[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) › 16.18 # Skandapurana 16.18 Skandapurāṇa 16.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. iti proktā tadā devī śaṃkareṇa yaśasvinī .. punaḥ papraccha vipreṃdrāḥ kṣetramāhātmyavistaram .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having been thus addressed then by Śaṃkara, the renowned Goddess / asked again, O foremost among vipras, for the detailed māhātmya of the sacred field. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.2) .. devyuvāca .. .. adya me saphalaṃ janma saphalaṃ ca tapaḥ prabho .. devatvamadya me jātaṃ tvatprasādena śaṃkara .. 2 .. > The Goddess said: / Today my birth is fruitful, and fruitful is my austerity, O Lord; / today my divinity has come into being through your grace, O Śaṃkara! // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.3) adyāhaṃ kṛtakalyāṇī jñānadṛṣṭiḥ kṛtātvayā .. adya me bhūṣitau karṇau kṣetra māhātmyabhūṣaṇau .. 3 .. > Today I have obtained good fortune, the vision of wisdom has been granted by you; / today my two ears are adorned with the ornaments of the māhātmya of the sacred field. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.4) adya me tejasaḥ piṃḍo jāto jñānaṃ hṛdi sthitam .. adya me kulaśīlaṃ ca adya me rūpalakṣaṇam .. 4 .. > Today a mass of splendour has arisen in me, wisdom has settled in my heart; / today my lineage and conduct \[are vindicated\], today my beauty and auspicious marks! // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.5) adya me bhrāṃtirucchinnā tīrthabhramaṇasaṃbhavā .. prabhāse niścalaṃ jātaṃ mano me mānināṃ vara .. 5 .. > Today my delusion arising from wandering among sacred fords has been dispelled; / my mind has become steady in Prabhāsa, O foremost among the proud! // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.6) ārādhito mayā pūrvaṃ tuṣṭo me'dya sureśvaraḥ .. vahninā veṣṭitā sāhamekapādena saṃsthitā .. 6 .. > Formerly he was worshipped by me; today the Lord of Gods is pleased with me. / Surrounded by fire, I stood upon one foot. 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.7) tattapaḥ saphalaṃ tvadya jātaṃ me bhaktavatsala .. prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyamadya me prakaṭīkṛtam .. 7 .. > That austerity of mine has borne fruit today, O lover of devotees! / Today the māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra has been revealed to me. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.8) punaḥ pṛcchāmi deveśa yāthātathyaṃ vada prabho ..8.. > I ask again, O Lord of Gods; speak the truth, O master! 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.9) adyāpi saṃśayo nātha tīrthamāhātmyasaṃbhavaḥ.. anyatkautūhalaṃ deva kathayasva maheśvara .. 9 .. > Even now doubt remains, O Lord, regarding the māhātmya of the tīrtha. / Tell me of another wonder, O God, O Maheśvara! 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.10) ayaṃ yo varttate deva caṃdraste śirasi sthitaḥ .. kasyāyaṃ kathamutpannaḥ kasminkāle vada prabho .. 7.1.18.10 .. > This moon that exists, O God, resting upon your head— / whose is he, how was he born, and at what time? Tell me, O Lord! 10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.11) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. asminkāle mahādevi vārāha iti viśrute .. parārddhe tu dvitīye'sminvartamāne tu vedhasaḥ .. 11 .. > Īśvara said: / In this time known as Vārāha, O Great Goddess, / while this second half of Brahmā's life is current, 11. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.12) dvitīyamāsasyādau tu pratipadyā prakīrtitā .. vārāheṇoddhṛtā tasyāṃ tathā cādau dharā priye .. tena vārāhakalpeti nāma jātaṃ dharātale .. 12 .. > at the beginning of the second month, on the first lunar day as it is proclaimed, / on that \[day\] the earth was raised up at first by the Boar, O beloved; / therefore the name 'Vārāhakalpa' arose upon the surface of the earth. 12. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.13) tasminkalpe mahādevi gate saṃdhyāṃśake priye .. prathamasya manoścādau devi svāyaṃbhuvasya hi .. 13 .. > In that kalpa, O Great Goddess, when the dawn twilight had passed, O beloved, / and at the beginning of the first Manu, Svāyambhuva indeed, O Goddess, 13. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.14) kṣīrode mathyamāne tu daivatairdānavairapi .. ratnāni jajñire tatra caturddaśamitāni vai .. 14 .. > when the Ocean of Milk was being churned by the gods and also the Dānavas, / fourteen jewels were born there. 14. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.15) teṣāṃ madhye mahātejāścaṃdramāstattvasaṃbhava .. so'yaṃ mayā dhṛto devi adyāpi śirasi priye .. 15 .. > Among them was the moon of great splendor, born of reality. / That very one has been borne by me upon my head even to this day, O beloved Goddess. 15. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.16) viṣe pīte mahādevi prabhāsasthasya me sadā .. bhūṣaṇaṃ muktaye devairmama caṃdraḥ kṛtaḥ purā .. 16 .. > When the poison had been drunk, O Great Goddess, as I dwell perpetually in Prabhāsa, / the moon was placed by the gods as an ornament for my liberation in the past. 16. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.17) śaśinābhūṣito yasmāttenāhaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ.. tatra sthāne sthito'dyāpi svayaṃbhūrliṃgamūrttimān..17.. > Because I am adorned with the moon, therefore I am Śaśibhūṣaṇa. / Remaining in that place even today, self-manifest, in the form of a liṅga, 17. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.18) sarvasiddhipradātā ca kalpasthāyī sadā priye .. ityetatkathitaṃ devi kimanyatparipṛcchasi .. 18 .. > and the giver of all perfections, enduring for a kalpa always, O beloved. / Thus this has been related, O Goddess; what else do you ask? 18. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.18.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18.18_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śivaśirobhūṣaṇa candrotpattivṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 .. > Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Account of the Origin of the Moon, the Ornament on Śiva's Head,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 18. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.18.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.18) · Pramāṇa