[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) › 16.1 # Skandapurana 16.1 Skandapurāṇa 16.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7) .. athaśrīskānde mahāpurāṇe saptamaṃ prabhāsakhaṇḍam .. 7 .. > Now begins the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_1) .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. > Obeisance to the glorious Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_2) .. atha prabhāsakhaṇḍaṃ prārabhyate .. > Now the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa begins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_3) .. tatredaṃ prathamaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam .. 5 .. > Here begins the first, the māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field. 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_4) oṃnamaḥ śrīparamātmane paramapuruṣottamāya .. > Oṃ, obeisance to the glorious Supreme Self, the Supreme Person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_5) oṃ namo hariharahiraṇyagarbhebhyo namo vyāsavālmīkiśukaparāśarebhyaḥ .. > Oṃ, obeisance to Hari, Hara, and Hiraṇyagarbha; obeisance to Vyāsa, Vālmīki, Śuka, and Parāśara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_6) .. vyāsa uvāca .. .. yaścādyaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇa iti yaḥ saṃstūyate sarvataḥ someśaḥ surasaṃyutaḥ kṣititale yairvīkṣito hīkṣaṇaiḥ.. te tīrtvā vitatāṃtaraṃ bhavabhayaṃ bhūtyā'bhisaṃbhūṣitāḥ svargaṃ yānavaraiḥprayānti sukṛtairyajñai yathā yajvinaḥ .. 1 .. > Vyāsa said: / He who is the primeval Puruṣa, who is praised everywhere as ancient, / Someśa, accompanied by the gods—those by whose eyes he is beheld on the surface of the earth, / having crossed the vast expanse of the fear of worldly existence, adorned with sacred ash, / go to heaven in excellent aerial chariots, just as sacrificers \[go\] through well-performed sacrifices. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_7) prasaradbindunādāya śuddhāmṛtamayātmane .. ṣaḍtriṃśattattvadehāya namaścinmātramūrtaye .. 2 .. > To him who is expanding bindu and nāda, whose nature consists of pure nectar, / whose body is the thirty-six principles of reality, whose form is pure consciousness alone—obeisance. 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_8) amṛtenodarasthena mriyante sarvadevatāḥ .. kaṃṭhasthita viṣeṇāpi yo jīvati sa pātuḥ vaḥ .. 3 .. > Though nectar rests within their bellies, all the gods perish; / may he who lives even with poison resting in his throat protect you! 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_9) satrānte sūtamanaghaṃ naimiṣeyā maharṣayaḥ.. purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ papracchū romaharṣaṇam.. 4 .. > At the conclusion of the sacrificial session, the great seers dwelling in Naimiṣāraṇya / asked the sinless Sūta, Romaharṣaṇa, about the sacred Purāṇa collection: 4. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_10) tvayā sūta mahā buddhe bhagavānbrahmavittamaḥ .. itihāsapurāṇārthe vyāsaḥ samyagupāsitaḥ .. 5 .. > “By you, O Sūta of great intellect, the lord Vyāsa, the foremost knower of Brahman, / was properly served for the purpose of the Itihāsas and Purāṇas. 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_11) tasya te sarvaromāṇi vacasā harṣitāni yat .. dvaipāyanasyānubhāvāttato'bhū romaharṣaṇaḥ .. 6 .. > Because all your bodily hairs thrilled with joy at his words, / by the power of Dvaipāyana, you therefore became known as Romaharṣaṇa. 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.7\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.7_12) bhavantameva prathamaṃ vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ .. munīnāṃ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ vyāsaḥ paurāṇikīṃ kathām .. 7 .. > The Lord Vyāsa himself directly called upon you first / to recite the collection of purāṇic lore to the sages. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.8) tvaṃ hi svāyaṃbhuve yajñe sutyāhe vitate hariḥ .. saṃbhūtaḥ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ svāṃśena puruṣottamaḥ .. 8 .. > For in the sacrifice of Svāyambhuva, on the extensive day of soma-pressing, Hari, / the Supreme Person, was born by his own portion to recite the collection. 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.9) tasmādbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ purāṇe skandakīrtite .. prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brāhmī yātrā śrutā purā .. 9 .. > Therefore we ask you: in the Purāṇa proclaimed by Skanda, / in the māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field, the pilgrimage pertaining to Brahmā was heard previously. 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.10) adhunā vaiṣṇavīṃ raudrīṃ yātrāṃ sarvārthasaṃyutām .. vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ purāṇārthaviśārada .. 7.1.1.10 .. > Now, O expert in the meaning of the Purāṇas, / you ought to tell us of the pilgrimage pertaining to Viṣṇu and that pertaining to Rudra, which bestow all aims. 7.1.1.10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.11) munīnā vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ .. praṇamya śirasā prāha vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam .. 11 .. > Having heard the words of the sages, Sūta, the best of purāṇic narrators, / bowed his head to Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, and spoke: 11. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.12) .. romaharṣaṇa uvāca .. .. śrīvatsāṃkaṃ jagadyoniṃ harimoṃkārarūpiṇam .. aprameyaṃ guruṃ devaṃ nirmalaṃ nirmalāśrayam .. 12 .. > Romaharṣaṇa said: / \[Bowing to\] Hari, marked with the Śrīvatsa, the source of the universe, who has the form of the syllable Oṃ, / the immeasurable, the guru, the deity, the taintless one, the refuge of the taintless, 12. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.13) haṃsaṃ śuciṣadaṃ vyoma vyāpakaṃ sarvadaṃ śivam .. udāsīnaṃ nirāyāsaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirañjanam .. 13 .. > the goose dwelling in the clear \[sky\], the all-pervading space, the giver of everything, the auspicious, / the indifferent, the effortless, the unmanifest, the taintless, 13. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.14) śūnyaṃ biṃdusvarūpaṃ tu dhyeyaṃ dhyānavivarjitam .. asti nāstīti yaṃ prāhuḥ sudūre cāntike ca yat .. 14 .. > the void, whose true form is the bindu, the object of meditation devoid of meditation, / whom they call ‘it is’ and ‘it is not,’ who is very far and also near, 14. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.15) manogrāhyaṃ paraṃ dhāma puruṣākhyaṃ jaganmayam .. hṛtpaṃkajasamāsīnaṃ tejorūpaṃ nirindriyam .. 15 .. > grasped by the mind, the supreme abode, named Puruṣa, consisting of the world, / seated upon the lotus of the heart, whose form is splendour, devoid of sense organs— 15. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.16) evaṃvidhaṃ namaskṛtya paramātmānamīśvaram .. kathāṃ vadiṣye dvividhāṃ dviśarīrāṃ tathaiva tu .. 16 .. > having bowed to such a Supreme Self, the Lord, / I shall relate the twofold story, which likewise possesses two bodies. 16. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.17) divyabhāṣāsamopetāṃ vedādhiṣṭhānasaṃyutām .. pañcasaṃdhisamāyuktāṃ ṣaḍalaṃkārabhūṣitām .. 17 .. > endowed with divine speech, resting on the foundation of the Vedas, / accompanied by the five junctures, adorned with the six ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.18) saptasādhanasaṃyuktāṃ rasāṣṭaguṇaraṃjitām .. guṇairnavabhirākīrṇāṃ daśadoṣavivarjitām .. 18 .. > furnished with the seven expedients, delighting with the qualities of the eight sentiments, / filled with nine poetic merits, devoid of the ten faults, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.19) vibhāṣābhūṣitāṃ tadvadekāyattāṃ manoharām .. pañcakāraṇasaṃyuktāṃ catuṣkaraṇasammatām ..19 .. > likewise adorned with secondary dialects, resting on a single \[theme\], captivating, / endowed with the five causes, approved by the four means of expression, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.20) Comments on Prabhaasa punaśca dvividhāṃ tadvajjñānasaṃdohadāyinīm .. vyāsena kathitāṃ puṇyāṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ pāpanāśinīm .. 7.1.1.20 .. > and furthermore twofold in nature, granting a multitude of wisdom, / spoken by Vyāsa, sacred, destroying sins: listen to it! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.21) yāṃ śrutvā pāpakarmāpi gaccheddhi paramāṃ gatim .. duḥkhatrayavinirmuktaḥ sarvātaṅkavivarjitaḥ .. 21 .. > Hearing which even an evildoer would surely attain the highest state, / freed from the threefold misery, released from all distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.22) na nāstike kathāṃ puṇyāmimāṃ brūyātkadācana .. śraddadhānāya śāntāya kīrtanīyā dvijātaye ..22 .. > One should never narrate this sacred tale to an atheist; / it should be recited to a tranquil, faithful twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.23) niṣekādiḥ śmaśānānto mantrairyasyodito vidhiḥ .. tasya śāstre'dhikāro'sti jñeyo nānyasya kasyacit.. 23 .. > He whose rites from conception to the cremation ground are prescribed with mantras / is known to have entitlement to this scripture, not anyone else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.24) catuḥpakṣāvadātasya viśuddhirbrāhmaṇasya ca .. sadvṛttasyādhikāro'sti śāstre'sminvedasammate .. 24 .. > And of a brahmin pure on all four sides, / of good conduct, there is eligibility in this scripture approved by the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.25) yathā surāṇāṃ pravaro devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. nadīnāṃ ca yathā gaṃgā varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo yathā .. 25 .. > Just as the god of gods, Maheśvara, is foremost among the gods, / and just as the Gaṅgā is among rivers, and the brahmin among the classes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.26) akṣarāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāmoṃkāraḥ prathamo yathā .. pūjyānāṃ tu yathā mātā gurūṇāṃ ca yathā pitā .. tathaiva sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ pradhānaṃ skandakīrtitam .. 26 .. > and just as the sound Oṃ is first among all letters, / and just as a mother among those worthy of honor, and a father among elders, / even so the \[scripture\] proclaimed by Skanda is principal among all scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.27) purā kailāsaśikhare brahmādīnāṃ ca sannidhau .. skāndaṃ purāṇaṃ kathitaṃ pārvatyagre pinākinā .. .. 27 .. > Formerly, upon the peak of Kailāsa, in the presence of Brahmā and the others, / the Skanda Purāṇa was spoken by the bearer of the Pināka before Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.28) pārvatyā ṣaṇmukhasyāgre tena nandigaṇāya vai .. nandinā tu kumārāya tena vyāsāya dhīmate .. 28 .. > By Pārvatī before the six-faced one; by him, indeed, to the host of Nandi; / by Nandi to Kumāra; and by him to the wise Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.29) vyāsena me samākhyātaṃ bhavadbhyo'haṃ prakīrtaye .. 29 .. > By Vyāsa it was related to me; I proclaim it to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.30) yūyaṃ sadbhāvasaṃyuktā yataḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ .. tena me bhāṣituṃ śraddhā bhavatāṃ skandasaṃhitām .. 7.1.1.30 .. > Since all of you great seers are endowed with pure devotion, / therefore I have the desire to declare the Skanda Compendium to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.1.30\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1.30_13) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye praśnādhyāyavarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 .. > Thus ends the first chapter, named 'Description of the Chapter of Questions,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, in the seventh 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.16.1.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.1.p4) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar, Sanskrit - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.39.1-32) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.6.p29.3) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.1) · Pramāṇa