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# Skandapurana 16.147

Skandapurāṇa 16.147

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.147.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi brahmakuṇḍamanuttamam ..  
tasyaiva nairṛte bhāge brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ purā .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unsurpassed Brahmakuṇḍa, / to the southwest of it, fashioned by Brahmā in ancient times. // 1  
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### [16.147.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.2)

yadā tu ṛkṣarājena somanāthaḥ prati ṣṭhitaḥ ..  
tadā brahmādayo devāḥ sarve tatra samāgatāḥ ..  
pratiṣṭhārthaṃ hi devasya śaśāṃkena nimantritāḥ .. 2 ..

> When Somanātha was consecrated by the King of the Constellations, / then all the gods, beginning with Brahmā, assembled there, / invited by the Moon for the consecration of the god. // 2  
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### [16.147.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.3)

athā'bravīnniśānātho brahmāṇaṃ vinayānvitaḥ .. 3 ..

> Then the Lord of Night, full of humility, spoke to Brahmā: // 3  
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### [16.147.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.4)

kṛtaṃ bhavadbhirjānāti sthāpanaṃ vai yathā janaḥ ..  
tathā kuru suraśreṣṭha cihnamātmasamudbhavam .. 4 ..

> 'So that people know that the installation was made by you, / make an insignia born of yourself, O best among the gods.' // 4  
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### [16.147.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.5)

evaṃ śrutvā tadā brahmā dhyānaṃ kṛtvā tu niścalam ..  
āhvayatsarvatīrthāni puṣkarādīni sarvaśaḥ .. 5 ..

> Hearing this, Brahmā, having entered motionless meditation, / summoned all sacred fords from all around, beginning with Puṣkara. // 5  
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### [16.147.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.6)

svarge vai yāni tīrthāni tathaiva ca rasātale ..  
tapaḥsāmarthyayogena brahmaṇā ''karṣitāni ca ..  
atastasyaiva nāmnā tu brahmakuṇḍaṃ tu gīyate .. 6 ..

> Whatever sacred fords were in heaven, and likewise in the netherworld, / were drawn together by Brahmā through the power of his austerity; / therefore, by his name it is called Brahmakuṇḍa. // 6  
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### [16.147.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.7)

gaṇānāṃ ca sahasraistu caturdaśabhirīkṣyate ..  
ataścābhaktiyuktānāṃ duṣprāpyaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. 7 ..

> And it is guarded by fourteen thousand Gaṇas; / hence this excellent sacred ford is hard to attain for those devoid of devotion. // 7  
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### [16.147.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.8)

athābravītsarvadevānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. 8 ..

> Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, spoke to all the gods: // 8  
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### [16.147.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.9)

atra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ pitṝṃstarpayiṣyati ..  
agniṣṭomaphalaṃ sava lapsyate sa ca mānavaḥ ..  
tatprasādātsvargaloke vimānena cariṣyati .. 9 ..

> 'Having bathed in this pool, whichever person offers water to the ancestors, / that man will obtain the entire fruit of an Agniṣṭoma \[sacrifice\]; / by its grace, he will travel in an aerial chariot in heaven.' // 9  
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### [16.147.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.10)

godānaṃ cāśvadānaṃ ca tathā svarṇakamaṇḍalum ..  
dadyādviprāya viduṣe sarvapāpāpanuttaye .. 7.1.147.10 ..

> One should give the gift of a cow, the gift of a horse, and likewise a golden water pot / to a learned brahmin for the eradication of all sins. // 7.1.147.10  
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### [16.147.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.11)

paurṇamāsyāṃ mahādevi tathā ca pratipaddine ..  
sarvapāpavināśārthaṃ tatra snāti sarasvatī .. 11 ..

> On the full-moon day, O great goddess, and likewise on the first day of the fortnight, / Sarasvatī bathes there for the destruction of all sins. // 11  
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### [16.147.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.12)

siddhaṃ rasāyanaṃ devi tatra vai hyudakaṃ priye ..  
nānāvarṇasamāyuktamupadeśena siddhyati .. 12 ..

> The water there is indeed an accomplished elixir, O goddess, O dear one; / endowed with various colors, it is perfected through instruction. // 12  
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### [16.147.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.13)

dāridryaduḥkharukchokānmānavaḥ sevate katham ..  
brahmakuṇḍamanuprāpya kalpavṛkṣamivāparam .. .. 13 ..

> How can a man suffer from poverty, misery, disease, and grief, / having reached Brahmakuṇḍa, which is like another wishing tree? // 13  
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### [16.147.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.14)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
bhagavanvistarādbrūhi brahmakuṇḍamahodayam ..  
sarvaprāṇihitārthāya vistarādvada me prabho .. 14 ..

> The goddess said: / O Lord, tell in detail the great glory of Brahmakuṇḍa; / tell me in detail for the benefit of all living beings, O Lord. // 14  
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### [16.147.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.15)

brahmakuṃḍasya māhātmyaṃ śrotuṃ me kautukaṃ mahat..  
lokānāṃ duḥkhanāśāya dāridyakṣayahetave .. 15 ..

> Great is my curiosity to hear the māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa, / which serves to destroy the misery of the worlds and cause the cessation of poverty. // 15  
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### [16.147.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.16)

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ sarve duḥkhaśokanipīḍitāḥ ..  
bhramaṃti sakalaṃ janma rasāyanavimohitāḥ .. 16 ..

> O Lord, all human beings are afflicted by misery and grief; / they wander through their whole lives, deluded by \[false\] elixirs. // 16  
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### [16.147.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.17)

teṣāṃ hitāya me brūhi nirvāṇaṃ rasamuttamam ..  
ādāviha śarīraṃ tu akṣayyaṃ tu yathā bhavet .. 17 ..

> Tell me, for their benefit, of the supreme elixir that brings liberation, / so that the body here may first become imperishable, // 17  
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### [16.147.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.18)

aṣṭasiddhisamā yuktaṃ sarvavidyāsamanvitam ..  
kāmarūpaṃ kriyāyuktaṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitam .. 18 ..

> endowed with the eight perfections, equipped with all sciences, / capable of assuming any form at will, fit for ritual action, and free from all diseases. // 18  
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### [16.147.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.19)

tatastu paramaṃ deva nirvāṇaṃ yena vai labhet ..  
mānavaḥ kṛtakṛtyaśca jāyate ca yathā prabho .. 19 ..

> Then \[tell me\], O God, that whereby one may obtain supreme liberation, / and how a human being becomes one who has accomplished his duty, O Lord. // 19  
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### [16.147.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.20)

tathā kathaya me deva dayāṃ kṛtvā jagatprabho ..  
nirvāṇaparamaṃ kalpaṃ sarvabhrāṃtivivarjitam ..  
prasiddhaṃ sukhadaṃ divyaṃ samā cakṣva maheśvara .. 7.1.147.20 ..

> Speak to me thus, O God, taking pity, O Lord of the universe: / declare the supreme procedure for liberation, free from all confusion, / renowned, bestowing happiness, and divine, O Maheśvara. // 7.1.147.20  
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### [16.147.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.21)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
sādhusādhu mahādevi lokānāṃ hitakāriṇi ..  
martyaloke mahādevi tīrthaṃ(?) tīrthavaraṃ śubham .. .. 21 ..

> Īśvara said: / Excellent, excellent, O great goddess, benefactress of the worlds! / In the mortal world, O great goddess, is an auspicious, excellent sacred ford among sacred fords: // 21  
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### [16.147.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.22)

prabhāsaṃ paramaṃ khyātaṃ tacca dvādaśayojanam ..  
tatra someśvaro devastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 22 ..

> the exceedingly renowned Prabhāsa, measuring twelve yojanas. / There dwells the god Someśvara, famous throughout the three worlds. // 22  
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### [16.147.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.23)

tasya pūrve samākhyātaḥ śrīkṛṣṇo daityasūdanaḥ ..  
caṇḍikā yoginī tatra sakhībhiḥ parivāritā .. 23 ..

> To its east is proclaimed Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of Daityas; / Caṇḍikā Yoginī is there, surrounded by her female companions. // 23  
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### [16.147.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.24)

tataḥ pūrve diśāṃ bhāge caturvaktreṇa nirmitam ..  
tīrthāttīrthaṃ varaṃ divyaṃ sarvāścaryamayaṃ śubham .. 24 ..

> To the east of that is \[the sacred ford\] fashioned by the Four-faced One \[Brahmā\], / a divine, auspicious, excellent sacred ford among sacred fords, full of all wonders, // 24  
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### [16.147.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.25)

sevitaṃ sarvadevaistu siddhaiḥ sādhyairgrahaistathā ..  
apsaromunibhirdivyairyakṣaiśca pannagaiḥ sadā .. 25 ..

> frequented by all the gods, by siddhas, sādhyas, and planets, / and constantly by divine apsarases, sages, yakṣas, and serpents. // 25  
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### [16.147.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.26)

siddhyarthaṃ sarvakāmārthaṃ divyabhogāvahaṃ śubham ..  
brahmakuṇḍamiti khyātaṃ brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ yataḥ .. 26 ..

> Bestowing divine enjoyment, auspicious, for the attainment of perfection and all desires, / it is known as Brahmakuṇḍa, since it was fashioned by Brahmā. // 26  
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### [16.147.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.27)

tasya vāyavyakoṇe tu hira ṇyeśaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ ..  
tamārādhya mahādevaṃ hiraṇyeśvaramuttamam .. 27 ..

> In its northwestern corner Hiraṇyeśa himself resides. / Having worshipped that great god, the excellent Hiraṇyeśvara, // 27  
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### [16.147.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.28)

mahāmantraṃ japetkṣipraṃ daśāṃśaṃ homayetsudhīḥ ..  
homena siddhyate mantraḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ varānane .. 28 ..

> the wise one should swiftly mutter the great mantra and offer a tenth part in fire. / The mantra is perfected through the fire offering; truly, truly, O lovely-faced one! // 28  
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### [16.147.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.29)

tasyottare tu digbhāge kiñcidīśānamāśritaḥ ..  
caturvaktro mahādevi kṣetrapo liṃgarūpadhṛk .. 29 ..

> In its northern direction, situated somewhat towards the northeast, / is the four-faced guardian of the field, O great goddess, bearing the form of a liṅga. // 29  
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### [16.147.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.30)

tatsthānaṃ rakṣate devi liṃgarūpeṇa śaṃkaraḥ ..  
tamārādhya prayatnena tataḥ kuṇḍaṃ samāśrayet .. 7.1.147.30 ..

> Śaṃkara protects that site in the form of a liṅga, O goddess. / Having worshipped him with effort, one should then resort to the kuṇḍa. // 7.1.147.30  
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### [16.147.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.31)

sarvaiśvaryamayaṃ devi nānāvarṇavicitritam ..  
kuṇḍasyāsyeśadigbhāge bhairaveśvaramuttamam .. 31 ..

> It contains all sovereign powers, O goddess, and is variegated with various colors. / In the northeastern quarter of the mouth of the pool is the excellent Bhairaveśvara. // 31  
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### [16.147.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.32)

durgandhā bhāsurā devi vahate rasarūpiṇī ..  
tasyā rasena saṃyuktaṃ pṛthagvarṇaṃ hi karburam .. 32 ..

> A foul-smelling, radiant \[stream\], O goddess, flows in the form of an elixir; / mingled with its juice, it is of distinct colors and variegated. // 32  
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### [16.147.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.33)

meghavarṇaṃ mahādivyaṃ rājataṃ ca punaḥ śubham ..  
kapilaṃ dugdhavarṇaṃ ca karpūrābhaṃ suśobhanam .. 33 ..

> Cloud-colored, greatly divine, and again an auspicious silvery hue, / tawny, milk-colored, and having the beautiful appearance of camphor; // 33  
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### [16.147.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.34)

kadā kastūrikābhāsaṃ kuṃkumacchavikāvaham ..  
saugandhaṃ caṃdanopetaṃ kadācidraudhi rodakam .. 34 ..

> sometimes resembling musk, bestowing the luster of saffron, / fragrant, endowed with sandalwood, and sometimes having blood-red water. // 34  
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### [16.147.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.35)

ete rasāśca vividhā dṛśyaṃte tatra sarvadā ..  
yasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ siddhyate tasya tatkṣaṇāt .. 35 ..

> These various essences are seen there at all times; / to one with whom the Great God is pleased, it is perfected in an instant. // 35  
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### [16.147.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.36)

rajataṃ kṣipyate tatra suvarṇa miva jāyate ..  
pratyakṣameva tatraiva rasāyanamanuttamam .. 36 ..

> Silver is cast therein, and it becomes like gold. / Directly visible right there is the unexcelled elixir. // 36  
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### [16.147.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.37)

paśyaṃti mānavā devi kautukaṃ tatkṣaṇādbhṛśam ..  
rasaṃ hi paramaṃ divyaṃ tatrasthaṃ ca kalau yuge .. 37 ..

> Men behold the wonder instantly and intensely, O goddess: / the supreme, divine elixir situated there in the Kali age, // 37  
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### [16.147.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.38)

siddhaṃ siddharasaṃ puṃsāṃ vyādhīnāṃ kṣayakārakam ..  
hemabījamayaṃ divyaṃ brahmakuṇḍodbhavaṃ mahat .. 38 ..

> an accomplished, proven elixir that destroys diseases in men, / consisting of golden seed, divine, great, born of Brahmakuṇḍa. // 38  
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### [16.147.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.39)

idānīṃ te pravakṣyāmi manuṣyāṇāṃ hitāya vai ..  
dāridryaṃ kṣayamāpnoti tatkṣaṇācca yaśasvini .. 39 ..

> Now I will declare to you \[the method\] for the benefit of human beings, / by which poverty meets its destruction in an instant, O glorious one. // 39  
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### [16.147.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.40)

ādāveva prakurvanti tāmrakumbhaṃ dṛḍhaṃ śubham ..  
tīrthodakaṃ kṣipettatra patraistāmrastathā yutam .. 7.1.147.40 ..

> First of all, they prepare a strong, auspicious copper vessel; / one should pour the sacred water therein, together with copper leaves. // 7.1.147.40  
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### [16.147.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.41)

nikṣipya bhūmau tatkumbhaṃ jvālayedanalaṃ tataḥ ..  
cuhlīrūpeṇa ṣaṇmāsaṃ pācayettaṃ śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 41 ..

> Placing that pot on the ground, one should then kindle a fire; / by means of an oven one should cook it slowly for six months. // 41  
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### [16.147.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.42)

paścāduddhṛtya taṃ kumbhaṃ punareva jalaṃ kṣipet ..  
māsamekaṃ punaḥ kuryānmāsamekaṃ punarbhṛśam ..42..

> Afterwards, lifting that pot, one should pour water once again; / one should do it again for one month, and repeatedly for another month. // 42  
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### [16.147.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.43)

tataḥ sarvāṇi khaṇḍāni ekīkṛtya prayatnataḥ ..  
punarevodakenaiva plāvya cāvartayetpunaḥ .. ..43..

> Then, having gathered all the pieces together with effort, / inundating them again with water, one should stir them once more. // 43  
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### [16.147.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.44)

kāṃcanaṃ jāyate tatra yadi tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ ..44..

> Gold is produced there if Maheśvara is pleased. // 44  
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### [16.147.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.45)

siddhiṃ śarīrajāṃ devi yadīcchenmānavottamaḥ ..  
sa snānamāditaḥ kṛtvā saṃvatsaratrayaṃ punaḥ .. .. 45 ..

> If the best of men desires bodily perfection, O goddess, / he should first perform ritual ablution, and then for three years, // 45  
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### [16.147.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.46)

maunena niyamenaiva mahāmaṃtrajapānvitaḥ ..  
pūjayecca hiraṇyeśaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ prayatnataḥ ..46..

> observing silence and restraint, engaged in muttering the great mantra, / he should diligently worship Hiraṇyeśa, the guardian of the field, // 46  
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### [16.147.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.47)

paṃcopacārasaṃyuktaṃ dhyānadhāraṇasaṃyutam ..  
tīrthodakena pākaṃ vai peyaṃ tadvadudumbare ..47..

> with the five forms of worship, accompanied by meditation and concentration. / Cooking \[his food\] with the water of the sacred ford, his drink likewise \[taken\] in an udumbara vessel, // 47  
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### [16.147.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.48)

evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva divyadehaḥ prajāyate ..  
tejasvī valavānprājñaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ ..48 ..

> in this way, within just three years a divine body is produced: / radiant, strong, wise, and free from all diseases. // 48  
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### [16.147.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.49)

jīvedvarṣeśatānyeva trīṇi duḥkhavivarjitaḥ ..  
varṣatrayamavicchinnaṃ yastatra snānamācaret ..49..

> He lives for three hundred years free from sorrow, / whoever performs ritual ablution there continuously for three years. // 49  
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### [16.147.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.50)

vāgīśvarīṃ japennityaṃ pūjāhomasamanvitaḥ ..  
tasya pravartate vāṇī siddhiḥ sārasvatī bhavet ..7.1.147.50..

> He should constantly mutter \[the mantra of\] Vāgīśvarī, accompanied by worship and fire offering; / his speech flows forth, and his perfection becomes sārasvata. // 7.1.147.50  
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### [16.147.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.51)

saṃskṛtaṃ prākṛtaṃ caivāpabhraṃśaṃ bhūtabhāṣitam ..  
gāṃgasrotaḥpravāheṇa udgiredgiramātmavān ..  
aśrāntāṃ ca varārohe hyavicchinnāṃ ca saṃtatam ..51..

> Sanskrit, Prākrit, Apabhraṃśa, and the dialect of spirits— / like the torrent of the Gaṅgā's stream, the self-controlled man pours forth speech / that is untiring, O woman of beautiful hips, uninterrupted and continuous. // 51  
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### [16.147.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.52)

vadedvādisahasraistu na śramastasya jāyate ..  
tīrthasyāsya prabhāveṇa sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ .. 52 ..

> He may debate with a thousand disputants and no fatigue arises in him; / by the power of this sacred ford, \[men become\] skilled in all the scriptures. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.53)

paṃḍitā garvitāḥ sarve tarkaśāstraviśāradāḥ ..  
āgacchanti samaṃ tāta vidyayoddhatakandharāḥ ..  
na śaknuvaṃti te vaktuṃ draṣṭuṃ vaktramapi priye .. 53 ..

> Scholars, all proud, experts in the science of logic, / arrive together, dear one, their necks held high with learning; / \[yet\] they are not able to speak, nor even to look upon his face, beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.54)

vādināṃ ca sahasrāṇi bhanaktyevaṃ nirīkṣaṇāt .. 54 ..

> And he breaks thousands of disputants merely with a glance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.55)

udvāhayati śāstrāṇi vibuddhārthāni satvaram ..  
vimalaṃ pāñcarātraṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ śaivameva ca .. 55 ..

> He readily explains the scriptures with their meanings fully awakened— / the spotless Pāñcarātra, the Vaiṣṇava, and the Śaiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.56)

itihāsapurāṇaṃ ca bhūtataṃtraṃ ca gāruḍam ..  
bhairavaṃ ca mahātaṃtraṃ kulamārgaṃ dvidhā priye .. 56 ..

> the epics and Purāṇas, the Bhūtatantra, the Gāruḍa, / the Bhairava, the Mahātantra, and the two branches of the Kula path, beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.57)

rathapravaravegena vāṇī cāskhalitā bhavet ..  
naśyaṃti vādinaḥ sarve garuḍasyeva pannagāḥ .. 57 ..

> His speech flows unhindered with the speed of an excellent chariot; / all disputants perish like serpents before Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.58)

na dāridryaṃ na rogaśca na duḥkhaṃ mānasaṃ punaḥ ..  
rājamānyo mahāmānī bhavedbrahmaprasādataḥ .. 58 ..

> There is no poverty, no disease, nor mental sorrow for him; / honoured by kings, highly respected, he becomes \[so\] by the grace of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.59)

utsāhabalasaṃyukto devavajjīvate sudhīḥ ..  
dātā bhoktā ca vāggmī ca tīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ .. 59 ..

> Endowed with enthusiasm and strength, the wise man lives like a god, / a generous giver, an enjoyer, and eloquent, through the grace of this sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.60)

tailābhyaktasya yattejo jāyate manujeṣu ca ..  
snātamātre tathā tejastīrthasyaiva prasādataḥ .. 7.1.147.60 ..

> Whatever splendour appears in men who are anointed with oil, / just so does splendour arise merely upon bathing, through the grace of this very sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.61)

yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām ..  
mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam ..  
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca .. 61 ..

> Whatever sin a creature commits—slander and ungratefulness, / whatever sin is in betraying a friend, and whatever sin in adultery— / all of that is dissolved for one devoted to bathing in the pool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.62)

muśalaṃ laṅghayed yastu yo gāstyajati vai dvijaḥ ..  
tatpāpaṃ kṣayamāpnoti brahmakuṇḍasya darśanāt .. 62 ..

> Whoever steps over a pestle, or whichsoever twice-born abandons cows— / that sin meets destruction from the darśana of Brahmakuṇḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.63)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni daivatāni tathā punaḥ ..  
pūjitāni ca sarvāṇi kuṇḍasnānaprabhāvataḥ .. 63 ..

> Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, and likewise all the deities— / all of them are worshipped through the power of bathing in the pool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.64)

saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ darśanātkṣayamāvrajet .. 64 ..

> The sin acquired across seven lifetimes departs into destruction from its darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.65)

yatpāpaṃ gurugoghne ca parasvaharaṇeṣu ca ..  
tatpāpaṃ kṣayamāpnoti brahmakuṇḍaniṣevaṇāt .. 65 ..

> Whatever sin is incurred in killing a guru or a cow, and in seizing the property of others— / that sin meets destruction from serving Brahmakuṇḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.66)

pradakṣiṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātsnātvā kuṇḍasya nāmataḥ ..  
saṃkhyayā paṃcadaśa vai śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam .. 66 ..

> And whoever, having bathed, circumambulates the pool by name / fifteen in number—hear the fruit of that too!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.67)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasundharā ..  
saptapātālasahitā tīrthakoṭibhirāvṛtā .. 67 ..

> By him has been circumambulated the earth with its seven continents, / together with the seven netherworlds, surrounded by millions of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.68)

āhāramātraṃ yo dadyāttatra vedavidāṃ vare ..  
lakṣabhojyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 68 ..

> Whoever gives mere food there to the best among the knowers of the Veda— / feeding a hundred thousand has been accomplished by him through the power of this sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.69)

brahmeśvaraṃ ca saṃpūjya hiraṇyeśvaramuttamam ..  
kṣetrapālaṃ caturvaktraṃ pūjayeccintitaṃ labhet .. 69 ..

> And having worshipped Brahmeśvara, and the supreme Hiraṇyeśvara, / one should worship the four-faced guardian of the sacred field; one obtains what is desired.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.70)

ekaviṃśatkulai ryuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ ..  
brahmalokaṃ sa vai yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 7.1.147.70 ..

> Accompanied by twenty-one generations of his family, freed from all sin, / he indeed goes to the realm of Brahmā; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.71)

viraṃcikuṇḍe snātvā vā yo japedvedamātaram ..  
lakṣajāpyavidhānena sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 71 ..

> Or having bathed in Virañcikuṇḍa, whoever mutters the Mother of the Vedas / according to the ritual of muttering it a hundred thousand times, becomes freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.72)

sa eva puṇyakarttā ca sa eva puruṣottamaḥ ..  
yātrā tatra kṛtā yena brahmakuṇḍe varānane .. 72 ..

> He alone is the performer of meritorious deeds, he alone is the best of men, / by whom a pilgrimage has been made there to Brahmakuṇḍa, O fair-faced one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.73)

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām ..  
brahmakuṇḍaṃ samāśritya brahmadevamupāsate .. 73 ..

> Eighty-eight thousand seers with sublimated vital seed, / having resorted to Brahmakuṇḍa, worship the god Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.74)

tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni trailokye sacarācare ..  
yāvadbrahmeśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ na paśyanti narāḥ priye .. 74 ..

> The sacred fords in the three worlds, with moving and unmoving beings, roar only so long / as men do not see the sacred ford Brahmeśvara, beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.75)

brahmakuṇḍe ca pānīyaṃ ye pibanti narāḥ sakṛt ..  
na teṣāṃ saṃkrametpāpaṃ vācikaṃ mānasaṃ tanau .. 75 ..

> And the men who drink water at Brahmakuṇḍa even once— / sin of speech or mind does not enter into their body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.76)

brahmāṃḍottaramadhye tu yāni tīrthāni saṃti vai ..  
teṣāṃ puṇyamavāpnoti brahmakuṇḍe pradakṣiṇāt .. 76 ..

> Whatever sacred fords exist in the northern center of the cosmic egg— / one attains their merit from circumambulating Brahmakuṇḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.77)

yājñavalkyo mahātmā ca parabrahmasvarūpavān ..  
so'pi kuṃḍaṃ na muṃceta nikuṃ bhastu gaṇastathā .. 77 ..

> Even the great-souled Yājñavalkya, embodying the Supreme Brahman, / does not leave the pool, nor does the gaṇa Nikuṃbha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.78)

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ brahmakuṇḍajam ..  
tava snehena deveśi kimanyatparipṛcchasi .. 78 ..

> Thus the māhātmya originating from Brahmakuṇḍa has been spoken in brief. / Out of affection for you, O queen of gods, what else do you ask?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.79)

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyaḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ ..  
sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairbrahmalokaṃ ca gacchati .. 79 ..

> Whichsoever mortal hears this, fully endowed with faith, / freed from all sins, he goes to the realm of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.147.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.147.147)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 147 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the one hundred forty-seventh chapter, named the Description of the Māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa, in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.147.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.3.p10.12) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p64) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p64) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit

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