[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) › 16.146 # Skandapurana 16.146 Skandapurāṇa 16.146 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.146.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.1) . īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi dharmarājapratiṣṭhitam .. yameśvaraṃ mahādevaṃ tasyai vottarataḥ sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the great deity Yameśvara / established by the King of Dharma, situated directly to the north of it. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.2) yadā śapto dharmarājaśchāyayā varavarṇini .. tadā tasyāpatatpādaḥ sa ca duḥkhānvito'bhavat .. 2 .. > When the King of Dharma was cursed by Chāyā, O fair-complexioned one, / then his foot fell off, and he was filled with sorrow. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.3) tataḥ prābhāsike kṣetre tapastepe mahātapāḥ .. sthāpayāmāsa liṃgaṃ tu tatra devasya śūlinaḥ .. 3 .. > Then, in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, of great austerity, he practiced austerity; / and there he established a liṅga of the trident-bearing god. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.4) tasya tuṣṭo mahādevastataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ .. abravīddharma bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya cepsitam .. 4 .. > Mahādeva, pleased with him, then became manifest to his eyes / and said: 'O Dharma, may it be well with you! Choose the boon you desire.' // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.5) tadā'bravīddharmarājaḥ pādaḥ prapatito mama .. prasādāttava deveśa jāyatāṃ punareva hi .. 5 .. > Then the King of Dharma said: 'My foot has fallen off; / by your grace, O Lord of gods, let it indeed grow back again. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.6) etalliṃgaṃ suraśreṣṭha yanmayā nirmitaṃ tava .. etadye bhaktisaṃyuktāḥ paśyaṃti prāṇino bhuvi .. 6 .. > O best of gods, this liṅga which was made by me for you— / whichever living beings on earth see this with devotion, // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.7) teṣāṃ tava prasādena bhūyātpāpavimokṣaṇam .. 7 .. > for them may there be deliverance from sin by your grace!' // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.8) evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktā hyantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ .. yamo'pi labdhapādastu punareva divaṃ yayau .. 8 .. > Saying 'So it shall be,' Hara disappeared; / and Yama, having recovered his foot, went back to heaven again. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.9) tasmindṛṣṭe suraśreṣṭha yamalokasamudbhavam .. na bhayaṃ vidyate nṛṇāmapi duṣkṛtakāriṇām .. .. 9 .. > When that is seen, O best of gods, no fear arising from the world of Yama / exists for men, even those who have committed evil deeds. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.10) bhrātṛdvitīyāsaṃyoge snātvā puṣkariṇījale .. yameśvarasamīpastho yameśamavalokayet .. 7.1.146.10 .. > Having bathed in the water of the pool on the occasion of Bhrātṛdvitīyā, / standing near Yameśvara, one should gaze upon Yameśa. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.11) tilapātraṃ pradātavyaṃ dīpaṃ gāḥ kāṃcanā dikam .. yamadevaṃ samuddiśya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 11 .. > A vessel of sesame, a lamp, cows, gold and the like should be given, / dedicating them to the god Yama; one is freed from all sins. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.146.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146.146) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye yameśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 146 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Yameśvara,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 146 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.146.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.146) · Pramāṇa