[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) › 16.16 # Skandapurana 16.16 Skandapurāṇa 16.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. pātālavivarasyāpi māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam .. pūrvapṛṣṭaṃ mahādevi brahmaṇā viśvakarmaṇā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Hear now also the māhātmya of the chasm of Pātāla, / which was formerly asked about, O great goddess, by Viśvakarman, the creator. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.2) tamobhāve samutpanne jātāstatraiva rākṣasāḥ .. sūryasya dveṣiṇaḥ sarve hyasaṃkhyātā mahābalāḥ .. .. 2 .. > When darkness arose, rākṣasas were born right there, / all of them haters of the Sun, innumerable and of great strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.3) te tu dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ samudyaṃtaṃ divākaram .. te dhūmrapramukhāḥ sarve jahasuḥ sūryamaṃjasā .. 3 .. > When they saw the great-souled day-maker rising up, / all of them, headed by Dhūmra, straightway laughed at the Sun: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.4) asmākamaṃtakaḥ ko'yaṃ vidyate pāpakarmakṛt.. ityūcurvividhā vācaḥ sūryasyāgre sthitāstadā..4.. > 'Who is this destroyer of ours that performs evil deeds?' / Thus, standing before the Sun, they spoke various words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.5) iti śrutvā tadā devaḥ krodhasphuritādharaḥ.. rākṣasānāṃ vacaścaiva bhakṣyamāṇo divākaraḥ.. 5.. > Hearing this speech of the rākṣasas, the god, the day-maker, / his lower lip trembling with wrath, being swallowed \[by them\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.6) tataḥ krodhābhibhūtena cakṣuṣā cāvalokayat.. sa krūrarakṣaḥkṣayakṛttimiradvipakesarī.. 6.. > then looked with an eye overcome by anger— / he, the destroyer of cruel demons, a lion to the elephant of darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.7) mahāṃśumānkhagaḥ sūryastadvināśamaciṃtayat.. ajānannaṃtataśchidraṃ rākṣasānāṃ divaspatiḥ.. 7 .. > The sun, possessing great rays, moving through the sky, contemplated their destruction, / not knowing at first any vulnerability in the rākṣasas, the lord of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.8) sa dharmavicyutāndṛṣṭvā pāpopahatacetasaḥ.. evaṃ saṃciṃtya bhagavāndadhyau dhyānaṃ prabhākaraḥ..8. > Seeing them fallen from dharma, their minds struck by sin, / reflecting thus, the blessed light-maker meditated in contemplation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.9) ajānaṃstejasā grastaṃ trailokyaṃ rajanīcaraiḥ .. tataste bhānunā dṛṣṭāḥ krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā .. 9 .. > He perceived that the three worlds were swallowed up by the night-stalkers through their fiery power. / Then they were looked upon by the Sun with an eye inflated by anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.10) nipeturaṃbarabhraṣṭāḥ kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ .. rākṣasairveṣṭito dhūmro nipatañchuśubheṃ'barāt .. 7.1.16.10 .. > Fallen from the sky, they crashed down like planets whose merits are exhausted. / Surrounded by the rākṣasas, Dhūmra shone as he fell from the sky, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.11) arddhapakvaṃ yathā tālaphalaṃ kapibhirāvṛtam .. yadṛcchayā nipetuste yaṃtramuktā yathopalāḥ .. 11 .. > like a half-ripe palmyra fruit surrounded by monkeys. / They crashed down randomly like stones hurled from a catapult. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.12) tato vāyu vaśādbhraṣṭā bhittvā bhūmiṃ rasātalam.. jagmuste kṣetramāsādya prabhāsaṃ varavarṇini .. 12.. > Then, having fallen by the power of the wind, piercing the earth, / they went to Rasātala after reaching the sacred field of Prabhāsa, O woman of excellent complexion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.13) yatra cārkasthalo devaḥ sarvasiddhipradāyakaḥ .. tatsānnidhyasthitaṃ devi pātālavivaraṃ mahat .. 13 .. > where the god Arkasthala, the bestower of all perfections, resides; / near it, O goddess, is situated the great chasm of Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.14) anyāni koṭiśaḥ saṃti tāni luptāni bhāmini .. kṛtasmarātsamārabhya yāvadarkasthalo raviḥ .. 14 .. > There are crores of others, \[but\] they have disappeared, O radiant woman, / beginning from Kṛtasmara up to the sun of Arkasthala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.15) devamāturvaraṃ prāpya siddhayo'ṣṭau vyavasthitāḥ .. etasminnaṃtare devi sūryakṣetramudāhṛtam .. 15 .. > Having obtained a boon from the Mother of the Gods, the eight perfections are stationed there. / In this interval, O goddess, the sacred field of the Sun is proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.16) sūryasya tejaso devi madhyabhāgaṃ hi tatsmṛtam .. sarvaṃ hemamayaṃ devi nāpuṇyastatra vīkṣate .. 16 .. > That is remembered as the central part of the Sun's splendour, O goddess; / it is entirely made of gold, O goddess; one devoid of merit does not behold it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.17) vivarāṇāṃ śataṃ caikaṃ sparśāścaiva tu koṭiśaḥ .. tatra saṃti mahādevi siddheśastu prarakṣati .. 17 .. > There are one hundred and one chasms, and touches by the crores; / they exist there, O great goddess, and Siddheśa protects them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.18) idaṃ kṣetraṃ mahādevi priyaṃ sūryasya sarvadā .. sūryaparvaṇisaṃprāpte kurukṣetrādhikaṃ priye .. 18 .. > This sacred field, O great goddess, is always dear to the Sun; / when a solar conjunction arrives, O beloved, it is greater than Kurukṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.19) brāhmī caiva hiraṇyā ca saṃgamaśca mahodadheḥ .. etattrisaṃgamaṃ devi koṭitīrtha phalapradam .. 19 .. > The Brāhmī, the Hiraṇyā, and the confluence of the great ocean: / this triple confluence, O goddess, bestows the fruit of ten million sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.20) devamātā ca tatraiva maṃkīśastatra tiṣṭhati .. nāgasthānaṃ nagasthānaṃ tatraiva samudāhṛtam .1 7.1.16.20 .. > The Mother of the Gods is right there, and Maṅkīśa stays there; / the abode of serpents and the abode of the mountain are proclaimed right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.21) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktamarkasthalama- hodayam .. rākṣasānāṃ ca saṃpātādabhūcca vivaraṃ yathā .. 21 .. > Thus the great majesty of Arkasthala has been briefly described, / and how the chasm came to be through the fall of the rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.22) anyāni tatra deveśi luptāni vivarāṇi vai .. evaṃ tu prakaṭaṃ tatra dṛśyate'dyāpi bhāmini .. 22 .. > Other chasms there have indeed vanished, O queen of the gods; / but this one is seen openly there even today, O radiant woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.23) śrīmukhaṃ nāma taddvāraṃ rakṣyate mātṛbhiḥ priye .. varṣamekaṃ caturddaśyāṃ niyamādyastu pūjayet .. 23 .. > That opening, named Śrīmukha, is guarded by the Mothers, O beloved. / Whoever worships it with self-restraint on the fourteenth day for one year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.24) tatra mātṛgaṇāndevi sunaṃdādyānvidhānataḥ.. paśupuṣpopahāraiśca dhūpadīpaistathottamaiḥ .. viprāṇāṃ bhojanairdevi tasya siddhirbhaviṣyati .. 24 .. > There, O goddess, \[he who worships\] the host of mothers headed by Sunandā according to rule, / with offerings of animals and flowers, and with excellent incense and lamps, / and with feedings for brahmins, O goddess, will attain perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.25) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatrārkasthalasaṃnidhau .. pūjayenmātaraḥ sarvā yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ .. 25 .. > Therefore, by every effort, near that Arkasthala, / one should worship all the mothers if one desires one's own perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.26) etāstu mātaro devi sunaṃdāgaṇanāmataḥ .. khyātiṃ yāṃti prabhāse tu kṣetresminvaravarṇini .. 26 .. > These mothers, O goddess, known by the name of the group of Sunandā, / have attained fame in this sacred field of Prabhāsa, O fair-complexioned one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.27) etatsaṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ pātālottaramadhyataḥ .. tacchrutvā mucyate devi sarvāpadbhyo narottamaḥ .. 27 .. > This has been told in brief concerning the middle of the northern \[entrance\] of Pātāla; / having heard it, O goddess, the best of men is freed from all misfortunes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.16.27\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16.27_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye arkasthalamāhātmye pātālavivarasunaṃdādimātṛgaṇotpattivarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. ..16 .. .. .. > Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of the Host of Mothers Headed by Sunandā at the Opening to Pātāla', in the Māhātmya of Arkasthala in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first \[part\] of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.16.16.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.16) · Pramāṇa