[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) › 16.153 # Skandapurana 16.153 Skandapurāṇa 16.153 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.153.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyeśvaramuttamam .. brahmakuṇḍasya vāyavye dhanuṣāṃ dvitaye sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Hiraṇyeśvara, / situated two bow-lengths to the north-west of Brahmakuṇḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam .. kṛtasmarācca parato hyagnitīrthācca pūrvataḥ .. 2 .. > which pacifies all sins and destroys the floods of poverty, / beyond Kṛtasmara and to the east of Agnitīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.3) yameśvarācca nairṛtye samudrasyottare tathā .. tasya liṃgasya prāgbhāge brahmā tepe mahattapaḥ .. ārādhayāmāsa tadā devadevaṃ trilocanam .. 3 .. > and south-west of Yameśvara, as well as north of the sea. / To the east of that liṅga, Brahmā performed great austerity / and worshipped the three-eyed god of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.4) tatastuṣṭo mahādevo brahmanbrūhi varo mama .. 4 .. > Then Mahādeva, being pleased, \[said\]: "O Brahmā, choose a boon of me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.5) .. brahmovāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yāja yāmīti me matiḥ .. sthānaṃ ca yanmahāpuṇyaṃ tanmamākhyātumarhasi .. 5 .. > Brahmā said: / If you are pleased with me, O god, my desire is to perform a sacrifice; / you ought to tell me what place is exceedingly sacred. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kṛtasmarādbrahmakuṃḍaṃ yameśātsāgarāvadhi .. etadaṃtaramāsādya pāpī cāpi vimucyate .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / From Kṛtasmarā to Brahmakuṇḍa, and from Yameśa up to the ocean, / even a sinner who reaches this area is liberated. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.7) vahedviṣuvatī tatra sadā puṇyātmanāṃ nṛṇām .. yatra tatra kuru vibho manasā te yathepsitam .. 7 .. > There the Viṣuvatī ever flows for meritorious men. / O Lord, perform \[the sacrifice\] wherever you wish in your mind. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.8) ityuktaḥ sa tadā brahmā prārebhe yajñamuttamam .. 8 .. > Thus spoken to, Brahmā then began the supreme sacrifice. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.9) tato bhāgārthino devā indrādyāstatra cāgatāḥ.. ṛṣayo bhāgakāmāstu sarve tatra samāgatāḥ ..9.. > Then the gods, Indra and others, came there seeking their share, / and all the seers, desiring their share, assembled there. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.10) tato yajñāgatebhyaḥ sa dakṣiṇāmadadātpunaḥ .. tato'tha dakṣiṇā kṣīṇā dīyamānā yaśasvini .. 7.1.153.10 .. > Then he gave priestly fees again to those who had arrived at the sacrifice. / But then, O renowned lady, as they were being distributed, the priestly fees were exhausted. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.11) tatobrahmā bahūdvigno dadhyau vai manasā tadā .. baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 11 .. > Then Brahmā, deeply troubled, meditated in his mind at that time. / Having joined his palms in reverent salutation, he spoke this word: // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.12) bhagavanvai virūpākṣa kraturnaiva samāpyate .. dakṣiṇāhai(dai?)nyato deva na yāti paripūrṇatām .. 12 .. > “O Lord, Virūpākṣa, the sacrifice is not being concluded; / O God, due to the lack of priestly fees, it does not reach completion. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.13) dakṣiṇāsahitāḥ sarve yathā yāṃti tathā kuru .. pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā kṛtvā dhyānaṃ tadā mayā .. 13 .. > Act in such a way that all depart endowed with priestly fees.” / Having heard the Grandfather’s words and then meditated, / by me, // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.14) smṛtā sarasvatī devī devānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. āgatā sā mahāpuṇyā uktā devī mayā tadā .. 14 .. > goddess Sarasvatī was remembered out of desire for the welfare of the gods. / That most holy goddess arrived, and she was spoken to by me then: // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.15) padmayonerdhanaṃ kṣīṇaṃ kraturvai na samāpyate .. tasmānmama prasādena bhava kāñcanavāhinī .. 15 .. > “The lotus-born \[Brahmā's\] wealth is exhausted, and the sacrifice is not completed; / therefore, by my favor, become a stream carrying gold.” // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.16) sarasvatyāstataḥ srota utthitaṃ paścimāmukham .. kāñcanānāṃ tu padmāni ucchritāni sahasraśaḥ .. 16 .. > Then Sarasvatī's current surged forth flowing westward, / and thousands of golden lotuses arose. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.17) kāñcanena pravāheṇa toyaṃ sārasvataṃ śubham .. daityasūdanamāsādya agnitīrthāvadhi priye .. pūrayāmāsa padmaiśca koṭiśaśca samaṃtataḥ .. 17 .. > Reaching Daityasūdana up to Agnitīrtha, O beloved, / with that golden current the auspicious water of Sarasvatī / filled \[the place\] on all sides with tens of millions of lotuses. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.18) kāñcanāni tu tānyeva dattvā vipreṣu dakṣiṇām .. yajñaṃ nirvartayāmāsa hṛṣṭo brahmā dvijaiḥ saha .. 18 .. > Having given those very golden \[lotuses\] as priestly fees to the brahmins, / Brahmā, delighted, completed the sacrifice along with the twice-born. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.19) śeṣāṇi yāni padmāni tāni niḥkṣipya bhūtale .. tadūrdhvaṃ sthāpayāmāsa ligaṃ tu kanake śvaram.. 19 .. > Throwing down upon the earth the lotuses that were left over, / he installed the liṅga Kanakeśvara on top of them. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.20) tatra liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sarvadevanamaskṛtam .. ṛṣibhyo dakṣiṇāṃ prādādekaikasya yathākramam .. kāñcanānāṃ ca padmānāṃ pratyekamayutaṃ dadau ..7.1.153.20.. > Having established there that liṅga bowed to by all the gods, / he gave priestly fees to each of the seers in due order; / to each one he gave ten thousand golden lotuses. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.21) tataḥ śeṣāṇi padmāni nihitāni dharātale .. brahmakuṇḍasya madhye tu nāpuṇyo labhate naraḥ ..21.. > Then the remaining lotuses were placed upon the earth / inside the Brahmakuṇḍa; no unmeritorious man finds them. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.22) tatkuṇḍatoyamadyāpi nānāvarṇaṃ pradṛśyate .. tatrādhaḥ padmasaṃyogānnīraṃ svarṇāyate kṣaṇāt .. 22 .. > The water of that pool is seen to be multicolored even today. / Through contact with the lotuses below it, the water turns golden in an instant. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.23) hiraṇmayāni padmāni adhaḥ kṛtvā prajāpatiḥ .. liṃgamūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya svayaṃ pūjitavāṃstadā .. hiraṇyakamalairdivyairhiraṇyeśastato'bhavat .. 23 .. > Prajāpati, having placed the golden lotuses beneath / and established the liṅga above, then worshipped it himself. / Because of the divine golden lotuses, it became Hiraṇyeśa. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.24) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ tathā dāridryanāśanam .. dṛṣṭvā hiraṇmayeśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 24 .. > It pacifies all sins and destroys poverty. / Having seen Hiraṇmayeśāna, one is freed from all sins. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.25) māgha māse caturdaśyāṃ yastalliṃgaṃ prapūjayet .. pūjitaṃ tena sakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sacarācaram .. 25 .. > Whoever worships that liṅga on the fourteenth day of the month of Māgha / has worshipped the entire universe with its moving and unmoving beings. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.26) sarvadānāni dattāni sarve devāśca toṣitāḥ .. brahmāṇḍaṃ tena dattaṃ syādyena talliṃgamarcitam .. 26 .. > All gifts are given, and all the gods are pleased; / the universe is as good as given by him who has worshipped that liṅga. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.27) etanmayā te kathitaṃ snehena varavarṇini .. na kasyacinmayā''khyātaṃ mahāgopyaṃ varānane . 27 .. > This has been told to you by me out of affection, O fair-complexioned lady; / it has not been told to anyone by me, being a great secret, O beautiful-faced lady. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.28) ya idaṃ śṛyuyādbhaktyā paṭhedvā bhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. sa gaccheddevalokaṃ tu muktaḥ sarvaistu pātakaiḥ .. 28 .. > Whoever hears this with devotion, or reads it endowed with devotion, / freed from all sins, goes to the world of the gods. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.29) iti te cātivikhyātāḥ pavitrāḥ pañca bhairavāḥ .. brahmakuṇḍasamīpasthāḥ kathitāstava sundari .. 29 .. > Thus the five pure, exceedingly renowned Bhairavas / situated near Brahmakuṇḍa have been described to you, O beautiful woman. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.153.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153.153) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmye hiraṇyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 153 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Hiraṇyeśvara' in the Glory of Brahmakuṇḍa, in the Glory of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, the first \[part\] in the Prabhāsa Section, the seventh \[book\] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse collection. // 153 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.153.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.153) · Pramāṇa