[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) › 16.166 # Skandapurana 16.166 Skandapurāṇa 16.166 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.166.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. prabhāse saṃsthitā yā tu sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā .. tasyāścaritraṃ me brūhi devadeva jagatpate .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / Sāvitrī, who is situated in Prabhāsa and is the beloved of Brahmā— / tell me her story, O god of gods, O lord of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.2) vratamāhātmyasaṃyuktamitihāsasamanvitam .. pāti vratyakaraṃ strīṇāṃ mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam .. 2 .. > endowed with the glory of the vow, accompanied by historical narrative, / which produces the vow of chastity for women, bringing great fortune and great prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kathayāmi mahādevi sāvitryāścaritaṃ mahat .. prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthāyāḥ sthala sthāne maheśvari .. yathā cīrṇaṃ vratakaraṃ sāvitryā rājakanyayā .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / I shall tell, O great goddess, the great story of Sāvitrī, / situated in the sacred field of Prabhāsa at her holy site, O Maheśvarī, / \[and\] how the vow-making \[observance\] was performed by Sāvitrī, the king’s daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.4) āsīnmadreṣu dharmātmā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ .. pārthivo'śvapatirnāma paurajānapada priyaḥ .. 4 .. > In Madra there was a righteous ruler named Aśvapati, / devoted to the welfare of all beings, dear to town and country people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.5) kṣamāvānanapatyaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ .. prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāmājagāma sa bhūpatiḥ .. yātrāṃ kurvanvidhānena sāvitrīsthalamāgataḥ .. 5 .. > He was forgiving, childless, truth-speaking, and self-controlled. / That king went on a pilgrimage to the sacred field of Prabhāsa; / performing the pilgrimage according to rule, he came to the place of Sāvitrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.6) sa sabhāryo vratamidaṃ tatra cakre nṛpaḥ svayam .. sāvitrīti prasiddhaṃ yatsarvakāmaphalapradam .. 6 .. > The king himself, accompanied by his wife, performed this vow there, / celebrated as 'Sāvitrī', which grants the fruits of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.7) tasya tuṣṭā'bhavaddevi sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā .. bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritītyeṣā sākṣānmūrtimatī sthitā .. 7 .. > O goddess, Sāvitrī, the beloved of Brahmā, became pleased with him; / she who is 'bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ' stood revealed in bodily form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.8) kamaṃḍaludharā devī jagāmādarśanaṃ punaḥ .. kālena vahunā jātā duhitā devarūpiṇī .. 8 .. > Bearing a water-pot, the goddess vanished again. / After a long time, a daughter of divine form was born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.9) sāvitryā prītayā dattā sāvitryāḥ pūjayā tathā .. sāvitrītyeva nāmā'syāścakre viprājñayā nṛpaḥ.. 9 .. > Given by Sāvitrī who was pleased, and through the worship of Sāvitrī, / the king, by the command of the brahmins, gave her the name Sāvitrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.10) sā vigrāhavatīva śrīḥ prāvardhata nṛpātmajā .. sāvitrī sukumārāṃgī yauvanasthā babhūva ha .. 7.1.166.10 .. > Like Fortune incarnate, the king's daughter grew up; / delicate of limb, Sāvitrī reached youthfulness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.11) yā sumadhyā pṛthuśroṇī pratimā kāñcanī yathā .. prāpteyaṃ devakanyā vā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ menire janāḥ .. .. 11 .. > She of slender waist and broad hips was like a golden statue; / seeing her, people thought, 'Has a daughter of the gods arrived?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.12) sā tu padmā viśālākṣī prajvalatīva tejasā .. cacāra sā ca sāvitrī vrataṃ yadbhṛguṇoditam ..12.. > She, lotuseyed and large-eyed, blazing as it were with splendour, / that Sāvitrī performed the vow that was proclaimed by Bhṛgu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.13) athopoṣya śiraḥsnātā devatāmabhigamya ca .. hutvāgniṃ vidhivadviprānvācayedvaravarṇinī ..13.. > Then, having fasted, having washed her head, and having approached the deity, / having offered oblation into the fire according to rule, the fair-complexioned one had the brahmins recite \[blessings\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.14) tebhyaḥ sumanasaḥ śeṣāṃ pratigṛhya nṛpātmajā.. sakhīparivṛtā'bhyetya devī śrīvatsarūpiṇī ..14.. > Receiving from them the remaining flowers, the king's daughter, / surrounded by friends, stepped forward, a goddess in the form of Śrīvatsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.15) sā'bhivādya pituḥ pādau śeṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nivedya ca .. kṛtāñjalirvarārohā nṛpateḥ pārśvataḥ sthitā .. 15 .. > Having paid homage to her father's feet and having first offered the remaining \[flowers\], / the lovely woman stood at the king's side with folded hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.16) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā yauvanaprāptāṃ svāṃ sutāṃ devarūpiṇīm .. uvāca rājā saṃmantrya putryarthaṃ saha mantribhiḥ .. 16 .. > Seeing his own daughter of divine form who had attained youth, / the king, having consulted with his ministers for his daughter's sake, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.17) putri pradānakālaste na hi kaścidvṛṇoti mām .. vicārayanna paśyāmi varaṃ tulyamihātmanaḥ .. ..17.. > ‘O daughter, the time for giving you away \[in marriage\] has arrived, and no one asks me \[for your hand\]. / Deliberating, I do not see a bridegroom equal to yourself here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.18) devādīnāṃ yathā vācyo na bhaveyaṃ tathā kuru .. paṭhyamānaṃ mayā putri dharmaśāstreṣu ca śrutam ..18.. > Act in such a way that I may not be censured by gods and others. / What is read in the Dharmaśāstras has been heard by me, O daughter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.19) piturgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā .. brahmahatyā pitustasya sā kanyā vṛṣalī smṛtā .. 19 .. > “That maiden who in her father's house sees her menses while unbetrothed / \[causes\] the sin of killing a brahmin to her father, and that maiden is deemed a degraded woman.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.20) ato'rthaṃ preṣayāmi tvāṃ kuru putri svayaṃvaram .. vṛddhairamātyaiḥ sahitā śīghraṃ gacchāvadhāraya .. .. 7.1.166.20 .. > For this purpose I send you; O daughter, make your own choice of a husband. / Accompanied by elderly ministers, go quickly and decide.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.21) evamastviti sāvitrī procya tasmādviniryayau .. tapovanāni ramyāṇi rājarṣīṇāṃ jagāma sā .. 21 .. > Saying 'Let it be so,' Sāvitrī departed from there; / she went to the delightful penance groves of the royal seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.22) mānyānāṃ tatra vṛddhānāṃ kṛtvā pādābhivandanam .. tato'bhigamya tīrthāni sarvāṇyevāśramāṇi ca .. 22 .. > There, having performed prostration at the feet of the venerable elders, / and then having visited all the sacred fords and the hermitages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.23) ājagāma punarveśma sāvitrī saha maṃtribhiḥ .. tatrāpaśyata devarṣiṃ nāradaṃ purataḥ śucim .. 23 .. > Sāvitrī came back home together with the ministers. / There she saw the pure celestial seer Nārada before her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.24) āsīnamāsane vipraṃ praṇamya smitabhāṣiṇī .. kathayāmāsa tatkāryaṃ yenāraṇyaṃ gatā ca sā .. 24 .. > Having bowed to the brahmin seated on the seat, she who speaks with a smile / related that business on account of which she had gone to the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.25) .. sāvitryuvāca .. āsīcchālveṣu dharmātmā kṣatriyaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. dyumatsena iti khyāto daivādandho vabhūva saḥ .. 25 .. > Sāvitrī said: / In Śālva there was a righteous ruler of the earth, a kṣatriya, / known as Dyumatsena; by fate, he became blind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.26) āryasya bālaputrasya dyumatsenasya rukmiṇā .. sāmantena hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ chidre'sminpūrvavairiṇā .. 26 .. > The noble Dyumatsena, whose son was still a child, had his kingdom seized by Rukmin, / a feudatory who was his ancient enemy, taking advantage of this weakness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.27) sa bālavatsayā sārdhaṃ bhāryayā prasthito vanam .. 27 .. > Together with his wife and young child, he departed for the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.28) sa tasya ca vane vṛddhaḥ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ .. satyavāganurūpo me bharteti manasepsitaḥ .. 28 .. > And in that forest, his son, most righteous, grew up; / he is Satyavān, suited to be my husband, desired by my heart.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.29) .. nārada uvāca .. .. aho bata mahatkaṣṭaṃ sāvitryā nṛpate kṛtam .. bālasvabhāvādanayā guṇavānsatyavāgvṛtaḥ .. 29 .. > Nārada said: / “Alas, O king, a great mistake has been made by Sāvitrī! / Out of childish innocence she has chosen the virtuous Satyavān. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.30) satyaṃ vadatyasya pitā satyaṃ mātā prabhāṣate .. satyaṃ vadeti munibhiḥ satyavānnāma vai kṛtam ..7.1.166.30.. > His father speaks the truth, his mother speaks the truth, / and because the sages said ‘Speak the truth!’, his name was made Satyavān. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.31) nityaṃ cāśvāḥ priyāstasya karotyaśvāśca mṛnmayān .. citre'pi ca likhatyaśvāṃścitrāśva iti cocyate .. 31 .. > Horses are always dear to him, and he makes clay horses; / he also paints horses in pictures, and so he is called Citrāśva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.32) satyavānraṃtidevasya śiṣyo dānaguṇaiḥ samaḥ .. brahmaṇyaḥ satyavādī ca śibirauśīnaro yathā .. 32 .. > Satyavān is a disciple of Rantideva, equal to him in the virtues of generosity; / he is devoted to brahmins and truthful in speech, like Śibi the Auśīnara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.33) yayātiriva codāraḥ somavatpriyadarśanaḥ .. rūpeṇānyatamo'śvibhyāṃ dyumatsenasuto balī .. 33 .. > He is generous like Yayāti, pleasing to behold like the Moon; / in beauty Dyumatsena’s mighty son is like one of the Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.34) eko doṣo'sti nānyaśca so'dyaprabhṛti satyavān .. saṃvatsareṇa kṣīṇāyurdehatyāgaṃ kariṣyati .. 34 .. > He has one flaw, and no other: beginning from today, Satyavān, / his lifespan exhausted within one year, will abandon his body.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.35) nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā duhitā prāha pārthivam .. 35 .. > Having heard Nārada’s words, the daughter said to the king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.36) .. sāvitryuvāca .. .. sakṛjjalpaṃti rājānaḥ sakṛjjalpaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ .. sakṛtkanyā pradīyeta trīṇyetāni sakṛtsakṛt .. 36 .. > Sāvitrī said: / “Kings speak only once, brahmins speak only once, / a maiden is given away only once: these three happen only once each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.37) dīrghāyurathavālpāyuḥ saguṇo nirguṇo'pi vā .. sakṛdvṛto mayā bhartā na dvitīyaṃ vṛṇomyaham .. 37 .. > Whether long-lived or short-lived, with virtues or without virtues, / he has been chosen once by me as husband; I will not choose a second. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.38) manasā niścayaṃ kṛtvā tato vācā'bhidhīyate .. kriyate karmaṇā paścātpramāṇaṃ hi manastataḥ .. 38 .. > Having resolved in the mind, one then expresses it in speech; / afterwards it is carried out in action: therefore the mind is the true authority.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.39) .. nārada uvāca .. .. yadyetadiṣṭaṃ bhavataḥ śīghrameva vidhīyatām .. avighnena tu sāvitryāḥ pradānaṃ duhitustava .. 39 .. > Nārada said: / “If this is your wish, let it be carried out at once, / the giving away of your daughter Sāvitrī without impediment.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.40) evamuktvā samutpatya nārūdastridivaṃ gataḥ .. rājā ca duhituḥ sarvaṃ vaivāhikamathākarot .. śubhe muhūrte pārśvasthairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ .. 7.1.166.40 .. > Having spoken thus, Nārada flew up and went to heaven; / and the king then performed all the marriage rites for his daughter / at an auspicious hour, together with the brahmins versed in the Vedas standing beside him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.41) sāvitryapi ca taṃ labdhvā bhartāraṃ manaseptitam ... mumude'tīva tanvaṃgī svargaṃ prāpyeva puṇyakṛt .. 41 .. > And Sāvitrī, having obtained that husband desired by her heart, / the slender-limbed maiden rejoiced exceedingly, like a doer of meritorious deeds reaching heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.42) evaṃ tatrāśrame teṣāṃ tadā nivasatāṃ satām .. kālastu paśyatāṃ kiñcidaticakrāma pārvati .. 42 .. > While those virtuous people were living there in the hermitage, / some time passed as they watched, O Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.43) sāvitryāstu tadā nāryāstiṣṭhantyāśca divāniśam .. nāradena yaduktaṃ tadvākyaṃ manasi vartate .. 43 .. > And as that woman Sāvitrī stayed there day and night, / what had been spoken by Nārada remained in her mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.44) tataḥ kāle bahutithe vyatikrānte kadācana .. prāptaḥ kālo'tha martavyo yatra satyavrato nṛpaḥ .. 44 .. > Then, after a great deal of time had elapsed, / the time arrived when the king Satyavrata was to die. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.45) jyeṣṭhamāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ rajanīmukhe .. gaṇayaṃtyāśca sāvitryā nāradoktaṃ vaco hṛdi .. 45 .. > In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth day, at nightfall, / Sāvitrī was counting in her heart the words spoken by Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.46) caturthe'hani martavyamiti saṃciṃtya bhāminī .. vrataṃ trirātramuddiśya divārātraṃ sthitā''śrame .. 46 .. > Thinking, ‘He must die on the fourth day,’ that splendid woman, / undertaking a three-night vow, stayed day and night in the hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.47) tatastrirātraṃ nyavasatsnātvā saṃtarpya devatām .. śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ pādau vavaṃde cāruhāsinī .. 47 .. > Then, having observed the three nights, having bathed and propitiated the deity, / she of charming smile bowed down at the feet of her mother-in-law and father-in-law. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.48) atha pratasthe paraśuṃ gṛhītvā satyavānvanam .. sāvitryapi ca bhartāraṃ gacchaṃtaṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayāt .. 48 .. > Then Satyavān set out for the forest, taking an axe; / Sāvitrī also followed behind her departing husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.49) tato gṛhītvā tarasā phalapuṣpasamitkuśān .. atha śuṣkāṇi cādāya kāṣṭhabhāramakalpayat .. 49 .. > Then, having quickly gathered fruits, flowers, kindling, and kuśa grass, / and taking dry firewood, he prepared a load of wood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.50) atha pāṭayataḥ kāṣṭhaṃ jātā śirasi vedanā .. kāṣṭhabhāraṃ kṣaṇāttyaktvā vaṭaśākhāvalaṃbitaḥ .. 7.1.166.50 .. > Then, as he was splitting the wood, a pain arose in his head; / letting go of the load of wood in an instant, clinging to a banyan branch, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.51) sāvitrīṃ prāha śiraso vedanā māṃ prabādhate .. tavotsaṃge kṣaṇaṃ tāvatsvaptumicchāmi sundari .. 51 .. > he said to Sāvitrī: “A pain in my head torments me; / I wish to sleep for a moment on your lap, O lovely one.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.52) viśramasva mahābāho sāvitrī prāha duḥkhitā .. paścādapi gamiṣyāmi hyāśramaṃ śramanāśanam .. .. 52 .. > “Rest, O mighty-armed one,” Sāvitrī said sorrowfully; / “afterwards we shall go to the hermitage that removes fatigue.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.53) yāvadutsaṃgagaṃ kṛtvā śirosya tu mahītale .. tāvaddadarśa sāvitrī puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam .. 53 .. > As she placed his head upon her lap on the surface of the earth, / just then Sāvitrī saw a dark and tawny man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.54) kirīṭinaṃ pītavastraṃ sākṣātsūryamivoditam .. tamuvācātha sāvitrī praṇamya madhurākṣaram .. 54 .. > wearing a diadem, dressed in yellow garments, like the risen sun itself. / Then Sāvitrī bowed down and spoke to him in sweet words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.55) kastvaṃ devo'thavā daityo yo māṃ dharṣitumāgataḥ .. na cāhaṃ kenacicchakyā svadharmāddeva rodhitum .. 55 .. > “Who are you—a god or a Daitya—who has come to assail me? / And I cannot be deflected from my own duty by anyone, O divine one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.56) viddhi māṃ puruṣaśreṣṭha dīptāmagniśikhāmiva .. 56 .. > Know me, O best of men, to be like a blazing flame of fire.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.57) .. yama uvāca .. .. yamaḥ saṃyamanaścāsmi sarvalokabhayaṃkaraḥ .. 57 .. > Yama said: / “I am Yama the Restrainer, who inspires fear in all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.58) kṣīṇāyureṣa te bhartā saṃnidhau te pativrate .. na śakyaḥ kiṃkarairnetumato'haṃ svayamāgataḥ .. 58 .. > Your husband’s lifespan is exhausted; while he is in your presence, O devoted wife, / my attendants cannot lead him away; therefore I have come in person.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.59) evamuktvā satyavrataśarīrātpāśasaṃyutaḥ .. aṃguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ nicakarṣa yamo balāt .. 59 .. > Having spoken thus, holding a noose, Yama pulled out by force / from Satyavrata’s body a man the size of a thumb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.60) atha prayātumārebhe paṃthānaṃ pitṛsevitam .. sāvitryapi varārohā pṛṣṭhato'nujagāma ha .. 7.1.166.60 .. > Then he began to travel upon the path frequented by the ancestors; / Sāvitrī, too, of shapely hips, followed behind him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.61) pativratatvāccāśrāṃtā tāmuvāca yamastathā .. nivarta gaccha sāvitri muhūrtaṃ tvamihāgatā .. 61 .. > Untired on account of her devotion to her husband, Yama spoke to her thus: / “Turn back, go, O Sāvitrī; you have come this far for a moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.62) eṣa mārgo viśālākṣi na kenāpyanugamyate .. 62 .. > This path, O large-eyed one, is not to be followed by anyone.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.63) .. sāvitryuvāca .. .. na śramo na ca me glāniḥ kadācidapi jāyate .. bhartāramanugacchantyā viśiṣṭasya ca saṃnidhau .. 63 .. > Sāvitrī said: / “No weariness and no exhaustion ever arises in me / as I follow my husband, and in the presence of an exalted one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.64) satāṃ santo gatirnānyā strīṇāṃ bhartā sadā gatiḥ .. vedo varṇāśramāṇāṃ ca śiṣyāṇāṃ ca gatirguruḥ .. 64 .. > The good are the refuge of the good, no other; a husband is always the refuge of women; / the Veda is the refuge of the classes and life-stages, and the teacher is the refuge of disciples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.65) sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ sthānamasti mahītale .. bharttāramekamutsṛjya strīṇāṃ nānyaḥ samāśrayaḥ .. 65 .. > For all beings there is a place on the surface of the earth; / women have no refuge other than their husband alone.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.66) evamanyaiḥ sumadhurairvākyairdharmārthasaṃhitaiḥ .. tutoṣa sūryatanayaḥ sāvitrīṃ vākyamabravīt .. 66 .. > With other such very sweet words endowed with righteousness and meaning, / the son of the Sun was pleased, and he addressed Sāvitrī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.67) .. yama uvāca .. .. tuṣṭo'smi tava bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya bhāmini .. sāpi vavre ca rājyaṃ svaṃ vinayāvanatānanā .. 67 .. > Yama said: / “I am pleased with you, good fortune to you! Choose a boon, O beautiful woman.” / With her face bowed in modesty, she chose their kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.68) cakṣuḥprāptiṃ tathā rājyaṃ śvaśurasya mahātmanaḥ .. pituḥ putraśataṃ caiva putrāṇāṃ śatamātmanaḥ .. 68 .. > the restoration of eyesight and the kingdom for her noble father-in-law, / a hundred sons for her father, and a hundred sons for herself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.69) jīvitaṃ ca tathā bharturdharmasiddhiṃ ca śāśvatīm .. dharmarājo varaṃ dattvā preṣayāmāsa tāṃ tataḥ .. 69 .. > and the life of her husband, and eternal attainment of dharma. / Having granted the boons, the King of Dharma then sent her away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.70) atha bhartāramāsādya sāvitrī hṛṣṭamānasā .. jagāma svāśramapadaṃ saha bhartrā nirākulā .. 7.1.166.70 .. > Then, having reached her husband, Sāvitrī, glad at heart, / went untroubled to her own hermitage together with her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.71) jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ ca tayā cīrṇaṃ vrataṃ tvidam .. māhātmyato'sya nṛpateścakṣuḥprāptirabhūtpuraḥ .. 71 .. > And on the full moon of Jyeṣṭha, this observance was performed by her. / Through its māhātmya, the king first regained his eyesight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.72) tataḥ svadeśarājyaṃ ca prāpa niṣkaṇṭakaṃ nṛpaḥ .. pitāsyāḥ putraśatakaṃ sā ca lebhe sutāñchatam .. 72 .. > Then the king obtained his own realm free from thorns. / Her father obtained a hundred sons, and she obtained a hundred sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.73) evaṃ vratasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ sakalaṃ mayā .. 73 .. .. > Thus the entire māhātmya of the observance has been recounted by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.74) .. devyuvāca .. .. kīdṛśaṃ tadvrataṃ deva sāvitryā caritaṃ mahat .. tasmiṃstu jyeṣṭhamāse hi vidhānaṃ tasya kīdṛśam .. 74 .. > The Devī said: / Of what kind was that great observance, O Lord, performed by Sāvitrī / in that month of Jyeṣṭha, and what is its rite? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.76) kā devatā vrate tasminke mantrāḥ kiṃ phalaṃ vibho .. vistareṇa maheśa tvaṃ brūhi dharmaṃ sanātanam .. 76 .. > Who is the deity in that observance? What are the mantras? What is the fruit, O All-pervading One? / Tell in detail, O Maheśa, the eternal dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.76\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.76_1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śrūyatāṃ devadeveśi sāvitrīvratamā darāt .. kathayāmi yathā cīrṇaṃ tayā satyā maheśvari .. 76 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen with devotion, O queen of the god of gods, to the Sāvitrī observance, / O Maheśvarī; I shall recount how it was performed by that faithful woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.77) trayodaśyāṃ tu jyeṣṭhasya dantadhāvanapūrvakam .. trirātraṃ niyamaṃ kuryādupavāsasya bhāmini .. 77 .. > On the thirteenth day of Jyeṣṭha, preceded by cleaning the teeth, / one should undertake a three-night rule of fasting, O passionate lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.78) aśaktastu trayodaśyāṃ naktaṃ kuryājjitendriyaḥ .. ayācitaṃ caturdaśyāṃ hyupavāsena pūrṇimām .. 78 .. > One who is unable, having subdued the senses, should observe a night meal on the thirteenth, / unsolicited food on the fourteenth, and the full moon with a complete fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.79) nityaṃ snātvā taḍāge vā mahānadyāṃ ca nirjhare .. pāṃḍukūpe tu suśroṇi sarvasnānaphalaṃ labhet .. 79 .. > Having constantly bathed in a pond, a great river, or a torrent, / one obtains the fruit of all ritual ablutions at the Pāṇḍukūpa, O woman of beautiful hips. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.80) viśeṣātpūrṇimāyāṃ tu snānaṃ sarṣapamṛjjalaiḥ .. 7.1.166.80 .. > Especially on the full moon, there is a ritual ablution with water mixed with mustard and clay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.81) gṛhītvā vālukaṃ pātre prasthamātre yaśasvini .. athavā dhānyamādāya yavaśālitilādikam .. 81 .. > Having taken sand in a vessel measuring a prastha, O illustrious lady, / or having taken grain—barley, rice, sesame, and the rest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.82) tato vaṃśamaye pātre vastrayugmena veṣṭite .. sāvitrīpratimāṃ kṛtvā sarvāvayavaśobhitām.. 82 .. > then, having fashioned in a bamboo vessel wrapped with a pair of cloths / an image of Sāvitrī adorned with all limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.83) sauvarṇīṃ mṛnmayīṃ vāpi svaśaktyā dārunirmitām .. raktavastradvayaṃ dadyātsāvitryā brahmaṇaḥ sitam .. 83 .. > made of gold or of clay, or made of wood according to one's means, / one should give a pair of red garments to Sāvitrī, and a white one to Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94) sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇā sārdhamevaṃ śaktyā prapūjayet .. gandhaiḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca dhūpanaivedyadīpakaiḥ .. 94 .. > Thus, according to one's capacity, one should worship Sāvitrī together with Brahmā / with perfumes, fragrant flowers, incense, food offerings, and lamps, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_2) pūrṇakośātakaiḥ pakvaiḥ kūṣmāṇḍakarkaṭīphalaiḥ .. nālikeraiḥ sakharjūraiḥ kapitthairdāḍimaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 85 .. > with ripe full loofahs, gourds, and cucumbers, / with coconuts, dates, wood apples, and auspicious pomegranates, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_3) jaṃbūjaṃbīranāriṃgairakṣoṭaiḥ panasaistathā .. jīrakaiḥ kaṭukhaṇḍaiśca guḍena lavaṇena ca .. 86 .. > with rose apples, citrons, oranges, walnuts, and jackfruits, / with cumin, pieces of bitter spices, molasses, and salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_4) virūḍhaiḥ saptadhānyaiśca vaṃśapātraprakalpitaiḥ .. raṃjayetpaṭṭasūtraiśca śubhaiḥ kuṃkumakesaraiḥ .. 87 .. > and with the sprouted seven grains arranged in a bamboo vessel; / and one should colour it with silk threads and auspicious saffron filaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_5) avatāraṃ karotyevaṃ sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā .. 88 .. > Thus Sāvitrī, the beloved of Brahmā, descends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_6) tāmarccayīta mantreṇa sāvitryā brahmaṇā samam.. itareṣāṃ purāṇokto maṃtro'yaṃ samudāhṛtaḥ .. 89 .. > One should worship her together with Brahmā with the Sāvitrī mantra. / For the others, this mantra proclaimed in the Purāṇa is recited: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_7) oṃkārapūrvake devi vīṇāpustakadhāriṇi .. vedāṃbike namastubhyamavaidhavyaṃ prayaccha me ..7.1.166.90.. > ‘O goddess preceded by the syllable Om, holding a vīṇā and a book, / O mother of the Vedas, salutations to you! Grant me freedom from widowhood!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_8) evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivajjāgaraṃ tatra kārayet.. gītavāditraśabdenanaranārīkadaṃbakam .. nṛtyaddhasannayedrātriṃ nṛtyaśāstraviśāradaiḥ .. 91 .. > Having worshipped thus according to rule, one should keep a vigil there. / With the sound of singing and musical instruments, a crowd of men and women, / dancing and laughing, should spend the night with those skilled in the science of dance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_9) sāvitryākhyānakaṃ cāpi vācayīta dvijottamān.. yāvatprabhātasamayaṃ gītabhāvarasaiḥ saha .. 92 .. > And one should have the best of twice-born recite the tale of Sāvitrī / until daybreak, along with the rasas of song and sentiment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_10) vivāhamevaṃ kṛtvā tu sāvitryā brahmaṇā saha .. paridhāpya sitairvastrairdaṃpatīnāṃ tu saptakam .. 93 .. > Having performed in this manner the marriage of Sāvitrī with Brahmā, / and having clothed seven married couples in white garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.94\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.94_11) gṛhadānaṃ pradātavyaṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam .. brāhmaṇe vedaviduṣe sāvitrīṃ vinivedayet .. 94 .. > a gift of a house should be given, accompanied by all utensils. / One should present the Sāvitrī \[image\] to a brahmin learned in the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.95) atha sāvitrīkalpajñe sāvitryākhyānavācake .. daivajñe hyuñchavṛttisthe daridre cāgnihotriṇi .. 95 .. > or to one who knows the ritual of Sāvitrī, a reciter of the tale of Sāvitrī, / an astrologer, one who lives by gleaning, or a poor agnihotrin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.96) evaṃ dattvā vidhānena tasyāṃ rātrau nimantrayet .. paurṇamāsyāṃ vaṭādhastāddaṃpatīnāṃ caturdaśa .. 96 .. > Having given in this manner according to the rite, one should invite on that night / fourteen married couples under a banyan tree on the full moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.97) tataḥ prabhātasamaye uṣaḥkāla upasthite .. bhakṣyabhojyādikaṃ sarvaṃ sāvitrīsthalamānayet .. 97.. > Then at dawn, when daybreak has arrived, / one should bring all chewable and edible food to the site of Sāvitrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.98) pākaṃ kṛtvā tu śucinā rakṣāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ .. brāhmaṇāngṛhiṇīyuktāṃstata āhvānayetsudhīḥ .. 98 .. > Having cooked with purity and having guarded \[it\] with care, / the wise person should then summon the brahmins accompanied by their wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.99) sāvitryāḥ sthalake tatra kṛtvā pādābhiṣecanam .. susnātānbrāhmaṇāṃstatra sabhāryānupaveśayet .. 99 .. > Having performed the washing of their feet there at the site of Sāvitrī, / one should seat the well-bathed brahmins there along with their wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.100) sāvitryāḥ purato devi daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ dadet .. tenāhaṃ bhojitastatra bhavāmīha na saṃśaya .. 7.1.166.100 .. > In front of Sāvitrī, O Devī, one should offer a meal to the married couples. / By that, I am fed there in this world; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.101) dvitīyaṃ bhojayedyastu bhojitastena keśavaḥ .. lakṣmyāḥ sahāyo varado varāṃstasya prayacchati .. 101 .. > He who feeds a second \[couple\] feeds Keśava. / The companion of Lakṣmī, the giver of boons, bestows boons upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.102) sāvitryā sahito brahmā tṛtīye bhojito bhavet .. ekaikaṃ bhojanaṃ tatra koṭibhojasamaṃ smṛtam .. 102 .. > Brahmā accompanied by Sāvitrī becomes fed in the third. / Each single meal there is declared equal to ten million meals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.103) aṣṭādaśaprakāreṇa ṣaḍrasīkṛtabhojanam .. devyāstatra mahādevi sāvitrīsthalasannidhau .. 103 .. > A meal of eighteen varieties seasoned with the six tastes / \[is offered\] to the Devī there, O Mahādevī, in the presence of Sāvitrī’s site. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.104) vidhavā na kule tasya na vaṃdhyā na ca durbhagā .. na kanyājananī cāpi na ca syādbharturapriyā .. aṣṭau doṣāstu nārīṇāṃ na bhavaṃti kadācana .. 104 .. > In his family there is no widow, no barren woman, and no unfortunate woman, / nor one who bears only daughters, nor one disliked by her husband. / The eight faults of women never occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.105) tasmātsarvaprayatnena sāvitryagre ca bhojanam .. dātavyaṃ sarvadā devi kaṭunīlavivarjitam .. 105 .. > Therefore, with every effort, in front of Sāvitrī a meal / should always be given, O Devī, devoid of pungent and indigo foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.106) na cāmlaṃ na ca vai kṣāraṃ strīṇāṃ bhojyaṃ kadācana .. paṃcaprakāraṃ madhuraṃ hṛdyaṃ sarvaṃ susaṃskṛtam .. 106 .. > Neither sour nor alkaline food is ever to be eaten by women; / it should be of five kinds, sweet, agreeable, and all well prepared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.107) ghṛtapūrṇāpūpakāśca bahukṣīrasamanvitāḥ .. pūpakāstādṛśāḥ kāryā dvitīyā'śokavartikā .. 107 .. > There should be cakes filled with ghee and accompanied by abundant milk; / such cakes are to be made; the second is the aśokavartikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.108) tṛtīyā pūpikā kāryā kharjureṇa samanvitāḥ .. caturthaścaiva saṃyāvo guḍājyābhyāṃ samanvitaḥ .. .. 108 .. > The third pastry should be made accompanied by dates; / and the fourth is the saṃyāva dish, prepared with molasses and ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.109) āhlādakāriṇī puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ cātīva vallabhā .. dhanadhānyajanopetaṃ nārīnaraśatākulam .. pūpakaistu kulaṃ tasyā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. .. 109 .. > It brings delight to men and is exceedingly dear to women. / Endowed with wealth, grain, and people, crowded with hundreds of women and men, / her family becomes such through cakes; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.110) na jvaro na ca saṃtāpo duḥkhaṃ ca na viyogajam .. aśokavartidānena kulānāmekaviṃśatiḥ .. 7.1.166.110 .. > There is no fever, no burning torment, and no grief born of separation / for twenty-one generations through the gift of the aśokavarti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.111) vadhūbhiśca sutaiścaiva dāsīdāsairanantakaiḥ .. pūritaṃ ca kulaṃ tasyāḥ pūrikā yā prayacchati .. 111 .. > Filled with daughters-in-law, sons, and countless female and male servants / is the family of her who gives pūrikā cakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.112) putriṇyo vai duhitaro vadhūbhiḥ sahitāḥ kule .. śikhariṇīpradātrīṇāṃ yuvatīnāṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 112 .. > Daughters having sons along with daughters-in-law \[abound\] in the family / of young women who give śikhariṇī; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.113) modate ca kulaṃ sarvaṃ sarvasiddhiprapūritam .. modakānāṃ pradānena evamāha pitāmahaḥ .. 113 .. > And the whole family rejoices, filled with all accomplishments, / through the donation of modakas: so spoke the Grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.114) etacca gauriṇīnāṃ tu bhojanaṃ hi viśiṣyate .. 114 .. > And this meal is praised particularly for married women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.115) subhagā putriṇī sādhvī dhanaṛddhisamanvitā .. sahasrabhojinī devi bhavejjanmanijanmani .. 115 .. > She becomes fortunate, blessed with sons, chaste, endowed with wealth and prosperity, / and feeds thousands, O goddess, in birth after birth. // 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.116) pānāni caiva mukhyāni hṛdyāni madhurāṇi ca .. drākṣāpānaṃ tu ciṃcāyāḥ pānaṃ guḍasamanvitam .. 116 .. > And chief drinks, delightful and sweet: / grape juice, and tamarind drink mixed with jaggery, // 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.117) sarasena tu toyena kṛtakhaṇḍena vai śubham .. suvāsinīnāṃ peyaṃ vai dātavyaṃ ca dvijanmanām .. 117 .. > and delicious sugar beverage prepared with fragrant water / should certainly be offered as a drink to married women and to twice-born men. // 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.118) itarairitarāṇyeva varṇayogyāni yāni ca .. surabhīṇi ca pānāni tāsu yogyāni dāpayet .. 118 .. > By other \[castes\] should be offered other fragrant drinks / suitable for \[their\] caste, whatever is appropriate for them. // 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.119) pratipūjya vidhānena vastradānaiḥ sakaṃcukaiḥ .. kuṅkumenānuliptāṃgāḥ sragdāmabhiralaṃkṛtāḥ .. gaṃdhairdhūpaiśca saṃpūjya nālikerānpradāpayet .. 119 .. > Having honoured them according to the rule with gifts of clothes including bodices, / their limbs anointed with saffron, adorned with garlands of flowers, / and having worshiped them with scents and incenses, one should offer coconuts. // 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.120) netrāṇāṃ cāñjanaṃ kṛtvā sindūraṃ caiva mastake .. pūgīphalāni hṛdyāni vāsitāni mṛdūni ca .. haste dattvā sapātrāṇi praṇipatya visarjayet .. 7.1.166.120 .. > Having applied collyrium to their eyes and vermilion on their forehead, / placing delightful, scented, and soft betel nuts / in their hands along with vessels, one should bow down and bid them farewell. // 120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.121) svayaṃ ca bhojayetpaścādbaṃdhubhirbālakaiḥ saha .. 121 .. > Afterward, one should eat oneself along with relatives and children. // 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.121\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.121_12) athavā naiva saṃpadyettīrthe caiva tu bhojanam .. gṛhe gatvā prabhoktavyaṃ tuṣṭā devī yathā bhavet .. 112 .. > Or, if the meal cannot be arranged at the sacred ford, / one should go home and eat, so that the goddess may be pleased. // 122 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.123) evameva pitṝṇāṃ ca āgamya sve ca mandire .. piṇḍapradānapūrvaṃ tu śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. pitarastasya tuṣṭā vai bhavanti brahmaṇo dinam ..123.. > In this very manner, having returned to one's own house, / and having performed the śrāddha for the ancestors preceded by the offering of piṇḍas according to the rule, / his ancestors indeed remain satisfied for a day of Brahmā. // 123 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.124) tīrthādaṣṭaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ svagṛhe dadataḥ śubhe .. na ca paśyanti vai nīcāḥ śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ dvijātibhiḥ .. 124 .. > The merit of giving in one's own auspicious home is eight times greater than at a sacred ford, / and vile persons do not look upon the śrāddha offered by the twice-born. // 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.125) ekānte tu gṛhe gupte pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamiṣyate .. nīcaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ tattu pitṝṇāṃ nopatiṣṭhati .. 125 .. > The śrāddha for the ancestors is desired \[to be performed\] in a secluded, secret house; / destroyed when seen by a base person, it does not reach the ancestors. // 125 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.126) tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrāddhaṃ guptaṃ ca kārayet .. pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ proktaṃ svayameva svayaṃbhuvā ..126.. > Therefore, with every effort, one should perform the śrāddha secretly; / it is declared by the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\] himself to bring satisfaction to the ancestors. // 126 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.127) gaurībhojyādikā yā tu utsargātkriyate kriyā .. rājasī sā samākhyātā janānāṃ kīrtidāyinī .. 127 .. > The ritual such as feeding \[girls representing\] Gaurī, which is performed publicly, / is declared to be rājasika, granting fame among people. // 127 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.128) idaṃ dānaṃ sadā deyamātmano hita micchatā .. śrāddhe caiva viśeṣeṇa yadīcchetsāttvikaṃ phalam .. 128 .. > This gift should always be given by one who desires his own welfare, / and especially in a śrāddha, if one desires a sāttvika fruit. // 128 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.129) idamudyāpanaṃ devi sāvitryāstu vratasya ca .. sarvapātakaśuddhyarthaṃ kāryaṃ devi naraiḥ sadā .. akāmataḥ kāmato vā pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt .. 129 .. > This concluding rite of the vow of Sāvitrī, O goddess, / should always be performed by men to purify all sins; / whether unintentionally or intentionally, sin is destroyed in that very moment. // 129 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.130) iha loke tu saubhāgyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ varāḥ striyaḥ .. bhavaṃti vividhāsteṣāṃ yairyātrā tatra vai kṛtā .. 7.1.166.130 .. > In this world, good fortune, wealth, grain, and excellent wives / of various kinds belong to those by whom the pilgrimage was made there. // 130 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.131) idaṃ yātrāvidhānaṃ tu bhaktyā yaḥ kurute naraḥ .. śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva pramucyate .. 131 .. > The man who performs this rite of pilgrimage with devotion / or hears it is freed from all sins. // 131 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.132) jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sāvitrīsthalake śubhe .. pradakṣiṇā yaḥ kurute phaladānairyathāvidhi .. 132 .. > On the full moon of the month of Jyeṣṭha, at the auspicious place of Sāvitrī, / he who performs circumambulation according to the rule with offerings of fruits, // 132 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.133) aṣṭottaraśataṃ vāpi tadardhārdhaṃ tadardhakam .. yaḥ karoti naro devi sṛṣṭvā tatra pradakṣiṇām .. 133 .. > either one hundred and eight times, or half of that, or half of that, / whichever man performs circumambulations there, O goddess, // 133 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.134) agamyāgamanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ jñānācca mānavaiḥ .. anyāni pātakānyevaṃ naśyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 134 .. > if men have committed intercourse with forbidden women knowingly, / such and other sins are destroyed; of this there is no doubt. // 134 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.135) yairgatvā sthalake saṃdhyā sāvitryāḥ samupāsitā .. svapatnyāścaiva hastena pāṃḍukūpajalena ca .. 135 .. > By those who, having gone to the sacred place of Sāvitrī, have performed the twilight worship / using water from the Pāṇḍukūpa well by the hand of their own wife, // 135 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.136) bhṛṃgārakanakenaiva mṛnmayenātha bhāmini .. ānīya tu jalaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃdhyopāstiṃ karoti yaḥ .. tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi bhavetsaṃdhyā hyupāsitā .. 136 .. > bringing the sacred water in a golden pitcher or an earthen one, O passionate woman, / whoever performs the twilight worship, / by him the twilight worship has indeed been performed for twelve years. // 136 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.137) aśvamedhaphalaṃ snāne dāne daśaguṇaṃ tathā .. upavāse tvanaṃtaṃ ca kathāyāḥ śravaṇe tathā .. 137 .. > The fruit of a horse-sacrifice is obtained by ablution, ten times that by donation, / infinite by fasting, and likewise by hearing the sacred story. // 137 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.166.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.166) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāvitrīvratavidhipūjanaprakārodyāpanādikathanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 166 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-sixth chapter, named 'The Account of the Rules, Method of Worship, and Concluding Rite of the Vow of Sāvitrī', in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 166 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.166.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.43.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166) · Pramāṇa