[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) › 16.148 # Skandapurana 16.148 Skandapurāṇa 16.148 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.148.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kūpaṃ kuṃḍalasaṃbhavam .. tasyaiva cottare bhāge brahmakuṇḍasamīpataḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the well arisen from the earring, / on the northern side of that very \[place\], near Brahmakuṇḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.2) yatra siddho mahādevi rūpakuṃḍalahārakaḥ .. tatra snātvā naro devi mucyetsteyakṛtādaghāt .. 2 .. > where the stealer of the beautiful earring attained perfection, O great goddess. / Having bathed there, O goddess, a man is freed from the sin committed by theft. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.3) sapta janmāni deveśi na tasyānvayasaṃbhavaḥ .. cauraḥ kaścidbhavetkrūrastatra snānaprabhāvataḥ .. 3 .. > For seven births, O queen of gods, there is no arising in his lineage / of any cruel thief, through the power of bathing there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.4) śivarātryāṃ viśeṣeṇa piṃḍadānādikāṃ kriyām .. kuryācchastrahatānāṃ ca pāpināṃ tatra muktaye .. 4 .. > Especially on Śivarātri, one should perform the rite of offering funeral cakes and the like / there for the liberation of sinners and those slain by weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.5) .. devyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ kuṇḍalarūpaṃ tu pṛthivyāṃ khyātimāgatam .. etatkathaya me deva vistarādvadatāṃ vara .. 5 .. > The goddess said: / How did the form of the earring come to fame on earth? / Tell me this in detail, O god, best of speakers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi mahāpuṇyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm .. yāṃ śrutvā mucyate pāpānnaro janmaśatārjitāt .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / Hear, O goddess, the highly meritorious story that destroys sin, / hearing which a man is freed from sin acquired across a hundred births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.7) prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyācchivarātryāmupoṣitaḥ .. āsītsudarśano rājā pṛthivyāmekarāṭ sudhīḥ . .. 7 .. > On account of the māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, having fasted on Śivarātri, / there was a wise king, Sudarśana, the sole monarch on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.8) dhanyo hi sa dhanāḍhyaśca prajāṃ yatnairapālayat .. rājyaṃ tasya susaṃpannaṃ brāhmaṇairupaśobhitam .. samṛddhamṛddhisaṃyuktaṃ viṭataskaravarjitam .. 8 .. > He was indeed fortunate and wealthy, and he protected the subjects with care. / His kingdom was highly prosperous, adorned with brahmins, / opulent, endowed with prosperity, free from scoundrels and thieves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.9) tasmiñjanapade ramye purī bhagavatī śubhā .. cāturvarṇyasamāyuktā puraprākāramaṃḍitā .. 9 .. > In that delightful country was the auspicious, blessed city, / furnished with the four castes and adorned with city walls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.10) tasminpuravare ramye rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam .. karoti bāndhavaiḥ sārddhamṛddhiyuktaḥ sudarśanaḥ .. hiraṇyadattasya suto jāto gāṃdhārakanyayā .. 7.1.148.10 .. > In that delightful, excellent city, Sudarśana, endowed with prosperity, / together with his kinsmen, ruled the kingdom free of thorns, / he who was the son of Hiraṇyadatta, born of a Gāndhāra girl. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.11) tasya bhāryā priyā sādhvī bhartṛvrataparāyaṇā .. sunaṃdā nāmavikhyātā kāśirājasutā śubhā .. 11 .. > His beloved wife was virtuous, devoted to her husband's vows, / the auspicious daughter of the king of Kāśi, renowned by the name Sunandā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.12) tayā sārdhaṃ hi rājendro bhogānsa bubhuje sadā .. bhuṃjamānasya bhogānvai cirakālo gatastadā ..12.. > With her indeed the king of kings constantly enjoyed pleasures. / While he was enjoying pleasures, a long time passed then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.13) akarotsa mahāyajñāndadau dānāni bhūriśaḥ .. evaṃ kālo gatastasya bhāryayā saha suvrate .. 13 .. > He performed great sacrifices and gave abundant gifts. / In this way his time passed along with his wife, O lady of good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.14) kadācinmāghamāse tu śivarātryāṃ varānane .. sasmāra pūrvajātiṃ sa bhāryāmāhūya cābravīt .. 14 .. > Once, during the month of Māgha, on Śivarātri, O fair-faced one, / he remembered his previous birth, and having summoned his wife, he spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.15) .. sudarśana uvāca .. .. śivarātrivrataṃ devi mayā kāryaṃ varānane .. vratasyāsya prabhāvena prāptaṃ rājyaṃ mayā kila .. 15 .. > Sudarśana said: > O goddess, O fair-faced lady, the Śivarātri vow must be performed by me. / Truly, through the power of this vow, kingdom was obtained by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.16) ..rājñyuvāca .. .. mahānprabhāvo rājendra evamuktaṃ tvayā mama .. etanme kāraṇaṃ brūhi āścaryaṃ hṛdi vartate .. 16.. .. > The queen said: > Great is its power, O lord of kings! Thus it has been spoken to me by you. / Tell me the reason for this; wonder dwells in my heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.17) .. rājovāca .. .. śṛṇu tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śivarātrimupoṣaṇāt .. tasmiñchivapure ramye svargadvāre suśobhane..17.. > The king said: > Hear the māhātmya of the sacred ford, from fasting on Śivarātri, / in that delightful Śivapura, the exceedingly beautiful gateway to heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.18) āditīrthe prabhāse tu kāmike tīrtha uttame .. 18.. > in Prabhāsa, the primeval sacred ford, the supreme, wish-granting sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.19) ṛddhiyukte pure tasminnityaṃ dharmānusevite .. śivarātryāṃ gato rājñi tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ .. 19.. > In that prosperous city constantly attended by dharma, / \[I\] went on Śivarātri, O queen, the highest lunar day among lunar days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.20) mānavāstatra ye kecitpurarāṣṭrani vāsinaḥ.. tatrāgatā varārohe śivarātryāmupoṣitum .. 7.1.148.20 .. > Whatever mortals dwelt in the city and realm there, / they came there, O lady of fair hips, to fast on Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.21) dhananāmā vaṇikkaścittatraiva vasate sadā .. dhanāḍhyaḥ sa tu dharmātmā sadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ .. ..21 .. > A certain merchant named Dhana always lived right there; / rich in wealth, he was righteous-minded, always devoted to dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.22) sa bhāryāsahitastatra śivarātrimupoṣitaḥ .. tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī rūpayauvanasaṃvṛtā .. 22 .. > Together with his wife, he fasted there on Śivarātri. / His wife was a virtuous woman, endowed with beauty and youth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.23) pracalanmekhalāhārā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .. sa tayā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ ..23.. > with a trembling girdle and necklace, adorned with all ornaments. / Together with that wife, free from passion and wrath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.24) prabhāsasyāgrato bhūtvā snātaḥ śuklāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ .. yathoktena vidhānena bhaktyā nidrāvivarjitaḥ ..24.. > having stepped before Prabhāsa, bathed, clad in white, purified, / according to the prescribed rule, he remained devoid of sleep through devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.25) tatrāhaṃ caurarūpeṇa pāpaḥ stainyaṃ samāśritaḥ .. sacchūdrāṇāṃ kule jāto devabrāhmaṇapūjakaḥ .. 25 .. > There was I, in the form of a thief, a sinner addicted to theft; / born into a family of good Śūdras, a worshipper of gods and brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.26) pūrvakarmānusaṃyogādvikarmaṇi rataḥ sadā .. tasyāṃ rātryāmahaṃ tatra janamadhye tu saṃsthitaḥ .. 26 .. > yet always attached to unlawful action owing to the connection of past karma. / On that night, I was stationed there in the midst of the crowd, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.27) kuṇḍalīnaḥ sthitastatra raṃdhrāpekṣī varānane .. vaṇijastasya bhāryāyāśchidrānveṣaṇatatparaḥ .. 27 .. > lying coiled up there, watching for an opening, O fair-faced lady, / intent on seeking a weak moment in that merchant's wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.28) sā rātrirjāgratastasya gatā me vijane tathā .. gītanṛtyādinirghoṣairvedamaṃgalapāṭakaiḥ .. 28 .. > While he remained awake, that night passed for me in that lonely spot, / amidst the sounds of song, dance, and other arts, and reciters of Vedic blessings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.29) tālaśabdaistathā bandhaiḥ pustakānāṃ ca vācakaiḥ .. evaṃ rātryāṃ tu śeṣāyāṃ yāvattiṣṭhati tatra vai .. 29 .. > with the clapping of hands, poetic compositions, and readers of sacred texts. / As the remainder of the night lingered thus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.30) nirodhena samāyuktā pīḍyamānā śucismitā .. dhanibhāryā nirodhārtā devāgārādbahirgatā .. 7.1.148.30 .. > afflicted by the urge \[to relieve herself\], distressed, that sweet-smiling woman, / the wealthy man's wife, tormented by the urge, went outside the temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.31) tasyāḥ karṇau troṭayitvā pupluve'haṃ jale sthitaḥ .. tataḥ kolāhalastatra kṛtastatpuravāsibhiḥ .. 31 .. > Tearing off her two earrings, I leapt and stood in the water. / Thereupon, a great clamour was raised by the inhabitants of the city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.32) śrutvā kolāhalaṃ śabdaṃ karṇatroṭanajaṃ tadā .. dhāvitā rakṣakāstatra rājaśāsanakārakāḥ .. 32 .. > Hearing the clamorous sound caused by the tearing of the ear\[rings\], / the guards, enforcing the king's command, ran there at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.33) tairahaṃ śastrahastaiśca ulkāhastaiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. nirīkṣito'tha na prāptaṃ suvarṇaṃ manmukhe sthitam .. .. 33 .. > By them, weapons in hand and torches in hand all around, / I was watched closely, but the gold kept in my mouth was not recovered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.34) khaḍgena tīkṣṇadhāreṇa chittvā śīrṣaṃ tadā mama .. ulkāhastā nirīkṣanto nāpaśyansvarṇamaṇvapi .. 34 .. > Having then severed my head with a sharp-edged sword, / looking with torches in hand, they could not see even a particle of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.35) hitvā māṃ te gatāḥ sarve gatvā rājñe nyavedayan .. na kiñcittatra saṃprāptaṃ hato'smābhiśca tatkṣaṇāt .. 35 .. > Leaving me, they all departed, and having gone, they reported to the king: / 'Nothing was found there, and he was slain by us instantly.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.36) kathayitvā tu te sarve yathādeśaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ .. tato vai bandhunā tatra bhayabhītena cetasā .. 36 .. > Having reported \[this\], they all went back to their respective places. / Then indeed, by a relative there, with a mind stricken with fear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.37) nikhātaṃ mama tatraiva śiraḥ kāyena saṃyutam .. khātaṃ kṛtvā priye tatra brahmatīrthasya cottare .. 37 .. > my head, together with my body, was buried right there; / having made a pit there, my dear, to the north of Brahmatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.38) pihito'haṃ tu tatraiva prabhāse tīrtha uttame .. śivarātriprabhāvena tajjātismaratāṃ gataḥ .. 38 .. > I was concealed right there in Prabhāsa, the supreme sacred ford. / By the power of Śivarātri, I attained remembrance of that \[past\] birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.39) rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ prāptaṃ samṛddhaṃ varavarṇini .. etatprabhāsamāhātmyaṃ śivarātrerupoṣaṇāt .. etatphalaṃ mayā labdhaṃ gatvā tasmādupoṣaye .. 39 .. > A kingdom free of thorns, prosperous, has been obtained, O lady of fair complexion. / This is the māhātmya of Prabhāsa from the fasting on Śivarātri; / this fruit was obtained by me; therefore, having gone, I shall fast \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.40) .. rājñyuvāca .. .. gacchāvastatra yatraiva kapālaṃ patitaṃ tava .. sphoṭite ca kapāle ca hiraṇyaṃ dṛśyate yadi .. pratyayo me bhavetpaścāttava vākyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 7.1.148.40 .. > The queen said: > Let the two of us go right to that place where your skull fell. / And if gold is seen when the skull is broken open, / then I shall have firm conviction; your statement \[will be\] beyond doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.41) .. rājovāca .. .. kalpaṃ hi tiṣṭhate cāsthi yāvadbhūmiviparyayaḥ .. uttiṣṭha vraja bhadraṃ te prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. 41 .. > The king said: > For a bone endures for an aeon, until the dissolution of the earth. / Arise, go! May good befall you, to Prabhāsa, the supreme sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.42) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā yadrājñā samudīritam .. gamanāya matiṃ cakre śivarātryā upoṣaṇe .. 42 .. > Hearing that speech of his which was uttered by the king, / she set her mind upon going, for the fasting on Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.43) tato'śvairjavanaiyurktaṃ rathaṃ hemavibhūṣitam .. āsthāya saha patnyā ca prabhāsaṃ kṣetrameyivān .. 43 .. > Then, having mounted a chariot adorned with gold and yoked with swift horses, / along with his wife he went to the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.44) vrataṃ kṛtvā prabhāse tu yathoktaṃ varavarṇini .. brahmatīrthe samāgatya uddhṛtya sakalaṃ tataḥ ..44.. > Having observed the vow in Prabhāsa according to rule, O lady of fair complexion, / having arrived at Brahmatīrtha and then raised up the whole \[corpse\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.45) hiraṇyaṃ darśayāmāsa sphoṭayitvā śavaṃ svayam .. 45 .. > having broken open the corpse himself, he showed her the gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.46) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. jātasaṃpratyayā bhāryā tasya rājño babhūva ha .. jagāma paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra kalyāṇamuttamam .. 46 .. > Īśvara said: > Full conviction arose in the wife of that king. / She went to the supreme abode where the highest auspiciousness resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.47) jano'pi vismitaḥ sarvo dṛṣṭvā citraṃ tadadbhutam .. .. 47 .. > All the people also were astonished, having seen that wondrous marvel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.48) nadī citrapathānāma tatrotpannā varānane .. citrādityasya pūrveṇa brahmatīrthasya cottare .. 48 .. > A river named Citrapathā arose there, O fair-faced lady, / to the east of Citrāditya and to the north of Brahmatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.49) tasyāṃ tattiṣṭhate tatra sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. .. 49 .. > In it \[that well\] remains there, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.50) śrāvaṇe māsi saṃprāpte tasminkūpe vidhānataḥ .. yaḥ snānaṃ kurute devi śrāddhaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ .. 7.1.148.50 .. > When the month of Śrāvaṇa has arrived, in that well, according to the rule, / whoever performs a bath, O goddess, and especially a śrāddha there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.51) citrādityaṃ tu saṃpūjya śivaloke mahīyate .. 51 .. > having worshipped Citrāditya, is honoured in the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.52) etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śivarātryā mahatphalam .. bhuktimuktipradaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 52 .. > All this has been told to you: the great fruit of Śivarātri, / bestowing enjoyment and liberation, meritorious, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.53) ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādvāpi mānavaḥ .. sarvapāpavinirmukto rudraloke mahīyate .. 53 .. > Whatever mortal recites this daily or even hears it, / completely freed from all sins, is honoured in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.148.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.148.148) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye kuṇḍalakūpamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭācatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 148 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kuṇḍalakūpa', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - 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