Skandapurana 16.134
Skandapurāṇa 16.134
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16.134.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkarāvartakāṃ nadīm ..
brahmakuṃḍāduttarato nātidūre vyavasthitām .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the Puṣkarāvartakā river, / situated not very far to the north of Brahmakuṇḍa. 1
16.134.2
purā yajñe vartamāne somasya tu mahātmanaḥ ..
brahmā suragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ ..2..
Formerly, when the sacrifice of the high-souled Soma was going on, / Brahmā came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa along with the hosts of gods, 2
16.134.3
somanāthapratiṣṭhārthamṛkṣarājanimaṃtritaḥ ..
pratijñātaṃ purā tena brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā .. 3 ..
invited by the king of lunar mansions (the Moon) for the installation of Somanātha. / Formerly a promise had been made by that Brahmā, the creator of the world: 3
16.134.4
yāvatsthāsyāmyahaṃ martye kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare ..
tāvatsaṃdhyātrayaṃ vaṃdyaṃ nityameva tripuṣkare .. 4 ..
“As long as I abide among mortals for some reason or other, / so long must the three twilight rituals always be praised daily at Tripuṣkara.” 4
16.134.5
etasminneva kāle tu lagnakāla upasthite ..
ādiṣṭaṃ śobhanaṃ kālaṃ brāhmaṇairdaivacintakaiḥ .. 5 ..
Just at that time, when the auspicious astrological hour had arrived, / the auspicious hour having been declared by the brahmins, the astrologers, 5
16.134.6
tatastaṃ prasthitaṃ jñātvā puṣkare tu pitāmaham ..
saṃdhyārthaṃ rātrinātho vai vākyametaduvāca ha .. 6 ...
then the lord of the night, knowing that the Grandfather had departed to Puṣkara / for the twilight rite, spoke these words indeed: 6
16.134.7
daivajñaiḥ kalitaḥ kāla eṣa eva śubhodayaḥ ..
yathā kālātyayo na syāttathā nītirvidhīyatām .. 7 ..
“This very hour has been calculated by the astrologers as an auspicious rising; / let proper conduct be arranged in such a way that the time is not missed.” 7
16.134.8
taṃ jñātvā sāṃprataṃ kālaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..
manasā cintayāmāsa puṣkarāṇi samāhitaḥ .. 8 ..
Knowing that time to be the present one, Brahmā, the Grandfather of the worlds, / meditated upon the Puṣkaras with an attentive mind. 8
16.134.9
tāni vai smṛtamātrāṇi brahmaṇā varavarṇini ..
prādurbhūtāni tatraiva nadyāstīre suśobhane .. 9 ..
As soon as they were merely remembered by Brahmā, O fair-complexioned lady, / they manifested right there on the beautiful bank of the river. 9
16.134.10
āvartāstatra sañjātā jyeṣṭhamadhyakanīyasaḥ ..
atha nāmākarottasyā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. 7.1.134.10 ..
The whirlpools of the eldest, middle, and youngest [Puṣkara] arose there; / then Brahmā, the Grandfather of the worlds, gave her a name: 10
16.134.11
puṣkarāvartakā nāmnā adyaprabhṛti śobhanā ..
nadī prayāsyate loke khyātiṃ mama prasādataḥ .. 11 ..
“From this day forward, by my grace, this auspicious river / named Puṣkarāvartakā shall become famous in the world. 11
16.134.12
atra snātvā naro bhaktyā tarpayiṣyati yaḥ pitṝn ..
tripuṣkarasamaṃ puṇyaṃ lapsyate sa tathepsitam .. 12 ..
Having bathed here, the man who with devotion offers libations to the ancestors / shall obtain merit equal to [bathing at] Tripuṣkara, and his desired goal likewise. 12
16.134.13
śrāvaṇe śuklapakṣasya tṛtīyāyāṃ narottamaḥ ..
yaḥ pitṝṃstarpayettatra tṛptiḥ kalpāyutaṃ bhavet .. 13 ..
The best of men who offers libations to the ancestors there / on the third day of the bright fortnight in Śrāvaṇa, their satisfaction shall last for ten thousand kalpas.” 13
16.134.134
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkarāvartakānadīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catustriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 134..
Thus ends the one hundred thirty-fourth chapter, titled “Description of the Greatness of the Puṣkarāvartakā River,” in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 134
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