[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) › 16.10 # Skandapurana 16.10 Skandapurāṇa 16.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. anyacca kathayiṣyāmi rahasyaṃ tava bhāmini .. yatra kasya cidākhyātaṃ tatte vacmi varānane .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / I shall tell you another secret, O radiant one; / I will declare to you that which has been told only to anyone \[truly worthy\], O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.2) pṛthvībhāge sthito brahmā apāṃ bhāge janārddanaḥ .. tejobhāgasthito rudro vāyubhāge tatheśvaraḥ .. 2 .. > Brahmā is situated in the division of earth; Janārdana is in the division of waters; / Rudra is situated in the division of fire; and likewise Īśvara is in the division of wind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.3) ākāśabhāgasaṃsthāne sthitaḥ sākṣātsadāśivaḥ .. 3 .. > Sadāśiva is directly situated in the place belonging to the division of ether. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.4) yasyayasyaiva yo bhāgastasmiṃstīrthāni yāni vai .. tasyatasya na saṃdehaḥ sa sa eveśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 4 .. > Whatever sacred fords are indeed situated in whichever division, / of each \[ford\], without doubt, that very one is remembered as the presiding lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.5) chāgalaṃḍaṃ dugaṇḍaṃ ca mākoṭaṃ maṇḍaleśvaram .. kāliṃjaraṃ vanaṃ caiva śaṃkukarṇaṃ sthaleśvaram .. 5 .. mahābhūtopari ṭippaṇī > Chāgalaṇḍa, Dugaṇḍa, Mākoṭa, Maṇḍaleśvara, / Kāliñjara, Vana, Śaṅkukarṇa, Sthaleśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.6) śūleśvaraṃ ca vikhyātaṃ pṛthvītattve ca saṃsthitam .. hariścandraṃ ca śrīśailaṃ jalpeśonnāṃtikeśvaram.. 6 .. > and the renowned Śūleśvara are situated in the earth principle. / Hariścandra, Śrīśaila, Jalpeśa, Unmāntikeśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.7) mahākālaṃ madhyamaṃ ca kedāraṃ bhairavaṃ tathā .. pavitrāṣṭakametaddhi jalasaṃsthaṃ varānane .. 7 .. > Mahākāla, Madhyama, Kedāra, and Bhairava— / this group of eight holy \[tīrthas\] is situated in water, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.8) amareśaṃ prabhāsaṃ ca naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ tathā .. āṣāḍhiṃ caiva daṇḍiṃ ca bhārabhūtiṃ ca lāṃgalam .. 8 .. > Amareśa, Prabhāsa, Naimiṣa, Puṣkara, / Āṣāḍhi, Daṇḍi, Bhārabhūti, and Lāṅgala— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.9) ādi guhyāṣṭakaṃ hyetattejastattve pratiṣṭhitam .. gayā caiva kurukṣetraṃ tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ tathā .. 9 .. > this primeval secret group of eight is established in the fire principle. / Gayā, Kurukṣetra, and the tīrtha Kanakhala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.10) vimalaṃ cāṭṭahāsaṃ ca māhendraṃ bhīmasaṃjñakam .. guhyādguhyataraṃ hyetatproktaṃ vāyvaṣṭakaṃ tava .. 7.1.10.10 .. > Vimala, Aṭṭahāsa, Māhendra, and that named Bhīma— / this group of eight of the wind, more secret than the secret, has been spoken to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.11) vastrāpathaṃ rudrakoṭirjyeṣṭheśvaraṃ mahālayam .. gokarṇaṃ rudrakarṇaṃ ca varṇākhyaṃ sthāpasaṃjñakam .. 11 .. > Vastrāpatha, Rudrakoṭi, Jyeṣṭheśvara, Mahālaya, / Gokarṇa, Rudrakarṇa, Varṇākhya, and that named Sthāpasa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.12) pavitrāṣṭakametaddhi ākāśasthaṃ varānane .. etāni tattvatīrthāni sarvāṇi kathitāni vai .. 12 .. > this group of eight holy \[tīrthas\] is situated in ether, O fair-faced one. / All these tīrthas corresponding to the principles have indeed been declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.13) yo yasmindevatā tattve sā tanmāhātmyasūcikā .. audakaṃ ca mahātattvaṃ viṣṇoścātipriyaṃ priye .. 13 .. > Whichever deity resides in whichever principle, that \[tīrtha\] indicates his greatness. / The great watery principle is exceedingly dear to Viṣṇu, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.14) jalaśāyī smṛtastena nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ .. āpyatattvaṃ tu tīrthāni yāni proktā- ni te mayā .. 14.. > Therefore he is remembered as reclining on water, called Nārāyaṇa according to sacred scripture. / The tīrthas belonging to the water principle which have been spoken by me to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.15) tāni priyāṇi deveśi dhruvaṃ nārāyaṇasya vai .. audakaṃ caiva yattattvaṃ tasminprābhāsikaṃ smṛtam .. 15 .. > they are certainly dear to Nārāyaṇa, O ruler of the gods. / And the watery principle is remembered as belonging to Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.16) tatra devo layaṃ yāti harirjanmanijanmani .. sa vāsudevaḥ sūkṣmātmā parātparatare sthitaḥ .. 16 .. > There the divine Hari enters dissolution birth after birth. / He is Vāsudeva, subtle-souled, situated beyond what is beyond the highest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.17) sa śivaḥ paramaṃ vyoma anādinidhano vibhuḥ .. tasmātparataraṃ nāsti sarvaśāstrāgameṣu ca .. 17 .. > He is Śiva, the supreme firmament, omnipresent, without beginning or end; / there is nothing higher than that in all the scriptures and Āgamas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.18) siddhāṃtāgamavedāṃtadarśaneṣu viśeṣataḥ .. teṣu caiva na bhinnastu mayā sārddhaṃ yaśasvini .. 18 .. > especially in the views of the Siddhāntas, Āgamas, and the Vedānta. / And in them he is indeed not distinct from me, O illustrious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.19) tasminsthāne hariḥ sākṣātpratyakṣeṇa tu saṃsthitaḥ .. liṃgaiścaturbhiḥ saṃyukto jñāyate na ca kenacit .. 19 .. > In that place Hari is directly present visibly; / joined with four liṅgas, he is not recognized by anyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.20) mokṣārthaṃ naiṣṭhikairvarṇairvrataiścaiva tu yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti bhallukātīrthadarśanāt.. 7.1.10.20 .. > Whatever fruit is attained by lifelong practitioners of the orders of society and by vows for liberation, / one obtains that fruit from the darśana of Bhallukātīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.21) gocarmamātraṃ tatsthānaṃ samaṃtātparimaṇḍalam .. na hi kaścidvijānāti vinā śāstreṇa bhāmini.. 21 .. > That place measures merely a gocarma, circular all around. / Indeed, no one knows it without the scripture, O spirited lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.22) viṣuvaṃ vahate tatra nṛṇāmadyāpi pārvati .. paṃcaliṃgāni tatraiva paṃcavaktrāṇi kāni cit .. 22 .. > Even today the equinox is observed there by men, O Pārvatī. / Five liṅgas are situated right there, some having five faces, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.23) kukkuṭāṃḍakamānāni mahāsthūlāni kānicit.. sarpeṇa veṣṭitānyeva cihnitāni triśūlibhiḥ .. 23 .. > some the size of a hen's egg, and some exceedingly massive, / wrapped with serpents and marked with tridents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.24) teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa koṭiliṃgārcanaphalam .. tasmādidaṃ mahākṣetraṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevyate sadā ..24 .. > From merely beholding them comes the fruit of worshipping ten million liṅgas. / Therefore this great sacred field is always frequented by Brahmā and the other \[gods\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.25) śrutimadbhiśca vipreṃdraiḥ saṃsiddhaiśca tapasvibhiḥ .. pratimāsaṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ pratimāsaṃ caturdaśīm .. 25 .. > and by eminent brahmins learned in the Vedic scriptures, and by perfected ascetics. / Every month on the eighth day, and every month on the fourteenth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.26) śaśibhānūparāge vā kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ .. prabhāsasthāni liṃgāni prapūjyante varānane .. 26 .. > or during an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and especially on the full-moon day of Kārttika, / the liṅgas situated in Prabhāsa are worshipped, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.27) saṃnihatyāṃ kurukṣetre sarvastīrthāyutaiḥ saha .. puṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ caivaṃ prayāgaṃ saṃpṛthūdakam ..27.. > At the Saṃnihitā pool in Kurukṣetra, along with tens of thousands of all sacred fords, / Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, and likewise Prayāga, together with Pṛthūdaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.28) ṣaṣṭi tīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭiśatāni ca .. māghyāṃmāghyāṃ sameṣyaṃti sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame .. 28 .. > sixty thousand sacred fords and six billion \[more\] / will arrive at every full moon of Māgha at the confluence of the Sarasvatī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.29) smaraṇāttasya tīrthasya nāmasaṃkīrtanādapi .. mṛtyukālabhavādvāpi pāpaṃ tyakṣyati suvrate .. 29 .. > From the remembrance of that sacred ford and from reciting its name, / or even at the moment of death, one will cast off sin, O lady of good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.30) ānarttasāraṃ saumyaṃ ca tathā bhuvanabhūṣaṇam .. divyaṃ pāṃcanadaṃ puṇyamādiguhyaṃ mahodayam .. 7.1.10.30 .. > The essence of Ānarta, gentle, and the ornament of the world, / divine, possessing five rivers, meritorious, the primordial secret, highly prosperous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.31) siddha ratnākaraṃ nāma samudrāvaraṇaṃ tathā.. dharmākāraṃ kalādhāraṃ śivagarbhagṛhaṃ tathā ..31.. > named Siddharatnākara ('the ocean of perfections'), enclosed by the ocean, / the source of dharma, the support of arts, the inner sanctum of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.32) sarvadevaniveśaṃ ca sarvapātakanāśanam.. asya kṣetrasya nāmāni kalpe kalpe pṛthakpriye .. 32 .. > the dwelling place of all gods, and the destroyer of all sins— / such are the names of this sacred field in each kalpa, O dear one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.33) āyāmādīni jānīhi guhyāni surasundari .. ādye kalpe purā devi pramodanamiti smṛtam .. 33 .. > Know the secret \[names\] denoting its expanse and the like, O beautiful lady among goddesses: / In the first kalpa of old, O goddess, it was known as Pramodana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.34) nandanaṃ paritastasya tasyāpi parataḥ śivam .. śivātparataraṃ cograṃ bhadrikaṃ parataḥ punaḥ .. 34 .. > Around it, Nandana; and beyond that, Śiva; / more transcendent than Śiva, Ugra; and beyond that again, Bhadrika; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.35) samiṃdhanaṃ paraṃ tasmātkāmadaṃ ca tataḥ param .. siddhidaṃ cāpi dharmajñaṃ vaiśvarūpaṃ ca muktidam.. 35 .. > Samindhana beyond that, and Kāmada beyond that; / Siddhida, Dharmajña, Vaiśvarūpa, and Muktida; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.36) tathā śrīpadmanābhaṃ tu śrīvatsaṃ tu mahāprabham.. tathā ca pāpasaṃhāraṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā .. 36 .. > likewise Śrīpadmanābha, and Śrīvatsa of great splendour; / and likewise Pāpasaṃhāra, and Sarvakāmaprada; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.37) mokṣamārgaṃ varā rohe tathā devi sudarśanam .. dharmagarbhaṃ tu dharmāṇāṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam .. ataḥ paraṃ bhavantīha utpalāvarttikāni ca .. 37 .. > Mokṣamārga, O slender-waisted lady, and likewise, O goddess, Sudarśana; / Dharmagarbha among the dharmas, and Prabhāsa, the destroyer of sin; / subsequent to this are the Utpalāvartikas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.38) kṣetrasya madhye yaddevi mama garbhagṛhaṃ smṛtam .. tasya nāmāni te devi kathitānyanupūrvaśaḥ .. 38 .. > That which is known as my inner sanctum in the middle of the sacred field, O goddess— / its names have been declared to you in succession, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.39) śrutvā nāmānyaśeṣāṇi kṣetramāhātmyameva ca .. teṣāṃ tu vāṃchitā siddhi rbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 39 .. > Having heard all the names and the māhātmya of the sacred field, / their desired perfection will come to pass, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.40) etatkīrttayamānasya trikālaṃ tu mahodayam .. saṃdhyākālāṃtaraṃ pāpamahorātraṃ vinaśyati .. 7.1.10.40 .. > For one reciting this great prosperity at the three junctures of the day, / the sin \[accrued\] in the interval between the twilight periods, day and night, is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.41) api vai dāṃbhikāścaiva ye vasaṃtyalpabuddhayaḥ .. mūḍhā jīvanikā viprāste'pi yāṃti mṛtā divam .. 41 .. > Even hypocrites of little intellect who dwell \[there\], / fools, and brahmins seeking a livelihood—even they, upon dying, go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.42) asya kṣetrasya madhye tu raviyojanamadhyataḥ .. upakṣetrāṇi deveśi saṃtyanyāni sahasraśaḥ .. 42 .. > Within this sacred field, across twelve yojanas, / there are thousands of other secondary fields, O queen of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.43) kānicitpadmarūpāṇi yavākārāṇi kānicit .. ṣaṭkoṇāni trikoṇāni daṇḍākārāṇi kānicit .. 43 .. > Some are lotus-shaped, some shaped like barley grains, / hexagonal, triangular, and some rod-shaped, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.44) caṃdrabiṃbārddhabhedāni caturasraprabhedataḥ .. brahmādidaivatānīśe kṣetramadhye sthitāni tu .. 44 .. > shaped like a half-moon disc, or differentiated as quadrangles. / Deities beginning with Brahmā, O ruler, are situated in the middle of the sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.45) kānicidyojanārddhāni tadardhārdhāni kānicit .. nivarttanapramāṇena daṇḍamānena kānicit ..45 .. > Some measure half a yojana, some a quarter of that, / some the measure of a nivartana, some the measure of a staff, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.46) gocarmamānamadhyāni kāniciddhanuṣāṃtaram .. yajñopavītamātrāṇi prabhāse saṃti koṭiśaḥ .. 46 .. > some the measure of a gocarma, some the span of a bow, / and some merely the size of a sacred thread; they exist by the millions in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.47) aṃgulyaṣṭama bhāgo'pi nabhosti kamalekṣaṇe .. na saṃti yasmiṃstīrthāni divyāni ca nabhastale .. 47 .. > There is not even the eighth part of an inch in the space, O lotus-eyed lady, / in which there are not sacred fords, divine and in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.48) prabhāsakṣetramāsādya tiṣṭhaṃti pralayādanu .. kedāre caiva yalliṃgaṃ yacca devi mahālaye .. 48 .. > Having reached Prabhāsa-kṣetra, they remain after dissolution. / The liṅga that is at Kedāra and that which is at Mahālaya, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.49) madhyameśvarasaṃsthaṃ ca tathā pāśupateśvaram .. śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ caiva bhadreśvaramathāpi ca .. 49 .. > that situated at Madhyameśvara, and likewise Pāśupateśvara, / Śaṅkukarṇeśvara, and also Bhadreśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.50) some śvaramathaikāgraṃ kāleśvaramajeśvaram .. bhairaveśvaramīśānaṃ tathā kāyāvarohaṇam .. 7.1.10.50 .. > Someśvara, then Aikāgra, Kāleśvara, Ajeśvara, / Bhairaveśvara, Īśāna, and likewise Kāyāvarohaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.51) cāpaṭeśvarakaṃ puṇyaṃ tathā badarikāśramam .. rudrakoṭirmahākoṭi stathā śrīparvataṃ śubham ..51.. > the meritorious Cāpaṭeśvara, and likewise Badarikāśrama, / Rudrakoṭi, Mahākoṭi, and auspicious Śrīparvata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.52) kapālī caiva deveśaḥ karavīraṃ tathā punaḥ .. oṃkāraṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vaśiṣṭhāśramameva ca .. yatra koṭiḥ smṛtā devi rudrāṇāṃ kāmarūpiṇām .. 52 .. > Kapālin the lord of gods, Karavīra, and then again / Omkāra of supreme merit, and Vaśiṣṭhāśrama— / where ten million Rudras of wish-assuming form are remembered, O goddess— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.53) yāni cānyāni sthānāni puṇyāni mama bhūtale .. prayāgaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā prabhāse nivasaṃti ca .. 53 .. > and whatever other meritorious places of mine there are on the earth's surface / dwell in Prabhāsa, placing Prayāga at their head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.54) uttare raviputrī tu dakṣiṇe sāgaraṃ smṛtam .. dakṣiṇottaramāno'yaṃ kṣetrasyāsya prakīrttitaḥ .. 54 .. > The daughter of the sun on the north, and the ocean is recorded on the south; / this north-south dimension of this sacred field has been proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.55) rukmiṇyāḥ pūrvataścaiva taptatoyācca paścime .. pūrvapaścimamāno'yaṃ prabhāsasya prakīrttitaḥ .. 55 .. > East of Rukmiṇī and west of Taptatoyā; / this east-west dimension of Prabhāsa has been proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.56) etadantaramāsādya tīrthāni surasundari .. pātālādikaṭāhāṃtaṃ tāni tatra vasaṃti vai .. 56 .. > Arriving within this interval, the sacred fords, O beautiful lady among goddesses, / extending from Pātāla to the cosmic cauldron, indeed dwell there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.57) evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi sarvadevamayo hariḥ .. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram .. 57 .. > Knowing thus, O great goddess, Hari, composed of all gods, / arrived at Prabhāsa-kṣetra and cast off his mortal body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.58) divyaṃ mamedaṃ caritaṃ hi raudraṃ śroṣyaṃti ye parvasu vā sadā vā .. te cāpi yāsyaṃti mama prasādāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam .. 58 .. > Those who hear this divine, awe-inspiring account of mine on festival days or at all times, / they too shall go, through my grace, to heaven, the dwelling of the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.59) iti kathitamaśeṣameva citraṃ caritamidaṃ tava devi puṇyayuktam .. itaramapi tavātivallabhaṃ yadvada kathayāmi mahodayaṃ munīnām .. 59 .. > Thus this wondrous, meritorious account has been told to you in its entirety, O goddess; / speak of what else is very dear to you, that I may tell \[you of\] that great fortune of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.10.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10.59_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāsa kṣetrastha tīrthakṣetramāhātmyadvārā prabhāsakṣetrasya sarvakṣetrottamatvavarṇanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ ..10.. > Thus ends the tenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Supremacy of Prabhāsa-kṣetra over All Sacred Fields by Means of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Fords in Prabhāsa-kṣetra', in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.10.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kiraṇatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.kirana.8.109) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatkālottaratantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.brhatkalottaratantra.19.51) — Sanskrit - [Suprabhedāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.suprabheda.78.184) — Sanskrit - [Śivadharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmasastra.12.62) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.10) · Pramāṇa