[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) › 16.152 # Skandapurana 16.152 Skandapurāṇa 16.152 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.152.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.1) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tṛtīyo bhairavaḥ proktaścaturthaṃ bhairavaṃ śṛṇu .. brahmeśātpaścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / The third Bhairava has been declared; hear about the fourth Bhairava, / situated three bow-lengths to the western side of Brahmeśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarva kāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. nāradeśvaranāmānaṃ sthāpitaṃ nāradena vai .. 2 .. > which pacifies all sins and grants all desires to human beings, / named Nāradeśvara, established indeed by Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.3) brahmaloke sthitaḥ pūrvaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ .. tatra dṛṣṭvā mahāvīṇāṃ divyāṃ taṃtryayutai ryutām .. 3 .. > Formerly, the venerable seer Nārada stayed in the world of Brahmā; / seeing there a great, divine lute provided with ten thousand strings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.4) sarasvatyā vinirmuktāṃ brahmaloke mahāprabhām .. tenāsau kautukāviṣṭo vādayāmāsa tāṃ tadā .. 4 .. > left behind by Sarasvatī in the world of Brahmā, possessing great brilliance, / he, seized by curiosity, played it then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.5) taṃtrībhyo vādyamānābhyo brāhmaṇāḥ patitā bhuvi .. sapta svarāste vikhyātā mūrcchitāḥ ṣaḍjakādayaḥ .. 5 .. > As the strings were being played, brahmins fell to the earth; / they were the seven renowned musical notes beginning with ṣaḍja, fallen unconscious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.6) tāndṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭo muktvā vīṇāṃ prayatnataḥ .. papraccha devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kimidaṃ kautukaṃ vibho .. 6 .. > Filled with astonishment upon seeing them, carefully releasing the lute, / he asked the god Brahmā: "O lord, what is this strange event? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.7) vādyamānāsu tantrīṣu patitā brāhmaṇā bhuvi .. ka ete brāhmaṇā deva kiṃ mṛtā iva śerate .. 7 .. > When the strings were being played, brahmins fell to the earth. / Who are these brahmins, O god, and why do they lie as if dead?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.8) .. brahmovāca .. .. ete svarā mahābhāga mūrcchitāḥ patitā bhuvi .. ajñānavādanenaiva pāpaṃ jātaṃ tavādhunā .. 8 .. > Brahmā said: / These musical notes, O fortunate one, have fallen unconscious to the earth; / on account of playing in ignorance, sin has now been incurred by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.9) saptabrāhmaṇavidhvaṃsapātakaṃ te samā gatam .. tasmācchīghraṃ vraja mune prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. 9 .. > The sin of ruining seven brahmins has overtaken you; / therefore, go quickly, O sage, to the excellent sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.10) samārādhaya deveśaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye .. ityukto nāradastatra saṃtapya ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 7.1.152.10 .. > Worship the lord of the gods for the purification from all sins. / Addressed thus, Nārada, grieving there again and again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.11) kṛtvā viṣādaṃ bahuśaḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ .. tatraiva brahmakuṇḍaṃ tu samāsādya prayatnataḥ .. 11 .. > lamenting intensely, came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa; / and diligently approaching the Brahmakuṇḍa right there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.12) bhairavaṃ pūjayāmāsa divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye .. tato niṣkalmaṣo bhūtvā gītajñaścābhavattathā .. 12 .. > he worshipped Bhairava for a hundred divine years, O beloved; / then he became free of taint, and likewise an expert in song. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.13) tataḥ prabhṛti talliṃgaṃ nāradeśvarabhairavam .. khyātaṃ loke mahādevi sarvapātakanāśanam .. 13 .. > From that time forth, that liṅga became known in the world, O great goddess, / as Nāradeśvarabhairava, the destroyer of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.14) ajñānādvādayedyastu vīṇāṃ caiva tathā svarān .. sa tatpātakaśuddhyarthaṃ tatra gacchenmaheśvari .. 14 .. > He who out of ignorance plays the lute and the musical notes, / should go there for purification from that sin, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.15) māghe māsi jitāhārastrikālaṃ yo'rcayettataḥ .. nāradeśaṃ bhairavaṃ sa svargarāmāmanoharaḥ .. 15 .. > He who, having conquered his food, worships Nāradeśa-bhairava / at the three times of day in the month of Māgha, captivates the women of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.152.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152.152) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmye nāradeśvarabhairavamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 152 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred fifty-second chapter, entitled "The Description of the Māhātmya of Nāradeśvarabhairava" in the Māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa, in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, the first \[part\] in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.152.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.152) · Pramāṇa