[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) › 16.111 # Skandapurana 16.111 Skandapurāṇa 16.111 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.111.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkarāraṇyamuttamam .. tasmādīśānakoṇasthaṃ dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O Great Goddess, to the excellent Puṣkarāraṇya, / situated sixty bows to the northeast of that \[place\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.2) tatra kuṇḍaṃ mahādevi hyaṣṭapuṣkarasaṃjñitam .. sarva pāpaharaṃ devi duṣprāpyamakṛtātmabhiḥ .. 2 .. > There is a pool there, O Great Goddess, called Aṣṭapuṣkara, / which destroys all sins, O Goddess, and is hard to reach for those of uncontrolled mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.3) tatra kuṇḍasamīpe tu purā rāmeśadhīmatā .. sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṅgaṃ rāmeśvara iti smṛtam .. 3 .. > Near that pool, in ancient times, the wise Rāma, lord of the earth, / established that great liṅga known as Rāmeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.4) tasya pūjanamātreṇa mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 4 .. > Merely by worshipping it, one is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.5) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. bhagavanvistarādbrūhi rāmeśvarasamudbhavam .. kathaṃ tatrāgamadrāmaḥ sasītaśca salakṣmaṇaḥ .. 5 .. > The glorious Goddess said: / Tell me in detail, O Lord, about the origin of Rāmeśvara: / how did Rāma go there, accompanied by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.6) kathaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṅgaṃ puṣkare pāpataskare .. etadvistarato brūhi phalaṃ māhātmyasaṃyutam .. 6 .. > How was the liṅga consecrated at Puṣkara, the stealer of sins? / Tell this in detail, together with its fruit and māhātmya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.7) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. caturviṃśayuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā .. purā rāvaṇanāśārthaṃ jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ .. 7 .. > Īśvara said: / In the twenty-fourth yuga, Rāma, born as the son of Daśaratha / with Vasiṣṭha as his family priest, took birth in ancient times to destroy Rāvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.8) tataḥ kālāntare devi ṛṣiśāpānmahātapāḥ .. yayau dāśarathī rāmaḥ sasītaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ .. 8 .. > Then, in the course of time, O Goddess, because of a seer's curse, the great ascetic / Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, set forth with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.9) vanavāsāya niṣkrāṃto divyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ .. tato yātrāprasaṃgena prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ .. 9 .. > He departed into exile in the forest, accompanied by divine brahmin-seers. / Then, in the course of his pilgrimage, he arrived at the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.10) taṃ deśaṃ tu samāsādya suśrāṃto niṣasāda ha .. astaṃ gate tataḥ sūrye parṇānyāstīrya bhūtale .. 7.1.111.10 .. > Having reached that region, utterly exhausted, he sat down. / Then, after the sun had set, he spread leaves on the ground > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.11) suṣvāpātha niśāśeṣe dadṛśe pitaraṃ svakam .. svapne daśarathaṃ devi saumyarūpaṃ mahāprabham .. 11 .. > And slept; then, at the end of the night, he saw his father, / Daśaratha, in a dream, O Goddess, gentle in form and of great splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.12) prātarutthāya tatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayat .. yathā daśarathaḥ svapne dṛṣṭastena mahātmanā .. 12 .. > Rising in the morning, he reported all that to the brahmins, / how Daśaratha had been seen in a dream by that great-souled one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.13) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. vṛddhikāmāśca pitaro varadāstava rāghava .. darśanaṃ hi prayacchaṃti svapnānte hi svavaṃśaje .. 13 .. > The brahmins said: / The ancestors, desiring increase, grant boons to you, O descendant of Raghu; / they indeed give a darśana at the end of a dream to one born in their lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.14) etattīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ suguptaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ .. puṣkareti samākhyātaṃ śrāddhamatra pradīyatām .. 14 .. > This is a very holy sacred ford, well guarded by the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, / renowned as Puṣkara; let a śrāddha be offered here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.15) nūnaṃ daśaratho rājā tīrthe cāsminsamīhate .. tvayā dattaṃ śubhaṃ piṇḍaṃ tataḥ sa darśanaṃ gataḥ .. 15 .. > Surely King Daśaratha desires \[an offering\] in this sacred ford, / an auspicious rice ball offered by you; therefore he appeared in a vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.16) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ .. nimaṃtrayāmāsa tadā śrāddhārhānbrāhmaṇāñchubhān .. 16 .. > Īśvara said: / Hearing those words of theirs, lotus-eyed Rāma / then invited auspicious brahmins worthy of a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.17) abravīllakṣmaṇaṃ pārśve sthitaṃ vinatakaṃdharam .. phalārthaṃ vraja saumitre śrāddhārthaṃ tvarayā'nvitaḥ .. 17 .. > He spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, who stood beside him with bent neck: / “Go quickly, O son of Sumitrā, to fetch fruits for the śrāddha.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.18) sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāma raghunaṃdanaḥ .. ānayāmāsa śīghraṃ sa phalāni vividhāni ca .. 18 .. > Saying “So be it,” that delighter of the Raghus went, / and he swiftly brought many kinds of fruits: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.19) bilvāni ca kapitthāni tindukāni ca bhūriśaḥ .. badarāṇi karīrāṇi karamardāni ca priye .. 19 .. > Bilvas, kapitthas, and tindukas in abundance, / jujubes, karīras, and karamardas, O dear one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.20) cirbhaṭāni parūṣāṇi mātuliṃgāni vai tathā .. nālikerāṇi śubhrāṇi iṃgudīsaṃbhavāni ca .. 7.1.111.20 .. > Cirbhaṭas, parūṣas, and citrons too, / white coconuts, and the produce of ingudīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.21) athaitāni papācāśu sītā janakanaṃdinī .. tatastu kutape kāle snātvā valkalabhṛcchuciḥ .. 21 .. > Then Sītā, the delighter of Janaka, quickly prepared them. / Thereafter, at the kutapa hour, having bathed, wearing bark garments and purified, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.22) brāhmaṇānānayāmāsa śrāddhārhāndvijasattamān .. gālavo devalo raibhyo yavakrīto'tha parvataḥ .. 22 .. > He brought brahmins worthy of a śrāddha, the best of the twice-born: / Gālava, Devala, Raibhya, Yavakrīta, then Parvata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.23) bharadvājo vasiṣṭhaśca jāvālirgautamo bhṛguḥ .. ete cānye ca bahavo brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ .. 23 .. > Bharadvāja, Vasiṣṭha, Jāvāli, Gautama, and Bhṛgu. / These and many other brahmins who had mastered the Vedas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.24) śrāddhārthaṃ tasya saṃprāptā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .. etasminneva kāle tu rāmaḥ sītāmabhāṣata .. 24 .. > Arrived for the śrāddha of that Rāma of untiring deeds. / At that very moment, Rāma spoke to Sītā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.25) ehi vaidehi viprāṇāṃ dehi pādāvanejanam .. etacchrutvā'tha sā sītā praviṣṭā vṛkṣamadhyataḥ .. 25 .. > “Come, O princess of Videha, give water for washing the feet of the brahmins.” / Hearing this, Sītā went among the trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.26) gulmairācchādya cātmānaṃ rāmasyādarśane sthitā .. muhurmuhuryadā rāmaḥ sītāsītāmabhāṣata .. 26 .. > And hiding herself behind bushes, she stayed out of Rāma's sight, / while again and again Rāma called, “Sītā! Sītā!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.27) jñātvā tāṃ lakṣmaṇo naṣṭāṃ kopāviṣṭaṃ ca rāghavam .. svayameva tadā cakre brāhmaṇārha pratikriyām .. .. 27 .. > Seeing that she was gone and that the descendant of Raghu was seized with anger, / Lakṣmaṇa himself then performed the duties appropriate for the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.28) atha bhukteṣu vipreṣu kṛta piṃḍapradānake .. āgatā jānakī sītā yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ .. 28 .. > Then, when the brahmins had eaten and the offering of rice balls was completed, / Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, came to where Rāma stood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.29) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paruṣairvākyairbhartsayāmāsa rāghavaḥ .. dhigdhikpāpe dvijāṃstyaktvā pitṛkṛtyamahodayam .. kva gatā'si ca māṃ hitvā śrāddhakāle hyupasthite .. 29 .. > Seeing her, the descendant of Raghu rebuked her with harsh words: / “Fie, fie, O sinful woman! Leaving the twice-born and this greatly auspicious rite for the ancestors, / where did you go, abandoning me when the time of the śrāddha was at hand?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.30) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhayabhītā ca jānakī .. 7.1.111.30 .. > Īśvara said: / Hearing those words of his, Janaka's daughter was terrified, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.31) kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā vepamānā hyabhāṣata .. mā kopaṃ kuru kalyāṇa mā māṃ nirbhartsaya prabho .. 31 .. > And joining her palms, trembling, she spoke: / “Do not be angry, O auspicious one! Do not rebuke me, O lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.32) śṛṇu yasmādvibho'nyatra gatā tyaktvā tavāntikam .. dṛṣṭastatra pitā me'dya tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ .. 32 .. > Hear why, O lord, I went elsewhere, away from your presence. / My father was seen by me there today, and likewise my grandfather, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.33) tasya pūrvataraścāpi tathā mātāmahādayaḥ .. aṃgeṣu brāhmaṇendrāṇāmākrāntāste pṛthakpṛthak .. 33 .. > And those prior to him, as well as my maternal grandfathers and others: / each of them took possession of the limbs of the foremost brahmins! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.34) tato lajjā samabhavattatra me raghunandana .. pitrā tatra mahābāho manojñāni śubhāni ca .. 34 .. > Then shame came over me there, O descendant of Raghu! / By your father, O mighty-armed one, pleasant and splendid > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.36) bhakṣyāṇi bhakṣitānyeva yāni vai guṇavanti ca .. sa kathaṃ sukaṣāyāṇi kṣārāṇi kaṭukāni ca .. bhakṣayiṣyati rājendra tato me duḥkhamāviśat.. 36 .. > Edibles were always eaten, foods of excellent quality; / how will he eat these very astringent, salty, and bitter foods? / Therefore, O king of kings, sorrow entered my heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.36\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.36_1) etasmātkāraṇānnaṣṭā lajjayā'haṃ raghūdvaha .. dṛṣṭvā śvaśuravargaṃ svaṃ tasmātkopaṃ parityaja .. 36 .. > For this reason, out of shame, I vanished, O best of the Raghus, / seeing my father-in-law's line; therefore abandon your anger.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.37) tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismito rāghavo'bhavat .. viśeṣeṇa dadau tasmiñchrāddhaṃ tīrthe tu puṣkare .. 37 .. > Hearing those words of hers, the descendant of Raghu was filled with wonder. / He then performed the śrāddha with special care at that sacred ford of Puṣkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.37\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.37_2) tatra puṣkarasānnidhye dakṣiṇe dhanuṣāṃ traye .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa rāmeśvaramiti śrutam .. 35 .. > There, in the presence of Puṣkara, three bow-lengths to the south, / he established the liṅga known as Rāmeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.39) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt .. sa prāpnoti paraṃ sthānaṃ yratra devo janārdanaḥ .. 39 .. > Whoever worships it with devotion, duly with fragrant paste, flowers, and the like, / reaches the highest abode where the god Janārdana resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.40) kimatra bahunoktena dvādaśyāṃ yatpradāpayet .. na tatra parisaṃkhyānaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vidyate .. 7.1.111.40 .. > What is the use of speaking much here? Whatever one gives on the twelfth lunar day, / there is no reckoning of it in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.41) śukrāṃgārakasaṃyuktā caturthī yā bhavetkvacit .. ṣaṣṭhī vātra varārohe tatra śrāddhe mahatphalam .. 41 .. > Whenever there is a fourth lunar day conjoined with Friday or Tuesday, / or a sixth \[lunar day\] here, O fair-hipped woman, a śrāddha there bears great fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.42) yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ .. tarpitā nānyamicchanti puṣkare svakulodbhave .. 42 .. > For as long as twelve years, fathers and grandfathers, / satisfied at Puṣkara by one born in their own family, desire nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.43) tatra yo vājinaṃ dadyātsamyagbhaktisamanvitaḥ .. aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 43 .. > A person who gives a horse there, endowed with perfect devotion, / obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.44) iti te kathitaṃ samyaṅmāhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. rāmeśvarasya devasya puṣkarasya ca bhāmini .. 44 .. > Thus has been told to you fully the sin-destroying māhātmya / of the god Rāmeśvara and of Puṣkara, O lovely lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.111.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111.111) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkaramāhātmye rāmeśvarakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 111 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eleventh chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Rāmeśvara in the Māhātmya of Puṣkara', in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Prabhāsa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.111.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.111) · Pramāṇa