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# Skandapurana 16.139

Skandapurāṇa 16.139

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.139.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi citrādityamanuttamam ..  
tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge brahmakuṇḍasamīpataḥ .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> Then, O great goddess, one should go to the peerless Citrāditya,  
> on its southern side, near the Brahmakuṇḍa. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.2)

mahāprabhāvo deveśi sarvadāridryanāśanaḥ ..  
mitro nāma purā devi dharmātmā'bhūddharātale ..  
kāyasthaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ nityaṃ bhūtahite rataḥ .. 2 ..

> He possesses great power, O ruler of gods, and destroys all poverty.  
> Formerly on earth, O goddess, there was a righteous man named Mitra,  
> who perceived the essence of all beings, always intent on the welfare of all creatures. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.3)

tasyāpatyadvayaṃ jajña ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ ..  
putraḥ paramatejasvī citronāma varānane .. 3 ..

> Two children were born to him as he approached \[his wife\] during the fertile season:  
> a son of supreme splendor named Citra, O fair-faced one, (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.4)

tathā citrā'bhavatkanyā rūpāḍhyā śīlamaṃḍanā .. 4 ..

> and likewise a daughter was born, Citrā, richly endowed with beauty and adorned with good conduct. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.5)

ābhyāṃ tu jātamātrābhyāṃ mitraḥ pañcatvameyivān ..  
atha tasya varā bhāryā saha tenāgnimāviśat .. 5 ..

> As soon as these two were born, Mitra attained dissolution into the five elements.  
> Then his excellent wife entered the fire along with him. (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.6)

atha tau bālakau dīnāvṛṣibhiḥ paripālitau ..  
vṛddhiṃ gatau mahāraṇye bālāveva sthitau vrate .. 6 ..

> Then those two helpless children, reared by seers,  
> grew up in the great forest, remaining committed to vows even as children. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.7)

prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapaḥ paramamāsthitau ..  
pratiṣṭhāpya mahā devaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram .. 7 ..

> Having arrived at the sacred field of Prabhāsa, they undertook supreme austerity,  
> having installed the great god, the sun, the stealer of waters. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.8)

pūjayāmāsa dharmātmā dhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ ..  
vasiṣṭhakathitaiścaiva hyaṣṭaṣaṣṭisamanvitaiḥ ..  
nāmabhiḥ sūryadeveśaṃ tuṣṭāva prāñjaliḥ prabhum .. 8 ..

> The righteous-minded \[Citra\] worshipped him with incenses, garlands, and ointments;  
> and with the sixty-eight names declared by Vasiṣṭha,  
> he praised the lord, the god of gods, Sūrya, with palms joined. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.9)

.. citra uvāca .. ..  
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ bhāskaraṃ gaganādhipam ..  
ādidevaṃ jagannāthaṃ pāpaghnaṃ roganāśanam .. 9 ...

> Citra said:  
> Bowing with my head to the god, the sun, lord of the sky,  
> the primal god, lord of the universe, destroyer of sins, dispeller of disease, (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.10)

sahasrākṣaṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasrakiraṇadyutim .. 7.1.139.10 ..

> the thousand-eyed, thousand-rayed one, shining with the light of a thousand beams— (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.11)

tamahaṃ saṃstaviṣyāmi saṃpṛktaṃ guhyanāmabhiḥ ..  
muṃḍīrasvāminaṃ prātargaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame ..  
kālapriyaṃ tu madhyāhne yamunātīramāśritam .. 11 ..

> I shall praise him who is endowed with secret names:  
> Muṇḍīrasvāmin in the morning at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean;  
> Kālapriya at midday, resting upon the bank of the Yamunā; (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.12)

mūlasthānaṃ cāstamane candrabhāgātaṭe sthitam..  
yatra sāṃbaḥ svayaṃ siddha upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ ..12..

> and Mūlasthāna at sunset, situated on the bank of the Candrabhāgā,  
> where Sāmba himself, dedicated to fasting, achieved perfection; (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.13)

vārāṇasyāṃ lohitākṣaṃ gobhilākṣe bṛhanmukham ..  
prayāgeṣu pratiṣṭhānaṃ vṛddhādityaṃ mahādyutim ..13..

> Lohitākṣa in Vārāṇasī; Bṛhanmukha in Gobhilākṣa;  
> Pratiṣṭhāna in Prayāga; the immensely brilliant Vṛddhāditya; (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.14)

koṭyakṣe dvādaśādityaṃ gaṃgādityaṃ caturghaṭe ..  
naimiṣe caiva goghne ca bhadraṃ bhadrapuṭe sthitam ..14..

> Dvādaśāditya at Koṭyakṣa; Gaṅgāditya at Caturghaṭa;  
> and in Naimiṣa, Goghna; Bhadra situated in Bhadrapuṭa; (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.15)

jayāyāṃ vijayādityaṃ prabhāse svarṇavetasam ..  
kurukṣetre ca sāmaṃtaṃ trimaṃtraṃ ca ilāvṛte ..15..

> Vijayāditya in Jayā; Svarṇavetasa in Prabhāsa;  
> Sāmanta in Kurukṣetra; and Trimantra in Ilāvṛta; (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.16)

mahendre kramaṇādityamṛṇe siddheśvaraṃ viduḥ ..  
kauśāṃbyāṃ padmabodhaṃ ca brahmabāhau divākaram..16..

> Kramaṇāditya on Mahendra; in Ṛṇa they know him as Siddheśvara;  
> Padmabodha in Kauśāmbī; Divākara in Brahmabāhu; (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.17)

kedāre caṇḍakāṃtiṃ ca nitye ca timirāpaham ..  
gaṃgāmārge śivadvāramādityaṃ bhūpradī pane ..17..

> Caṇḍakānti in Kedāra; and Timirāpaha in Nitya;  
> Śivadvāra on the path of the Gaṅgā; the Aditya in Bhūpradīpana; (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.18)

haṃsaṃ sarasvatītīre viśvāmitraṃ pṛthūdake ..  
ujjayinyāṃ naradvīpaṃ siddhāyāmamaladyutim ..18..

> Haṃsa on the bank of the Sarasvatī; Viśvāmitra in Pṛthūdaka;  
> Naradvīpa in Ujjayinī; Amaladyuti in Siddhā; (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.19)

sūryaṃ kuntīkumāre ca pañcanadyāṃ vibhāvasum ...  
mathurāyāṃ vimalādityaṃ saṃjñādityaṃ tu saṃjñike .. 19 ..

> Sūrya in Kuntīkumāra; and Vibhāvasu in Pañcanada;  
> Vimalāditya in Mathurā; and Saṃjñāditya in Saṃjñika; (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.20)

śrīkaṇṭhe caiva mārtaṇḍaṃ daśārṇe daśakaṃ smṛtam ..  
godhane gopatiṃ devaṃ karṇaṃ caiva marusthale ..7.1.139.20...

> Mārtaṇḍa in Śrīkaṇṭha; Daśaka is remembered in Daśārṇa;  
> the divine Gopati in Godhana; and Karṇa in the desert. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.21)

puṣpaṃ devapure caiva keśavārkaṃ tu lohite ..  
vaidiśe caiva śārdūlaṃ śoṇe vāruṇavāsinam .. 21 ..

> And Puṣpa in Devapura, Keśavārka in Lohita, / Śārdūla in Vaidiśa, and the Dweller in Vāruṇa at the Śoṇa, 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.22)

vardhamāne ca sāṃbākhyaṃ kāmarūpe śubhaṃkaram ..  
mihiraṃ kānyakubje ca maṃdāraṃ puṇyavardhane .. 22 ..

> the one named Sāmba in Vardhamāna, Śubhaṃkara in Kāmarūpa, / Mihira in Kānyakubja, and Mandāra in Puṇyavardhana, 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.23)

gandhāre kṣobhaṇādityaṃ laṃkāyāmamaradyutim ..  
karṇādityaṃ ca caṃpāyāṃ prabodhe śubhadarśinam .. 23 ..

> Kṣobhaṇāditya in Gandhāra, Amaradyuti in Laṅkā, / Karṇāditya in Campā, and Śubhadarśin in Prabodha, 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.24)

dvārā vatyāṃ tu pārvatyaṃ himavante himāpaham ..  
mahātejaṃ tu lauhitye amalāṃge ca dhūjaṭim .. 24 ..

> Pārvatya in Dvārāvatī, Himāpaha in Himavant, / Mahātejas in Lauhitya, and Dhūrjaṭi in Amalāṅga, 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.25)

rohike tu kumārākhyaṃ padmāyāṃ padmasaṃbhavam..  
dharmādityaṃ tu lāṭāyāṃ marddake sthaviraṃ viduḥ .. 25 ..

> the one named Kumāra in Rohika, Padmasambhava in Padmā, / Dharmāditya in Lāṭā; and in Mardaka they know Sthavira, 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.26)

sukhapradaṃ tu kauberyāṃ kosale gopatiṃ tathā ..  
kauṃkaṇe tu padmadevaṃ tāpanaṃ vindhyaparvate .. 26 ..

> Sukhaprada in Kauberī, Gopati in Kosala, / Padmadeva in Kauṅkaṇa, and Tāpana on Mount Vindhya, 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.27)

tvaṣṭāraṃ caiva kāśmīre caritre ratnasaṃbhavam ..  
puṣkare hemagarbhasthaṃ vidyātsūryaṃ gabhastike .. 27 ..

> Tvaṣṭṛ in Kāśmīra, Ratnasambhava in Caritra, / Hemagarbhastha in Puṣkara, and one should know Sūrya in Gabhastika, 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.28)

prakāśāyāṃ tu mujjhālaṃ tīrthagrāme prabhākaram ..  
kāṃpilye rillakādityaṃ dhanake dhanavāsinam ..28..

> Muddhāla in Prakāśā, Prabhākara in Tīrthagrāma, / Rillakāditya in Kāmpilya, and Dhanavāsin in Dhanaka, 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.29)

analaṃ narmadātīre sarvatra gamanādhikam..  
aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṃ tu devasya bhāskarasyāmitadyuteḥ .. 29 ..

> Anala on the bank of the Narmadā, whose movement everywhere is supreme; / \[these are\] the sixty-eight \[forms\] of the god Bhāskara of boundless splendor. 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.30)

prātarutthāya vai nityaṃ śaktimāñchucimānnaraḥ ..  
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 7.1.139.30 ..

> A capable, pure man who rises early in the morning and constantly / recites or hears this is freed from all sins. 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.31)

rājyārthī labhate rājyaṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam ..  
putrārthī labhate putrānsaukhyārthī labhate sukham .. 31 ..

> One seeking a kingdom obtains a kingdom; one seeking wealth obtains wealth; / one seeking sons obtains sons; one seeking happiness obtains happiness. 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.32)

rogārto mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt ..  
yānyānprārthayate kāmāṃstāṃstānprāpnoti mānavaḥ ..32.. ..

> One afflicted with disease is freed from disease; one bound is freed from bondage; / whatever desires a mortal prays for, those very desires he obtains. 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.33)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
evaṃ ca stuvatastasya citrasya vimalātmanaḥ ..  
tatastuṣṭaḥ sahasrāṃśuḥ kālena mahatā vibhuḥ .. 33 ..

> Īśvara said: / As Citra of pure soul was thus praising him, / the lord of a thousand rays, the all-pervading one, was pleased after a long time. 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.34)

abravīdvatsa bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya suvrata .. 34 ..

> He said: “Child, may good fortune be yours! Choose a boon, O you of noble vows.” 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.35)

so'bravīdyadi me tuṣṭo bhagavaṃstīkṣṇadīdhiteḥ ..  
prauḍhatvaṃ sarvakāryeṣu naya māṃ jñānitāṃ tathā .. 35 ..

> He said: “If, O lord of sharp rays, you are pleased with me, / lead me to proficiency in all tasks and likewise to wisdom.” 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.36)

tattatheti prati jñātaṃ sūryeṇa varavarṇini ..  
tataḥ sarvajñatāṃ prāptaścitro mitrakulodbhavaḥ ..36..

> “So be it, so be it,” the sun promised, O fair-complexioned lady. / Then Citra, born of the solar line, attained omniscience. 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.37)

taṃ jñātvā dharmarājastu buddhyā paramayā yutam..  
ciṃtayāmāsa medhāvī lekha ko'yaṃ bhavedyadi .. 37 ..

> Knowing him to be endowed with supreme intellect, Dharmarāja, / being wise, thought: “If this one were to become my scribe, 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.38)

tato me sarvasiddhiḥ syānnirvṛtiśca parā bhavet ..  
evaṃ ciṃtayatastasya dharmarājasya bhāmini..38..

> then all success would be mine, and my satisfaction would be supreme.” / As Dharmarāja was thus contemplating, O passionate woman, 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.39)

agnitīrthe gate citre snā nārthaṃ lavaṇāmbhasi ..  
sa tatra praviśanneva nītastu yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..39..

> Citra went to the Agnitīrtha to bathe in the salt water; / as he was entering there, he was carried off by the servants of Yama, 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.40)

saśarīro mahādevi yamādeśaparāyaṇaiḥ ..  
sa citraguptanāmā'bhūdviśvacāritralekhakaḥ .. 7.1.139.40 ..

> bodily, O great goddess, by those devoted to Yama’s command. / He became the recorder of the deeds of the universe named Citragupta. 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.41)

citrādityetināmā'bhūttato loke varānane .. 41 ..

> Then, O fair-faced lady, he became known in the world by the name Citrāditya. 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.42)

saptamyāṃ niyatāhāro yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ ..  
sapta janmāni dāridryaṃ na duḥkhaṃ tasya jāyate ..42..

> The man who worships him on the seventh day with regulated food, / for seven births poverty does not arise for him, nor sorrow. 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.43)

tatraiva cāśvo dātavyaḥ sakoṣaṃ khaḍgameva ca ..  
hiraṇyaṃ caiva viprāya evaṃ yātrāphalaṃ labhet ..43..

> Right there a horse should be given, as well as a sword with its sheath, / and gold to a brahmin; thus one obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.139.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.139.139)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye citrādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..139...

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of Citrāditya,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 139  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.139.1) — English, machine translation

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