[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) › 16.134 # Skandapurana 16.134 Skandapurāṇa 16.134 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.134.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.134.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.134.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.134) · Pramāṇa