[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) › 16.159 # Skandapurana 16.159 Skandapurāṇa 16.159 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.159.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi ratnakuṇḍamanuttamam .. ratneśāddakṣiṇe bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. mahāpāpopaśamanaṃ viṣṇunā nirmitaṃ svayam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Ratnakuṇḍa, / situated on the southern side of Ratneśa at a distance of seven bows, / which alleviates great sins and was fashioned by Viṣṇu himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.2) aṣṭakoṭīstu tīrthāni bhūdyo'ntarikṣagāṇi tu .. samānīya tu kṛṣṇena tatra kṣiptāni bhūriśaḥ .. 2 .. > Eighty million sacred fords moving on earth, in heaven, and in the atmosphere / were brought together by Kṛṣṇa and cast there in abundance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.3) gaṇānāṃ koṭirekā tu tatkuṇḍaṃ rakṣati priye .. kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte duṣprāpyamakṛtātmabhiḥ .. 3 .. > A crore of Gaṇas protects that kuṇḍa, O beloved; / when the Kali age has arrived, it is hard to attain for those whose minds are undisciplined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.4) tatra snātvā mahādevi vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. prāpnuyādaśvamedhasya phalaṃ śataguṇottaram .. 4 .. > Having bathed there, O great goddess, by an act observed according to rule, / one attains a hundredfold the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.5) ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa piṃḍaṃ tatra pradāpayet .. akṣayyāṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya bhāmini .. 5 .. > Especially on the eleventh lunar day, one should offer the piṇḍa there; / his ancestors attain imperishable satisfaction, O passionate woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.6) kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ tatra ekādaśyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. vāñchitaṃ labhate devi yadi śraddhā dṛḍhā bhavet .. 6 .. > One should keep a night-vigil there on the eleventh lunar day according to rule; / one obtains what is desired, O goddess, if one's faith is firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.7) deyāni pītavastrāṇi tathā dhenuḥ payasvinī .. tatra viṣṇuṃ samuddiśya samyagyātrāphalāptaye .. 7 .. > Yellow clothes should be given, as well as a milch cow, / there in honour of Viṣṇu, for attaining the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.8) hemakuṇḍaṃ kṛte proktaṃ tretāyāṃ raupyanāmakam .. dvāpare cakrakuṃḍaṃ tu ratnakuṃḍaṃ kalau smṛtam .. 8 .. > In the Kṛta age it is called Hemakuṇḍa, in the Tretā age named Raupya; / in the Dvāpara age it is Cakrakuṇḍa, and in the Kali age it is remembered as Ratnakuṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.9) pātālavāhinīgaṃgā srotāṃsi tatra bhūriśaḥ .. samānītāni hariṇā tatra tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini .. 9 .. > Numerous streams of the Gaṅgā flowing in Pātāla / were brought there by Hari and remain there, O passionate woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.10) tatra snānena deveśi sarvatīrthābhiṣecanam .. 7.1.159.10 .. > By bathing there, O ruler of the gods, there is ablution in all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.159.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159.159) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ- nāmaikonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..159.. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-ninth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Ratneśvara", in the first \[part\], the "Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya", in the seventh section, the "Prabhāsakhaṇḍa", of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.159.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.159) · Pramāṇa