[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) › 16.172 # Skandapurana 16.172 Skandapurāṇa 16.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.172.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahā devi liṃgaṃ tadbharateśvaram .. tasmāduttarakoṇasthaṃ nātidūraṃ vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to that Bharateśvara liṅga, / situated not very far off in the northeast quarter from that \[place\]. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.2) bharatonāma rājā'bhūdāgnīdhraḥ prathitaḥ kṣitau .. yasyedaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ nāmnā lokeṣu gīyate .. 2 .. > There was a king named Bharata, a descendant of Āgnīdhra, famous on earth, / after whose name this land of Bhārata is sung among the worlds. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.3) sa ca cakre tapo ghoraṃ kṣetre'sminpārvati priye .. divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram .. 3 .. > And he performed fierce austerity in this sacred field, O dear Pārvatī, / for a thousand divine years, having installed Maheśvara. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.4) putrakāmo naraśreṣṭhaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram .. tatastuṣṭaḥ sa bhagavānvaraṃ dātuṃ samutsukaḥ .. 4 .. > Desiring sons, that best of men worshipped Śaṃkara. / Thereupon the Lord was pleased and eager to grant a boon. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.5) aṣṭau putrāndadau tasmai kanyāṃ caikāṃ yaśasvinīm .. sa tu prāpyābhilaṣitaṃ kṛtakṛtyo narādhipaḥ .. 5 .. > He gave him eight sons and one renowned daughter. / Having attained what he desired, that king became fulfilled. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.6) bhārataṃ navadhā kṛtvā putrebhyaḥ pradadau pṛthak .. teṣāṃ nāmāṃkitānyeva tato dvīpāni jajñire .. 6 .. > Having divided Bhārata into nine parts, he gave them separately to his sons. / From them the regions came to be named after them. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.7) indradvīpaḥ kaseruśca tāmravarṇo gabhastimān .. nāgadvīpastathā saumyo gāndharvastvatha cāruṇaḥ .. 7 .. > Indradvīpa, Kaseru, Tāmravarṇa, Gabhastimat, / Nāgadvīpa, Saumya, Gāndharva, and Aruṇa: (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.8) ayaṃ tu navamo dvīpaḥ kumāryā saṃjñitaḥ priye .. aṣṭau dvīpāḥ samudreṇa plāvitāśca tathāpare .. 8 .. > And this ninth region is called Kumārī, O dear one. / The eight other regions were inundated by the ocean. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.9) grāmādideśasaṃyuktāḥ sthitāḥ sāgaramadhyagāḥ .. eka eva sthitasteṣāṃ kumāryākhyastu sāṃpratam .. 9 .. > Endowed with villages and lands, they exist situated in the midst of the sea. / Of them, only this one called Kumārī remains at present. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.10) biṃdusaraḥ prabhṛtyeva sāgarāddakṣiṇottaram .. yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu ekaṃ vistīrṇa eva tu .. 7.1.172.10 .. > From the Bindusaras southward to the ocean, / it is extended across one thousand yojanas; (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.11) yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi nava dairghyaṃ prakīrtitam .. tasyaitajjṛmbhitaṃ devi bharatasya mahātmanaḥ .. 11 .. > its length is proclaimed to be nine thousand yojanas. / This was the expansion of that great-souled Bharata, O goddess, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.12) ṣaṭpañcāśadaśvamedhāngaṃgāmanu cakāra yaḥ.. yastriṃśadyamunāprānte bharato lokapūjitaḥ .. 12 .. > who performed fifty-six horse sacrifices along the Gaṅgā, / and thirty along the Yamunā—Bharata, who was worshipped by the world. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.13) sa ceśvaraprasādena modate divi devavat .. 13 .. > And by the grace of Īśvara he rejoices in heaven like a god. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.14) yastatpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhārataṃ pūjayiṣyati .. sa sarvayajñadānānāṃ phalaṃ prāpayitā dhuvam .. 14 .. > Whoever will worship that liṅga installed by Bharata, / he will certainly obtain the fruit of all sacrifices and gifts. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.15) kārttikyāṃ kṛttikā yoge yastaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ .. na sa paśyati svapnepi narakaṃ ghoradāruṇam .. 15 .. > The man who sees it on the full moon of Kārttika under the conjunction with Kṛttikā / does not, even in a dream, see the dreadful and terrible hell. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.172.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172.172) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bharateśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 172 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-second chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Bharateśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[khaṇḍa\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (172) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.172.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.172) · Pramāṇa