[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) › 16.13 # Skandapurana 16.13 Skandapurāṇa 16.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadā bhramisthaḥ savitā takṣitaḥ kṣuradhārayā .. śvaśureṇa mahādeva jāmātā prītipūrvakam.. 1 .. > The goddess said: / When Savitṛ, the son-in-law, standing on the lathe, was affectionately pared with the razor's edge / by his father-in-law, O Mahādeva, (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.2) tattejaḥ śātitaṃ bhūri prabhāse yatpapāta vai .. tadabhūtkiṃ tadā deva prabhāsātkathayasva me .. 2 .. > what became of that abundant splendour pared away, which fell in Prabhāsa? / Tell me that, O god, regarding Prabhāsa! (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi sūryamāhātmyamuttamam .. yacchrutvā mānavo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ ..3.. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim the supreme māhātmya of Sūrya, / hearing which with devotion, a mortal is freed from all sins. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.4) dehāvatāro devasya prabhāse'rkasthalasya ca .. purāṇākhyānamācakṣe tava devi yaśasvini .. 4 .. > I shall narrate to you, O renowned goddess, the Purāṇic account / of the descent of the god's body and of Arkasthala in Prabhāsa. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.5) śākadvīpe mahādevi bhramisthasya tadā raveḥ .. varṣāṇāṃ tu śataṃ sāgraṃ takṣyamāṇe vibhāvasau .. 5 .. > In Śākadvīpa, O great goddess, while the Sun, standing on the lathe, / was being pared for more than a hundred years, (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.6) yadādya bhāgajaṃ tejastatprabhāse'patatpriye .. patitaṃ tatra tattejaḥ sthalākāraṃ vyajāyata .. 6 .. > the splendour produced from the first portion fell in Prabhāsa, O beloved; / having fallen there, that splendour assumed the form of a mound. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.7) jāṃbūnadamayaṃ devi tatpūrvamabhavatkṣitau .. tiṣyamāhātmyayogena śailībhūtaṃ ca sāṃpratam .. 7 .. > Formerly, O goddess, it was of gold on the earth; / by virtue of the age of Tiṣya, it has now become stony. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.8) tatra cārkamayaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā devo divākaraḥ .. utpannaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hitāya dharaṇītale .. 8 .. > And there, having assumed a solar form, the god who makes the day / was born on the surface of the earth for the welfare of all beings. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.9) hiraṇyagarbhanāmeti kṛte sūryeti kīrtitam .. tretāyāṃ savitānāma dvāpare bhāskaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 9 .. > In the Kṛta age it was called by the name Hiraṇyagarbha, and celebrated as Sūrya; / in the Tretā age its name was Savitṛ; in the Dvāpara age it was remembered as Bhāskara; (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.10) kalau cārkasthalonāma triṣu lokeṣu kīrtitaḥ .. avatīrṇamidaṃ devi svayameva pratiṣṭhitam.. 7.1.13.10 .. > and in the Kali age it is celebrated as Arkasthala in the three worlds. / This descended \[form\], O goddess, became established by itself. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.11) yadā svārociṣo devi dvitīyo'bhūnmanuḥ purā .. tasminkāle'vatīrṇo'sau devastatra divākaraḥ .. 11 .. > Formerly, O goddess, when Svārociṣa was the second Manu, / at that time this god, the maker of the day, descended there. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.12) bhaktimukti prado devi vyādhiduḥkhavināśakṛt .. tasya tejodbhavairvyāptaṃ reṇubhiḥ pañcayojanam .. 12 .. > Granting devotion and liberation, O goddess, destroying diseases and sorrows, / an area of five yojanas is pervaded by particles arising from his brilliance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.13) dakṣiṇottarato devi pañcapūrvāpareṇa tu .. uttareṇa samudrasya yāvanmāheśvarī nadī .. 13 .. > From south to north, O goddess, and five from east to west, / north of the ocean up to the Māheśvarī river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.14) nyaṃkumatyāścāparato yāvadeva kṛtasmaram .. etadvyāptaṃ mahādevi tattejoreṇubhiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 14 .. > and west of the Nyaṅkumatī up to Kṛtasmaram, / this is pervaded, O great goddess, by those auspicious particles of his brilliance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.15) tasya sūkṣmā prabhā yā tu āditejoviniḥsṛtā .. tayā vyāptaṃ mahādevi yāvaddvādaśayojanam .. 15 .. > The subtle radiance that issued from the original brilliance / pervaded \[an area\] of twelve yojanas, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.16) uttare bhāskarasutā dakṣiṇe saritāṃ patiḥ .. pūrvapaścimato devi rukmiṇīdvitayaṃ smṛtam .. 16 .. > To the north is the daughter of the sun, to the south the lord of rivers \[the ocean\]; / to the east and west, O goddess, the pair of Rukmiṇīs is recorded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.17) etasminnantare devi sauraṃ tejaḥ prasarppitam .. tena pāvitryamānītaṃ kṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanam .. 17 .. > Within this interval, O goddess, the solar brilliance spread; / by that, the sacred field of twelve yojanas was purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.18) tasya madhyasya yanmadhyaṃ tadgṛhaṃ mama sundari .. tejomaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ mama sthānaṃ maheśvari .. 18 .. > The very center of its middle is my abode, O beautiful one; / situated in the center of the orb of brilliance is my place, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.19) cakṣurmaṃḍalamadhye tu yathā devi kanīnikā .. pūrvapaścimato devi gomukhādā''śvamedhikam.. 19 .. > Just as the pupil, O goddess, is in the middle of the orb of the eye; / from east to west, O goddess, from Gomukha up to the Āśvamedhika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.20) dakṣiṇottarato devi samudrātkauraveśvarīm .. etasminnaṃtare kṣetre kṣetrajño'haṃ varānane .. 7.1.13.20 .. > from south to north, O goddess, from the ocean to Kauraveśvarī, / in this intermediate sacred field I am the knower of the field, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.21) yasmādarkasya tejobhirbhāsitaṃ mama tadgṛham .. tasmātprabhāsanāmeti kalpe'sminprathitaṃ priye .. 21 .. > Because my abode is illumined by the brilliance of the sun, / therefore it is renowned in this kalpa by the name Prabhāsa, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.22) tatra paśyati yaḥ sūryamarkkarūpaṃ narottamaḥ .. sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryaloke mahīyate .. 22 .. > Whoever, the best of men, sees the sun there in the form of an arka plant, / freed from all sins, is glorified in the world of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.23) sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu tena ceṣṭaṃ mahāmakhaiḥ .. sarvadānāni dattāni pūrvajāstena toṣitāḥ .. 23 .. > He has bathed in all the sacred fords, he has sacrificed with great sacrifices; / he has given all gifts, and the ancestors have been pleased by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.24) arkarūpī yataḥ sūryastatra jāto mahītale .. tasmāttyājyaḥ sadā cārko bhojane'tra na saṃśayaḥ .. 24 .. > Since the sun was born there on the earth having the form of an arka plant, / therefore the arka must always be avoided in eating here, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.25) yo dṛṣṭvārkasthalaṃ marttyaścārkapatreṣu bhuṃjati .. gomāṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ tena kṛtaṃ bhavati bhāmini .. 25 .. > The mortal who, having seen Arkasthala, eats from leaves of the arka plant, / beef has been eaten by him, O passionate woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.26) bhakṣito bhāskarastena sa kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena cārkapatrāṇi varjayet .. 26 .. > The sun is eaten by him; that man becomes a leper. / Therefore, with all effort, one should avoid arka leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.27) yātrāyāṃ prathamaṃ devi dṛṣṭo yenārkabhāskaraḥ .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahiṣīṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya vipaścite .. .. 27 .. > By whom the Arka-sun is seen first during the pilgrimage, O goddess, / having seen him, he should give a female buffalo to a learned brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.28) tāmravarṇaṃ raktavastraṃ tatastuṣyati bhāskaraḥ .. tasya caiva tu sāṃnidhye vahnikoṇe vyavasthitam .. 28 .. > along with copper-colored or red cloth; then the sun is pleased. / And situated in its vicinity, in the southeast fire corner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.29) nātidūre mahābhāge siddheśvaramiti smṛtam .. sarvasiddhipradaṃ devi liṃgaṃ trailokyapūjitam .. 29 .. > not far away, O highly fortunate one, is known as Siddheśvara, / a liṅga granting all perfections, O goddess, worshipped in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.30) jaigīṣavyeśvaraṃnāma pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge'bhavat .. kalau siddheśvaramiti prasiddhimagamatpriye .. 7.1.13.30 .. > Formerly, in the Kṛta age, it was named Jaigīṣavyeśvara; / in the Kali \[age\], O beloved, it attained renown as Siddheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.31) taṃ dṛṣṭvā manujo devi sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt .. tatraiva devadeveśi nātidūre vyavasthitam ..31.. > A mortal who sees it, O goddess, attains all perfections. / In that very place, O ruler of gods, situated not far off, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.32) sūryadakṣiṇanairṛtye pātālavivaraṃ priye .. maṃdehā rākṣasā yatra tathā śālakaṭaṃkaṭāḥ .. 32 .. > to the south-southwest of the sun, O beloved, is the chasm to Pātāla, / where the Mandeha demons and the Śālakaṭaṅkaṭas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.33) sūryasya tejasā dagdhāḥ pātālamagamanpurā .. kalau taddvāramevāsti na pātāle gatiḥ priye .. 33 .. > burnt by the brilliance of the sun, formerly went down to Pātāla. / In the Kali \[age\] only its door exists, O beloved, not access to Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.34) yoginyastatra rakṣaṃti brāhmyādyā mātarastathā .. māghekṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ rātrau mātṛgaṇānyajet .. balipuṣpopahāraiśca tataḥ siddhirbhaviṣyati .. 34 .. > The yoginīs protect it there, as do the Mothers beginning with Brāhmī. / On the fourteenth day of the dark half of Māgha, at night, one should worship the groups of Mothers / with offerings, flowers, and presents; then perfection will arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.35) iti hi sakaladharmabhāvahetorharakamalāsanaviṣṇusaṃstutasya.. tanuparilikhanaṃ niśamya bhānorvrajati divākaralokamāyuṣoṃ'te..35.. > Thus, indeed, having heard of this delineation of the body of the sun, / the cause of the state of all righteousness, praised by Hara, Viṣṇu, and the lotus-seated Brahmā, / one goes to the world of the sun at the end of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.13.35\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13.35_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāsapavitranāmakaraṇārkasthalotpattivarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 13 .. > Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Arkasthala and the Naming of Prabhāsa as Pure,' in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.13.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.13) · Pramāṇa