas in the universe, whatever manifestations of Brahmā are recalled, > the first of them is the one of great splendour who resides in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.29) kalpekalpe tu nāmāni śṛṇu tvaṃ tāni vai priye .. svayaṃbhūḥ prathame kalpe dvitīye padmabhūḥ sthitaḥ .. .28 .. tṛtīye viśvakarteti bālarūpī caturthake .. etāni mukhyanāmāni kathitāni svayaṃbhuvaḥ .. 29 .. > Hear his names in kalpa after kalpa, O beloved: > he was Svayambhū in the first kalpa; in the second, he was Padmabhū; / in the third, he was Viśvakartṛ; and in the fourth, he was Bālarūpin. > These principal names of the self-manifest one have been told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.30) nityaṃ saṃsmarate yastu sa dīrghāyurnaro bhavet ..7.1.105.30.. > The man who constantly remembers them becomes long-lived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.31) candrasūryagrahāḥ sarve sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ .. trailokyaṃ naśyate sarvaṃ brahmarātri samāgame..31.. > The moon, sun, and all the planets, along with gods, asuras, and humans— > the entire three worlds perish at the arrival of the night of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.32) punardine tu saṃjāte prabuddhaḥ sanpitāmahaḥ.. tathā sṛṣṭiṃ prakurute yathāpūrvamabhūtpriye..32.. > When day dawns once again, the grandfather, having awakened, > performs the creation just as it was before, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.33) dinamānaṃ pravakṣyāmi brahmaṇo lokakartṛṇaḥ .. netrabhāgāccaturbhāgastruṭiḥ kālo nigadyate .. 33 .. > I shall declare the measure of a day of Brahmā, the creator of the worlds: > a fourth part of an eye's wink is said to be the unit of time called a truṭi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.34) tasmācca dviguṇaṃ jñeyaṃ nimiṣāṃtaṃ varānane .. nimiṣaiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā ityucyate budhaiḥ.. triṃśadbhiścaiva kāṣṭhābhiḥ kalā proktā manīṣibhiḥ ..34.. > Twice that should be known as a nimiṣa, O fair-faced one; > fifteen nimiṣas are called a kāṣṭhā by the wise; > and thirty kāṣṭhās are declared to be a kalā by the intelligent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.35) triṃśatkalo muhūrtaḥ syāddinaṃ paṃcadaśaistu taiḥ.. dinamānā niśā jñeyā ahorātraṃ tayorbhavet ..35.. > Thirty kalās make a muhūrta, and fifteen of them make a day; > the night is to be known as of the same measure as the day; the two make a day-and-night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.36) taiḥ paṃcadaśabhiḥ pakṣaḥ pakṣābhyāṃ māsa ucyate .. māsaiścaivāyanaṃ ṣaṅbhirabdaṃ syādayanadvayāt ..36.. > Fifteen of these \[days and nights\] make a fortnight; two fortnights are called a month; > six months make an ayana; and from two ayanas a year is formed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.37) catvāriṃśaddhi lakṣāṇi lakṣāṇāṃ tritayaṃ punaḥ .. viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi jñeyaṃ sauraṃ caturyugam .. 37 .. > Forty lakhs, and three lakhs more, > and twenty thousand \[solar years\] are to be known as a solar caturyuga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.38) caturyugaikasaptatyā manvaṃtaramudāhṛtam .. aindrametadbhavedāyuḥ samāsāttava kīrtitam .. 38 .. > Seventy-one caturyugas are declared to be a manvantara; > this is the lifespan of an Indra, told to you in brief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.39) svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ manuḥ svārociṣastataḥ .. auttamastāmasaścaiva raivataścākṣuṣastataḥ .. 39.. > First was Svāyambhuva Manu, and then Svārociṣa Manu; > Auttami, Tāmasa, Raivata, and then Cākṣuṣa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.40) vaivasvato'rkasāvarṇirbrahmasā varṇireva ca .. dharmasāvarṇināmā ca raucyo bhūtyastathaiva ca .. 7.1.105.40 .. > Vaivasvata, Arkasāvarṇi, and Brahmasāvarṇi; > and the one named Dharmasāvarṇi, Raucya, and likewise Bhautya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.41) caturdaśaite manavaḥ sam̐khyātāste yathākramam .. bhūtānbhaviṣyāniṃdrāṃśca sarvā nvakṣye tava kramāt .. 41 .. > These fourteen Manus have been enumerated to you in order; > and I shall declare to you in sequence all the past and future Indras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.42) viśvabhukca vipaścicca sukīrtiḥ śibireva ca .. vibhurmanobhuvaścaiva tathaujasvī balirbalī .. 42 .. > Viśvabhuj, Vipaścit, Sukīrti, and Śibi; > Vibhu, Manobhuva, and likewise the mighty Ojasvin, Bali; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.43) adbhutaśca tathā śāṃtī ramyo devavaro vṛṣā .. ṛtadhāmā divaḥsvāmī śuciḥ śakrāścaturdaśa .. 43 .. > Adbhuta, and likewise Śānti, Ramya, Devavara, Vṛṣan, > Ṛtadhāman, Divaḥsvāmin, and Śuci—these are the fourteen Śakras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.44) ete sarve vinaśyaṃti brahmaṇo divase priye .. rātristu tāvatī jñeyā kalpamānamidaṃ smṛtam .. 44 .. > All these perish in a single day of Brahmā, O beloved; > the night is to be known as of equal length; this is recalled as the measure of a kalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.45) prathamaṃ śvetakalpastu dvitīyo nīlalohitaḥ .. vāmadevastṛtīyastu tato rāthaṃtaro'paraḥ .. 45 .. > The first is the Śvetakalpa, and the second is the Nīlalohita; > the third is Vāmadeva, and after that the other is Rāthantara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.46) rauravaḥ paṃcamaḥ proktaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ prāṇa iti smṛtaḥ .. saptamo'tha bṛhatkalpaḥ kandarpo'ṣṭama ucyate .. 46 .. > the fifth is declared to be Raurava; the sixth is recorded as Prāṇa; > then the seventh is the Bṛhatkalpa; the eighth is called Kandarpa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.47) sadyo'tha navamaḥ proktaḥ īśāno daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. dhyāna ekādaśaḥ proktastathā sārasvato'paraḥ .. 47 .. > then the ninth is declared to be Sadya; the tenth is remembered as Īśāna; > the eleventh is declared to be Dhyāna; and the next is Sārasvata; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.48) trayodaśa udānastu garuḍo'tha caturdaśaḥ .. kaurmaḥ paṃcadaśo jñeyaḥ paurṇamāsī prajāpateḥ .. 48 .. > the thirteenth is Udāna, and then the fourteenth is Garuḍa; > the fifteenth should be known as Kaurma, the full-moon day of Prajāpati; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.49) ṣoḍaśo nārasiṃhastu samādhistu tataḥ paraḥ .. āgneyo'ṣṭādaśaḥ proktaḥ somakalpastato'paraḥ .. 49 .. > the sixteenth is Nārasiṃha, and following that is Samādhi; > the eighteenth is declared to be Āgneya, and after that the Somakalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.50) bhāvano viṃśatiḥ proktaḥ suptamālīti cāparaḥ .. vaikuṇṭhaścārciṣo rudro lakṣmīkalpastathāpareḥ .. 7.1.105.50 .. > The twentieth is said to be the Bhāvana, and another is Suptamālin; / then Vaikuṇṭha, Arciṣa, Rudra, and next the Lakṣmīkalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.51) saptaviṃśo'tha vairājo gaurīkalpastathoṃ''dhakaḥ .. māheśvarastathā proktastripuro yatra ghātitaḥ .. 51 .. > The twenty-seventh is the Vairāja, then the Gaurīkalpa and Andhaka; / then the Māheśvara is proclaimed, wherein Tripura was slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.52) pitṛkalpastathāṃte ca yā kuhūrbrahmaṇaḥ smṛtā .. triṃśatkalpāḥ samākhyātā brahmaṇo māsi vai priye .. 52 .. > And at the end is the Pitṛkalpa, which is regarded as the new-moon day of Brahmā. / Thus thirty kalpas are enumerated in a month of Brahmā, O beloved! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.53) atītāḥ kathitāḥ sarve vārāho varttate'dhunā .. pratipadbrahmaṇo yatra vārāheṇoddhṛtā mahī .. 53 .. > All these have passed; now the Vārāha is current, / the first day of the fortnight of Brahmā, wherein the earth was raised up by the Boar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.54) triṃśatkalpaiḥ smṛto māso varṣaṃ dvādaśabhistu taiḥ .. anena varṣamānena tadā brahmā'ṣṭavārṣikaḥ .. ānītaḥ somarājena somanāthaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 54 .. > A month is considered to consist of thirty kalpas, and a year of twelve such \[months\]. / By this reckoning of years, Brahmā was then eight years old / when brought by the moon-god, and Somanātha was consecrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.55) evaṃ kṣetre nivasataḥ prabhāse bālarūpiṇaḥ .. parārddhamekamagamaddvitīyaṃ vartate' dhunā .. 55 .. > While he thus resided in the sacred field of Prabhāsa in the form of a child, / one half \[of his lifespan\] passed, and the second is current now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.56) evaṃ mahāprabhāvo'sau prabhāsakṣetramadhyagaḥ .. brahmā svayaṃbhūrbhagavānbālatvātkṣetramāśritaḥ .. 56 .. > Thus of great power is this Lord Brahmā, self-manifest, situated in the midst of the Prabhāsakṣetra, / who resorted to the sacred field on account of his childhood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.57) sa vai pūjyo namaskāryo vaṃdanīyo manīṣibhiḥ .. ādau sa eva pūjyaḥ syātsamyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 57 .. > He indeed is to be worshipped, saluted, and praised by the wise; / he alone should be worshipped first by those desiring the complete fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.58) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā sa māṃ pūjayate bhuvam .. yastaṃ dveṣṭi sa māṃ dveṣṭi yosya pūjyo mamaiva saḥ .. 58 .. > Whoever worships him with devotion, surely worships me; / whoever hates him, hates me; whoever is honoured by him, is honoured by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.59) brahmaṇā pūjyamānena ahaṃ viṣṇuśca pūjitaḥ .. viṣṇunā pūjyamānena ahaṃ brahmā ca pūjitaḥ .. 59 .. > When Brahmā is worshipped, Viṣṇu and I are worshipped; / when Viṣṇu is worshipped, Brahmā and I are worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.60) mayā pūjita mātreṇa brahmaviṣṇū ca pūjitau .. sattvaṃ brahmā rajo viṣṇustamo'haṃ saṃprakīrtitaḥ .. 7.1.105.60 .. > By merely worshipping me, both Brahmā and Viṣṇu are worshipped. / Brahmā is proclaimed as sattva, Viṣṇu as rajas, and I as tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.61) vāyurbrahmā'nalo rudro viṣṇurāpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. rātrirviṣṇuraho rudro yā saṃdhyā sa pitāmahaḥ ..61.. > Brahmā is proclaimed as wind, Rudra as fire, and Viṣṇu as the waters; / Viṣṇu is night, Rudra is day, and the twilight is the Grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.62) sāmavedo hyahaṃ devi brahmā ṛgveda ucyate .. yajurvedo bhavedviṣṇuḥ kulādhāro hyatharvaṇaḥ .. 62.. > For I am the Sāmaveda, O goddess, Brahmā is called the Ṛgveda, / Viṣṇu is the Yajurveda, and the Atharvaveda is the support of the family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.63) uṣṇakālo hyahaṃ devi varṣākālaḥ pitāmahaḥ .. śītakālo bhavedviṣṇurevaṃ kālatrayaṃ hi saḥ .. 63 .. > I am the hot season, O goddess, the Grandfather is the rainy season, / and Viṣṇu is the cold season; thus he is the triad of seasons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.64) dakṣiṇāgnirahaṃ jñeyo gārhapatyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ .. brahmā cāhavanīyastu evaṃ sarvaṃ tridaivatam .. 64 .. > I am to be known as the Dakṣiṇāgni, Hari is remembered as the Gārhapatya, / and Brahmā as the Āhavanīya; thus all is threefold in divinity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.65) ahaṃ liṃgasvarūpastho bhago viṣṇuḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. bījasaṃstho bhavedbrahmā viṣṇurāpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ..65.. > I reside in the form of the liṅga; Viṣṇu is proclaimed as the womb; / Brahmā resides in the seed, and Viṣṇu is proclaimed as the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.66) ahamākāśarūpastha evaṃ tattvamayaṃ prabhuḥ .. ākāśātsravate yacca tadbījaṃ brahmasaṃsthitam .. svarūpaṃ brāhmamāśritya brahmā bījaprarohakaḥ..66.. > I reside in the form of space, the lord consisting of the principles thus; / and that seed which trickles from space is situated in Brahmā; / resting on his own form as Brahmā, Brahmā is the sprout of the seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.67) nābhimadhye sthito brahmā viṣṇuśca hṛdayāṃtare .. vaktramadhye ahaṃ devi ādhāraḥ sarvadehinām ..67.. > Brahmā is situated in the navel, and Viṣṇu within the heart; / I am in the mouth, O goddess, the support of all embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.68) yaścāhaṃ sa svayaṃ brahmā yo brahmā sa hutāśanaḥ .. yā devī sa svayaṃ viṣṇuryo viṣṇuḥ sa ca candramāḥ .. 68 .. > He who is I, is himself Brahmā; he who is Brahmā, is the fire; / she who is the Goddess, is herself Viṣṇu; he who is Viṣṇu, is the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.69) yaḥ kālaḥ sa svayaṃ brahmā yo rudraḥ sa ca bhāskaraḥ .. evaṃ śaktiviśeṣeṇa paraṃ brahma sthitaṃ priye .. 69 .. > He who is Time, is himself Brahmā; he who is Rudra, is the sun; / thus, through distinctions of power, the supreme Brahman exists, O beloved! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.69\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.69_1) oṃkārastatparaṃ brahma gāyatrī prakṛtiḥ parā .. ubhāvetau naro jñātvā na vicyavati mucyate ..7.1.105.7... > The syllable Oṃ is that supreme Brahman; the Gāyatrī is the supreme primordial matter; / knowing these two, a man does not fall away; he is liberated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.71) evaṃ yo veda deveśi advaitaṃ paramākṣaram .. sa sarvaṃ veda naivānyo bhedakarttā narādhamaḥ .. 71 .. > Whoever thus knows the supreme imperishable non-duality, O ruler of the gods, / he knows everything, and no other; one who creates division is the lowest of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.72) ekarūpaṃ paraṃ brahma kāryabhāvātpṛthaksthitaḥ .. yastaṃ dveṣṭi varārohe brahmadveṣṭā sa ucyate .. 72 .. > The supreme Brahman of single form stands distinct because of the nature of its effects; / whoever hates it, O fair-hipped woman, is called a hater of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.73) dakṣiṇāṃge sthito brahmā vāmāṃge mama keśavaḥ .. yastayordveṣamādhatte sa dveṣṭā mama bhāmini .. 73 .. > Brahmā is situated on my right side, Keśava on my left; / he who shows hatred toward those two, hates me, O passionate woman! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.74) evaṃ jñātvā varārohe hyabhinnenāntarātmanā .. brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ rudramekarūpeṇa pūja yet .. 74 .. > Knowing thus with an undivided inner self, O fair-hipped woman, / one should worship Brahmā, Keśava, and Rudra as one single form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.105.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105.105) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye madhyayātrāyāṃ brahma māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 105 .. .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Brahmā during the Intermediate Pilgrimage', in the First \[Part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Seventh Section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.105.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Nīlamatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.nilamata.591) — Sanskrit - [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.119.3) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.176.p3) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.176.p3) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.182.p3) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danakalpataru.7.p321) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.105) · Pramāṇa