[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) › 16.195 # Skandapurana 16.195 Skandapurāṇa 16.195 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.195.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato vṛddhaprabhāsaṃ tu gacchecca niyatātmavān .. ādiprabhāsāddakṣiṇato nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one of controlled self should go to Vṛddhaprabhāsa, / situated to the south of Ādiprabhāsa, not very far away, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.2) caturmukhaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ darśanātpāpanāśanam .. 2 .. > a four-faced great liṅga that destroys sins upon sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.3) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ vṛddhaprabhāsaṃ tu nāma tasyābhavatprabho .. tasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ kiṃ syātstute saṃpūjite tathā .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / How did it get the name Vṛddhaprabhāsa, O Lord? / What would be the fruit when it is seen, praised, and worshipped? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.4) etatkathaya me deva saṃkṣepānnātivistarāt .. 4 .. > Tell me this, O God, in brief and not in excessive detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ādau svāyaṃbhuve devi pūrvamanvantare purā .. tretāyuge caturthe tu prabhāse kṣetra uttame .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / In the beginning, O goddess, long ago in the first Svāyambhuva Manvantara, / in the fourth Tretāyuga, in the supreme sacred field of Prabhāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.6) tasminkāle mahādevi pūrvamanvaṃtare purā .. tretāyuge caturthe tu ṛṣayastatra saṃgatāḥ .. 6 .. > at that time, O great goddess, long ago in the former Manvantara, / in the fourth Tretāyuga, seers gathered there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.7) darśanārthaṃ prabhāsasya uttarāpathagāminaḥ .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā''cchāditaṃ devaṃ vajreṇa tu maheśvari .. 7 .. > travelers of the northern path, for the sake of the darśana of Prabhāsa. / Having seen that god covered by a thunderbolt, O great goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.8) viṣādaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvākyaṃ cedamathābuvan .. adṛṣṭvā śāṃkaraṃ ligaṃ na yāsyāmo vayaṃ gṛham .. 8 .. > they experienced great dejection and then spoke these words: / 'Without seeing the liṅga of Śaṃkara, we will not go home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.9) svargārthino vayaṃ prāptā mahadadhvānameva hi .. tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmo yāvalliṃgasya darśanam .. 9 .. > Desiring heaven, we have indeed traveled a great distance; / therefore, we will stay right here until the darśana of the liṅga.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.10) evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā parasmiṃstapasi sthitāḥ .. varṣāsvākāśagā bhūtvā hemaṃte salilāśrayāḥ .. 7.1.195.10 .. > Having thus made their resolve, they engaged in supreme austerity: / staying in the open air during the rains, taking refuge in water during the cold season, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.11) pañcāgnisādhanā grīṣme niyatā brahmacāriṇaḥ .. bahūnvarṣagaṇānviprā jarāgrastāstadā'bhavan .. 11 .. > practicing the five fires in summer, self-restrained celibates. / Over many groups of years, those brahmins then became seized with old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.12) evaṃ vṛddhatvamāpannā yadā te varavarṇini .. chandyamānā varaiste tu śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā .. 12 .. > When they had thus attained old age, O fair-complexioned one, / though coaxed with boons by the great-souled Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.13) liṃgasya darśanaṃ muktvā na te'nyaṃ vavrire varam .. 13 .. > they chose no other boon except the darśana of the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.14) teṣāṃ tu niścayaṃ jñātvā sarveṣāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. anukampāparo bhūtvā svaliṃgaṃ tānadarśayat .. 14 .. > Knowing the firm resolve of all of them, the bull-bannered \[god\], / becoming filled with compassion, showed them his own liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.15) etasminneva kāle tu bhittvā caiva vasundharām .. utthitaṃ sahasā liṃgaṃ tadeva varavarṇini .. 15 .. > At that very time, having split open the earth, / that same liṅga suddenly arose, O fair-complexioned one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.16) ṛṣayaste ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve ca tridivaṃ gatāḥ .. atha teṣu prayāteṣu śakrastaptamanā hyabhūt .. 16 .. > And having seen it, all those seers went to heaven. / Now, when they had departed, Śakra became distressed in mind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.17) tamapi cchādayāmāsa vajreṇa śataparvaṇā .. 17 .. > he covered it too with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.18) vṛddhabhāve yatasteṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ darśanaṃ gataḥ .. ato vṛddhaprabhāsaṃ tatkīrtyate vasudhātale .. 18 ..! > Since he came into the sight of those seers when they were in an aged state, / therefore it is celebrated on earth as Vṛddhaprabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.19) tasmindṛṣṭe varārohe adyāpi labhate phalam .. rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ naro bhaktisamanvitaḥ .. 19 .. > When it is seen, O lovely lady, even today a man endowed with devotion / obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.20) evaṃ tatra samutpannaṃ prabhāsaṃ vṛddhasaṃjñakam .. tatrokṣā brāhmaṇe deyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 7.1.195.20 .. > Thus Prabhāsa named Vṛddha arose there; / a bull should be given there to a brahmin by those desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.195.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195.195) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vṛddhaprabhāsamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 195 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Vṛddhaprabhāsa', in the first \[part\], 'Glory of the Prabhāsa Field', of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.195.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.195) · Pramāṇa