[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) › 16.135 # Skandapurana 16.135 Skandapurāṇa 16.135 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.135.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.1) īśvara uvāca.. tatraiva saṃsthitāṃ paśyeddevīṃ duḥkhāṃtakāriṇīm.. śītaleti purā khyātā yuge dvāparasaṃjñite.. kalau punaḥ samākhyātāṃ kaliduḥkhāntakāriṇīm..1.. > Īśvara said: / Right there one should see the goddess who brings an end to sorrows; / formerly, in the age named Dvāpara, she was known as Śītalā, / and again in the Kali age she is proclaimed as the ender of Kali’s sorrows. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.2) śītalaṃ kurute dehaṃ bālānāṃ rogavarjitam.. pūjitā bhaktibhāvena tena sā śītalā smṛtā..2.. > When worshipped with devotion, she makes the body of children cool / and free of disease; therefore she is remembered as Śītalā. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.3) visphoṭānāṃ praśāṃtyarthaṃ bālānāṃ caiva kāraṇāt .. mānena māpitānkṛtvā masūrāṃstatra kuṭṭayet .. 3 .. > For the appeasement of eruptions and for the sake of children, / one should measure out lentils by a standard measure and pound them there. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.4) śītalāpurato dattvā bālāḥ santu nirāmayāḥ .. visphoṭacarcikādīnāṃ vātādīnāṃ śamo bhavet .. 4 .. > Offering them in front of Śītalā, \[praying\] “May the children be free from disease,” / there shall be pacification of boils, scabs, and ailments caused by wind and the rest. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.5) śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kurvīta brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet .. 5 .. > One should perform a śrāddha right there and feed brahmins there. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.6) karpūraṃ kusumaṃ caiva mṛganābhiṃ sucandanam.. puṣpāṇi ca sugandhāni naivedyaṃ ghṛtapāyasam .. nivedya devyai tatsarvaṃ daṃpatyoḥ paridhāpayet ..6.. > Camphor, flowers, musk, good sandalwood, > fragrant blossoms, and an offering of milk-rice cooked in ghee— > having offered all that to the goddess, one should bestow clothing on a married couple. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.7) navamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu mālāṃ vilvamayīṃ śubhām.. bhaktyā nivedya tāṃ devyai sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt .. 7 .. > Offering with devotion an auspicious garland of bilva leaves to the goddess > on the ninth day of the bright fortnight, one attains all perfections. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.135.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135.135) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye duḥkhāntakāriṇītilāgaurīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..135.... > Thus ends the one hundred thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Duḥkhāntakāriṇī-Tilāgaurī', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (135) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.135.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.135) · Pramāṇa