[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) › 16.118 # Skandapurana 16.118 Skandapurāṇa 16.118 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.118.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi gopyādityamanuttamam .. bhūteśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṃ triṃśakentare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unexcelled Gopyāditya, / in the north-west direction from Bhūteśa, at an interval of thirty bows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.2) balātibaladaityaghnyā dakṣiṇāgneyasaṃsthitam .. dhanuṣāṃ daśake devi saṃsthitaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 2 .. > Situated in the south-east of the slayer of the Daityas Bala and Atibala, / at \[a distance of\] ten bows, O goddess, it stands destroying sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.3) tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi mahāpāpaharāṃ śubhām .. yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā duḥkhaśokaiḥ pramucyate .. 3 .. > I shall relate its auspicious origin, which takes away great sins, / hearing which with devotion a mortal is freed from sorrows and grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.4) purā kṛṣṇo mahātejā yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ .. sahito yādavaiḥ sarvaiḥ ṣaṭpañcāśatikoṭibhiḥ .. 4 .. > Formerly, when Kṛṣṇa of great splendour came to Prabhāsa / accompanied by all the Yādavas, fifty-six crores \[in number\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.5) ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi gopyastatra samāgatāḥ .. lakṣamekaṃ tathā ṣaṣṭirete kṛṣṇasutāḥ priye .. 5 .. > sixteen thousand cowherd women (gopīs) came there, / and one hundred and sixty thousand sons of Kṛṣṇa, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.6) tatra prābhāsike kṣetre saṃsthitāḥ pāpanāśane .. yādavasthalamāsādya yāvadraivatako giri .. 6 .. > They settled there in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, which destroys sins, / occupying the Yādavasthala as far as the Raivataka mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.7) tatra dvādaśavarṣāṇi saṃsthitāste mahābalāḥ .. kṣetraṃ pavitramādāya śivaliṃgāni te pṛthak .. sthāpayāñcakrire sarve hyaṃkitāni svanāmabhiḥ .. 7 .. > Those men of great might stayed there for twelve years. / Taking up the holy sacred field, they all individually installed / Śivaliṅgas marked with their own names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.8) evaṃ samagraṃ tatkṣetraṃ yāvaddvādaśayojanam .. dhvajaliṃgāṃkitaṃ cakruḥ sarve yādavapuṃgavāḥ .. 8 .. > Thus all the foremost of the Yādavas covered that entire sacred field, / extending for twelve yojanas, with banner-bearing liṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.9) hastahastāntare devi prāsādāḥ kṣetra madhyataḥ .. suvarṇakalaśopetāḥ patākākulitāṃbarāḥ .. virājaṃte tu tatrasthāḥ kīrtistaṃbhā hareriva .. 9 .. > O goddess, at intervals of one cubit across the middle of the sacred field, temples / endowed with golden pinnacles and filling the sky with flags / shone forth standing there like pillars of fame of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.10) tato gopyo mahādevi ādyā yāḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ .. tāsāṃ nāmāni te vakṣye tāni hmekamanāḥ śṛṇu .. 7.1.118.10 .. > Then, O great goddess, the cowherd women who are remembered as the foremost sixteen— / I shall tell you their names; hear them with a one-pointed mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.11) laṃbinī candrikā kāntā krūrā śāntā mahodayā .. bhīṣaṇī nandinī'śokā suparṇā vimalā'kṣayā .. 11 .. > Lambinī, Candrikā, Kāntā, Krūrā, Śāntā, Mahodayā, / Bhīṣaṇī, Nandinī, Aśokā, Suparṇā, Vimalā, Akṣayā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.12) śubhadā śobhanā puṇyā haṃsasyaitāḥ kalāḥ smṛtāḥ .. haṃsa eva mataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ paramātmā janārdanaḥ .. 12 .. > Śubhadā, Śobhanā, Puṇyā—these are remembered as the digits of the Swan (Haṃsa). / The Swan indeed is considered to be Kṛṣṇa, Janārdana, the Supreme Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.13) tasyaitāḥ śaktayo devi ṣoḍaśaiva prakīrtitāḥ .. candrarūpī tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kalārūpāstu tāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 13 .. > These are proclaimed as his sixteen powers (śaktis), O goddess; / therefore Kṛṣṇa has the form of the moon, while they are remembered as having the forms of its digits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.14) saṃpūrṇamaṇḍalā tāsāṃ mālinī ṣoḍaśī kalā .. pratipattithimārabhya vicaratyāsu candramāḥ .. 14 .. > The sixteenth digit among them is Mālinī, forming the full disc. / Beginning from the first lunar day (pratipad), the moon moves through these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.15) ṣoḍaśaiva kalā yāstā gopīrūpā varānane .. ekaikaśastāḥ saṃbhinnāḥ sahasreṇa pṛthakpṛthak .. 15 .. > Those sixteen digits that took the form of cowherd women, O fair-faced one, / were each separately multiplied by a thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.16) evaṃ te kathitaṃ devi rahasyaṃ jñānasaṃbhavam .. evaṃ yo veda puruṣaḥ sa jñeyo vaiṣṇavo budhaiḥ .. 16 .. > Thus has the secret born of wisdom been told to you, O goddess. / The man who understands it thus is to be known as a Vaiṣṇava by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.17) atha tābhiḥ kṛtāñjñātvā prāsādānyādavaiḥ pṛthak .. tato gopyo'pi tāḥ sarvāḥ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa .. kṛṣṇamājñāpya bhāvena sthāpayāṃcakrire ravim .. 17 .. > Then, learning that separate temples had been built by the Yādavas, / all those gopīs too, sixteen thousand \[in number\], / having obtained Kṛṣṇa's permission, established the Sun with devotion. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.18) ṛṣibhirnāradādyaistāstathā kṣetranivāsibhiḥ .. taṃ pratiṣṭhāpayāmāsuḥ pratiṣṭhāvidhinā ravim .. 18 .. > Together with the ṛṣis headed by Nārada and the inhabitants of the sacred field, / they installed that Sun according to the rules of consecration. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.19) pratiṣṭhite tataḥ sūrye dadurdānāni bhūriśaḥ .. tataḥ kṣetranivāsibhyo gobhūhemāṃbarāṇi ca .. 19 .. > When the Sun was consecrated, they gave lavish gifts / of cows, land, gold, and garments to the residents of the sacred field. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.20) tatasta ṛṣayaḥ sarve saṃtuṣṭā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. cakrurnāma ravestatra gopyādityeti viśrutam.. sarvapāpa haraṃ devaṃ mahāsaubhāgyadāyakam .. 7.1.118.20 .. > Then all those ṛṣis, pleased and delighted at heart, / gave the Sun there the renowned name of Gopyāditya, / the god who removes all sin and bestows great good fortune. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.21) evaṃ kṛte kṛtārthāstāḥ saṃprāpyātimahadyaśaḥ .. jagmuryathāgataṃ sarvā dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇasaṃyutāḥ .. 21 .. > Having done this, their purpose achieved and having attained great renown, / all \[of them\] returned to Dvārakā with Kṛṣṇa just as they had come. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.22) punaḥ kālāntare devi śāpāddurvāsasaḥ priye .. yādavasthalatāṃ prāptāḥ prabhāse pāpanāśane .. 22 .. > Again, after a lapse of time, O goddess, beloved, by the curse of Durvāsas, / they came to the place of the Yādavas in Prabhāsa, which destroys sin. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.23) evaṃ te kathito devi gopyādityasamudbhavaḥ .. māhātmyaṃ tasya te vacmi pūjāvandanajaṃ kramāt .. 23 .. > Thus has the origin of Gopyāditya been told to you, O goddess; / I shall now declare to you in sequence its māhātmya arising from worship and obeisance. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.24) asminmitravane devi yo gopībhiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. tasya darśanamātreṇa duḥkhaśokaiḥ pramucyate .. 24 .. > O goddess, he who was consecrated by the gopīs in this Mitravana— / by the mere darśana of him, one is freed from grief and sorrow. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.25) sutapteneha tapasā yajñairvā bahudakṣiṇaiḥ .. tāṃ gatiṃ te narā yānti ye gopīravimāśritāḥ .. 25 .. > Those men who take refuge in the Sun of the gopīs / attain that destination \[reached\] by austerity well performed here or by sacrifices with lavish priestly gifts. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.26) yena sarvātmanā bhāvo gopyāditye niveśitaḥ .. maheśvari kṛtārthatvātsa ślāghyo dhanya eva saḥ .. 26 .. > The one whose devotion is directed whole-heartedly to Gopyāditya / is praiseworthy and truly blessed, O Maheśvarī, having achieved his goal. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.27) api naḥ sa kule dhanyo jāyate kulapāvanaḥ .. bhāgyavānbhaktibhāvena yena bhānurupāsitaḥ .. 27 .. > A blessed man who purifies his family is born even in our family, / fortunate is he by whom the Sun has been worshipped with devotion. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.28) saptamyāṃ pūjayedyastu māghe māsyuṣasi priye .. saptāvarānsapta pūrvānpitṝnsopyuddharennaraḥ .. 28 .. > A man who worships \[him\] at dawn on the seventh day in the month of Māgha, O beloved, / delivers seven ancestors and seven descendants. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.29) chinatti rogānduśceṣṭāndurjayāñjayati hyarīn .. 29 .. > He destroys diseases and wicked deeds, and conquers enemies difficult to overcome. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.30) na saptamyāṃ spṛśettailaṃ nīlavastraṃ na dhārayet .. na cāpyāmalakaiḥ snānaṃ na kuryātkalahaṃ kvacit .. 7.1.118.30 .. > On the seventh day, one should not touch oil, nor wear blue cloth, / nor bathe with myrobalan fruits, nor quarrel anywhere. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.31) nīlaraktena vastreṇa yatkarma kurute dvijaḥ .. snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam .. vṛthā tasya mahāyajñā nīlasūtrasya dhāraṇāt .. 31 .. > Whatever rite a twice-born performs wearing a garment dyed blue— / ritual ablution, gifts, recitation of mantras, oblations, study of the Veda, offerings to the ancestors— / his great sacrifices are in vain, because of wearing indigo thread. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.32) nīlīraktaṃ yadā vastraṃ viprastvaṃgeṣu dhārayet .. ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śuddhyati .. 32 .. > When a brahmin wears a cloth dyed with indigo upon his limbs, / he becomes purified by \[consuming\] the five products of the cow after fasting for a day and night. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.33) romakūpe yadā gacchedrasaṃ nīlasya kasyacit .. patitastu bhavedviprastribhiḥ kṛcchrairvyapohati .. 33 .. > If the juice of indigo enters anyone's hair follicle, / that brahmin becomes fallen, \[and\] purifies \[himself\] with three kṛcchra penances. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.34) nīlamadhyaṃ yadā gacchetpramādādbrāhmaṇaḥ kvacit .. ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śuddhyati .. 34 .. > If a brahmin inadvertently enters an indigo plantation anywhere, / he becomes purified by \[consuming\] the five products of the cow after fasting for a day and night. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.35) nīladāru yadā bhidyedbrāhmaṇānāṃ śarīrake .. śoṇitaṃ dṛśyate tatra dvijaścāndrāyaṇaṃ caret .. 35 .. > If the indigo plant pierces the body of brahmins / and blood is seen there, the twice-born must perform a cāndrāyaṇa penance. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.36) kuryādajñānato yastu nīlaṃ vai dantadhāvanam .. kṛtvā kṛcchradvayaṃ tasya śuddhiruktā manīṣibhiḥ .. 36 .. > Whoever unknowingly cleans his teeth with an indigo twig, / the wise have declared that he is purified after performing two kṛcchra penances. // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.37) ityetatkathitaṃ devi gopyādityamahodaya .. pāpaghnaṃ sarvajantūnāṃ śrutaṃ sarvārthasādhakam .. .. 37 .. > Thus, O goddess, the great glory of Gopyāditya has been related, / which destroys sins of all creatures and, when heard, accomplishes all desires. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.38) gavāṃ śatasahasraistu dattairyatkurujāṃgale .. puṇyaṃ bhavati deveśi tadgopyādityadarśane .. 38 .. > The merit that is gained by giving a hundred thousand cows in Kurujāṅgala, / O queen of the gods, is gained by the darśana of Gopyāditya. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.118.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118.118) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gopyādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 118 .. > Thus ends the hundred and eighteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gopyāditya,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. // 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.118.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.22.29) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit - [Rādhākṛṣṇārcanadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.acara.radhakrsnarcanadipika.120) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1550, Sanskrit - [Āṅgirasasmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha, Delhi: Nag 1981)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras*smrtisandarbha.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.118) · Pramāṇa