[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) › 16.12 # Skandapurana 16.12 Skandapurāṇa 16.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. yā saṃjñā sā smṛtā rājñī chāyā yā sā tu nikṣubhā .. rājṛ dīptau smṛto dhātū rājā rājati yaḥ sadā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / She who is Saṃjñā is remembered as Rājñī; she who is Chāyā is Nikṣubhā. / The root rājṛ is remembered in the sense of shining; a king is one who always shines. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.2) adhikaṃ sarvabhūtebhyastasmādrājā sa ucyate .. rājapatnī tu sā yasmāttasmādrājñī prakīrtitā .. 2 .. > He is called a king because he is superior to all beings; / and because she is the king's wife, she is celebrated as Rājñī. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.3) kṣubha saṃcalane dhāturniścalā tena nikṣubhā .. bhavaṃti hyathavā yasmātsvāṃgīyāḥ kṣudvivarjitāḥ .. 3 .. > The verbal root kṣubh means agitation; because she is motionless, she is Nikṣubhā; / or rather, because her own limbs are free from hunger. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.4) chāyā tāṃ viśate divyā smṛtā sā tena nikṣubhā .. sāṃprataṃ vartate yo'yaṃ manurloke mahāmate .. 4 .. > Because the divine Chāyā entered her, she is remembered as Nikṣubhā. / In the lineage of him who is the present Manu in the world, O wise one, (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.5) tasyānvavāye jātastu śaṃkhacakagadādharaḥ .. yamastu mātrā saṃśapto hīnapādo dharātale .. 5 .. > was born the bearer of the conch, discus, and mace. / Yama, however, cursed by his mother, became lame on the surface of the earth. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.6) prabhāsakṣetramāsādya cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ liṃgaṃ pūjitavānpriye .. 6 .. > Reaching the sacred field of Prabhāsa, he performed vast austerity; / for more than ten thousand years he worshipped the liṅga, O beloved. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.7) tuṣṭaścāhaṃ tatastasya varāṇāṃ ca śataṃ dadau .. adyāpi tatra deveśi yameśvaramiti śrutam .. yamadvitīyāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā yamalokaṃ na paśyati .. 7 .. > Pleased with him, I then granted him a hundred boons. / Even today it is famous there as Yameśvara, O queen of gods; / having seen it on Yamadvitīyā, one does not see Yama's realm. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12.12) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye yameśvarotpattivarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 12 .. > Thus ends the twelfth chapter, titled “The Description of the Origin of Yameśvara”, in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compilation of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.12.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.12) · Pramāṇa