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# Skandapurana 16.202

Skandapurāṇa 16.202

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.202.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi rāmeśvaramanuttamam ..  
maṃkīśāddakṣiṇe bhāge āgneye tu kṛtasmarāt ..  
pūrvatastu sarasvatyā balabhadrapratiṣṭhitam .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unsurpassed Rāmeśvara, / to the south of Maṅkīśa and to the southeast of Kṛtasmara, / but to the east of the Sarasvatī, consecrated by Balabhadra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.2)

yatra mukto'bhavaddevi rāmo brahmavadhātkila ..  
pātakātpratilomāṃ tāmagāhata sarasvatīm .. 2 ..

> where Rāma, indeed, was freed from the killing of a brahmin, O goddess; / from that sin he plunged into the Sarasvatī flowing upstream.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.3)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
kathaṃ sa pātakānmuktaḥ kathaṃ pāpamabhūtpurā ..  
kathaṃ tatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ kiṃprabhāvaṃ vadasva me .. 3 .. ..

> The goddess said: / How was he freed from the sin? How did the sin occur formerly? / How was that liṅga installed, and what is its power? Tell me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.4)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm ..  
yāṃ śrutvā mānavo devi muktaḥ saṃsārasāgarāt ..  
sarvānkāmānsa labhate satataṃ manasi priyān .. 4 ..

> Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall tell the story that destroys sin, / hearing which, O goddess, a mortal is freed from the ocean of worldly existence, / and constantly obtains all desires dear to his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.5)

rāmaḥ pūrvaṃ parāṃ prītiṃ kṛtvā kṛṣṇasya lāṃgalī ..  
cintayāmāsa bahudhā kiṃ kṛtaṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet .. 5 ..

> Formerly Rāma, the plow-wielder, having shown supreme affection to Kṛṣṇa, / thought in many ways: 'What good deed could be performed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.6)

kṛṣṇena hi vinā nāhaṃ yāsye duryodhanāntikam ..  
pāṇḍavānvā samāśritya kathaṃ duryodhanaṃ nṛpam .. 6 ..

> Without Kṛṣṇa I will not go to Duryodhana; / or, taking refuge with the Pāṇḍavas, how \[could I go against\] King Duryodhana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.7)

jāmātaraṃ tathā śiṣyaṃ ghātayiṣye nareśvaram ..  
tasmānna pārthaṃ yāsyāmi nāpi duryodhanaṃ nṛpam .. 7 ..

> How shall I cause the king to be slain, my son-in-law and likewise my disciple? / Therefore I will not go to Pārtha, nor to King Duryodhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.8)

tīrtheṣvāplāvayiṣyāmi tāvadātmānamātmanā ..  
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yāvadaṃtāya kalpate .. .. 8 ..

> I shall bathe myself in tīrthas by my own self, / so long as it tends toward the destruction of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.9)

ityādiśya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pārthaduryodhanāvapi ..  
jagāma dvārakāṃ śauriḥ svasainyaiśca parīvṛtaḥ .. 9 ..

> Having thus instructed Hṛṣīkeśa, and Pārtha and Duryodhana as well, / Śauri went to Dvārakā, surrounded by his own troops.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.10)

gatvā dvārāvatīṃ rāmo hṛṣṭatuṣṭajanākulām ..  
svairantaḥpuragaiḥ sārdhaṃ papau pānaṃ halāyudhaḥ .. 7.1.202.10 ..

> Having arrived at Dvārāvatī, filled with glad and contented people, / the weapon-of-a-plow-wielder drank wine along with the women of his own inner apartments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.11)

pītapāno jagāmātha raivatodyānamṛddhimat ..  
haste gṛhītvā sa gadāṃ revatyādibhiranvitaḥ .. 11 ..

> Having drunk the liquor, he then went to the flourishing Raivata garden, / taking his mace in hand, accompanied by Revatī and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.12)

strīkadaṃbakamadhyastho yayau mattavadāskhalan ..  
dadarśa ca vanaṃ vīro ramaṇīyamanuttamam .. 12 ..

> Standing in the midst of a multitude of women, he walked, stumbling like one intoxicated; / and the hero beheld the forest, delightful and unsurpassed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.13)

sarvatra tarupuṣpāḍhyaṃ śākhāmṛgagaṇākulam ..  
puṣpa padmavanopetaṃ sapalvalamahāvanam .. 13 ..

> abounding everywhere with flowering trees, teeming with troops of monkeys, / endowed with groves of flowers and lotuses, a great forest with pools,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.14)

sa śṛṇvanprītijanakānvanyānmadakalāñchubhān ..  
śrotraramyānsumadhurāñchabdānkhagasukheritān .. 14 ..

> hearing wild, charmingly melodious, auspicious sounds / that produced pleasure, delightful to the ear, and very sweet, uttered by happy birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.15)

sarvataḥ phalaratnāḍhyānsarvataḥ kusumojjvalān ..  
apaśyatpādapāṃścaiva vihagairanumoditān .. 15 ..

> He saw trees rich in precious fruits on every side, / bright with blossoms on every side, celebrated by birds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.17)

āmrānāgrātakānbhavyānnālikerānsatiṃdukān ..  
ābalvanāṃsthā pītāndāḍimānbījapūrakān..  
panasām̐llakucānmocāṃstāpāṃścāpi manoharān ..  
pālevatānkusaṃkullānnalinānatha vetasān .. 17 ..

> mangoes, āmrātakas, bhavya trees, coconuts with tindukas, / ābalvanas, and pītas, pomegranates, bījapūrakas, / jackfruits, lakucas, plantains, and lovely tāpas, / pālevatas, kusaṅkullas, nalinas, and canes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.18)

bhallātakānāmalakīṃstindukāṃśca mahāphalān ..  
iṃgudānkaramardāṃśca harītakabibhītakān .. 18 ..

> marking-nut trees, myrobalans, and large-fruited tindukas, / ingudas, karamardas, and harītakas and vibhītakas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.19)

etānanyāṃśca sa tarūndadarśa yadunandanaḥ ..  
tathaivāśokapunnāgaketakībakulāṃstathā .. 19 ..

> These and other trees the son of the Yadus saw, / and likewise aśoka, punnāga, ketakī, and bakula,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.20)

caṃpakānsaptaparṇāṃśca karṇikārānsumālatīḥ ..  
pārijātānkovidārā nmandārendīvarāṃstathā .. 7.1.202.20 ..

> campakas, saptaparṇas, karṇikāras, fine mālati creepers, / pārijātas, kovidāras, mandāras, and blue water-lilies,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.21)

pāṭalānpuṣpitānrambhāndevadārudrumāṃstathā ..  
śālāṃstālāṃśca stamālāṃniculānvañjulāṃstathā .. 21 ..

> flowering trumpet-flower trees, plantains, and devadāru trees, / sāl trees, palmyras, tamālas, niculas, and vañjulas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.22)

cakoraiḥ śatapatraiśca bhṛṃgarājaiḥ samāvṛtān ..  
kokilaiḥ kalaviṃkaiśca hārītairjīvajīvakaiḥ .. 22 ..

> covered with cakoras, hundred-feathered woodpeckers, and bhṛṅgarājas, / with cuckoos, sparrows, green pigeons, and jīvañjīvaka birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.23)

priyaputraiścātakaiśca śukairanyairvihaṃgamaiḥ ..  
śrotraramyaṃ sumadhuraṃ kūja dbhiścāpyadhiṣṭhitaiḥ .. 23 ..

> occupied by priyaputras, cātakas, parrots, and other birds / that cooed delightfully to the ear and very sweetly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.24)

sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni manojñasalilāni ca ..  
kumudaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiśca tathā rocanakotpalaiḥ .. 24 ..

> and lakes with lotus blossoms and delightful water, / with white water-lilies, puṇḍarīka lotuses, and bright blue utpalas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.25)

kahlāraiḥ kamalaiścāpi carcitāni samaṃtataḥ ..  
kadaṃbaiścakravākaiśca tathaiva jalakukkuṭaiḥ .. 25 ..

> Covered all around with kahlāra and lotus flowers, / and likewise with kadamba birds, cakravākas, and waterfowls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.26)

kāraṇḍavaiḥ plavairhaṃsaiḥ kūrmairmaṃḍubhireva ca ..  
etairanyaiśca kīrṇāni tathānyairjalavā sibhiḥ .. 26 ..

> teeming with kāraṇḍavas, plavas, swans, tortoises, and frogs, / as well as other \[creatures\] and various aquatic animals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.27)

krameṇa saṃcaranrāmaḥ prekṣamāṇo manoramam ..  
jagāmānugataḥ strībhirlatāgṛhamanuttamam .. 27 ..

> Moving about by degrees and beholding the delightful \[scene\], / Rāma, followed by women, reached an unsurpassed bower of creepers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.28)

sa dadarśa dvijāṃstatra vedavedāṃgapāra gān ..  
kauśikānbhārgavāṃścaiva bhāradvājāṃśca gautamān .. 28 ..

> There he saw twice-borns who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas: / Kauśikas, Bhārgavas, Bhāradvājas, and Gautamas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.29)

vividheṣu ca saṃbhūtānvaṃśeṣu dvijasattamān ..  
kathāśravaṇasotkaṇṭhānupaviṣṭānmahā tmanaḥ .. 29 ..

> the best of twice-borns, born in various lineages, / sitting eager to hear stories, high-souled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.30)

kṛṣṇājinottarīyeṣu kūrceṣu ca vṛsīṣu ca ..  
sūte ca teṣāṃ madhyasthaṃ kathayānaṃ kathāḥ śubhāḥ .. 7.1.202.30 ..

> on black antelopeskins used as upper cloths, on grass seats, and on cushions; / and, in their midst, Sūta narrating auspicious tales,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.31)

paurāṇikāḥ surarṣīṇāmā dyānāṃ caritakriyāḥ ..  
dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ dvijāḥ sarve madhupānāruṇekṣaṇam .. 31 ..

> the ancient deeds and actions of the primordial divine seers. / Seeing Rāma with eyes reddened from drinking wine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.32)

matto'yamiti manvānāḥ samuttasthustvarānvitāḥ ..  
pūjayanto haladharaṃ tamṛte sūtavaṃśajam .. 32 ..

> thinking, "He is intoxicated," all the twice-borns rose up in haste, / paying homage to the wielder of the plough, except for that descendant of the Sūta lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.33)

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo halī sūtaṃ mahābalaḥ ..  
nijaghāna vivṛttākṣaḥ kṣobhitāśeṣadānavaḥ .. 33 ..

> Then, overwhelmed with anger, the mighty plough-bearer, / with rolling eyes, having agitated all Dānavas, struck Sūta dead.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.34)

anvāsite padaṃ brāhmyaṃ tasminsūte nipātite ..  
niṣkrāntāste dvijāḥ sarve vanātkṛṣṇājināṃbarāḥ .. 34 ..

> When that Sūta, who occupied the seat of a brahmin, was struck down, / all those twice-borns wearing black antelopeskins departed from the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.35)

avadhūtaṃ tathātmānaṃ manyamāno halāyudhaḥ ..  
cintayāmāsa sumahanmayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam .. 35 ..

> Deeming himself thus humiliated, the wielder of the plough / reflected: "A very great sin has been committed by me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.36)

brahmāsanagato hyeṣa yaḥ sūto vinipātitaḥ..  
tathā hyete dvijāḥ sarve māmavekṣya vinirgatāḥ .. 36 ..

> For it was one seated on the seat of a brahmin, Sūta, who was struck down! / And indeed, seeing me, all these twice-borns have departed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.37)

śarīrasya ca me gandho lohasyevāsukhāvahaḥ ..  
ātmānaṃ cāvagacchāmi brahmaghnamiti kutsitam .. 37 ..

> And the smell of my body is unpleasant like that of iron; / and I realize that I am vile, a slayer of a brahmin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.38)

dhiṅmamārthaṃ tathā madyaṃ mahimānamakīrtidam ..  
yenā viṣṭena sumahanmayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam..38..

> Fie on my wealth, on wine, and on renown that brings no fame, / possessed by which such a great sin was committed by me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.39)

smṛtyuktaṃ te kariṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi..  
uktamastyeva manunā prāyaścittādikaṃ kramāt..39..

> I shall perform for you an expiation as prescribed by the legal treatises in accordance with rule; / indeed, Manu has declared expiation and the rest in proper order:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.39\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.39_1)

japaḥ pracchannapāpānāṃ manastāpa eva ca..  
bhūtātmanastapovidye buddherjñānaṃ viśodhanam..7.1.202.4..

> 'Japa and remorse are the purifier of hidden sins; / austerity and knowledge of the inner self; spiritual knowledge of the intellect.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.41)

kṣetreśvarasya vijñānādviśuddhiḥ paramā matā..  
śarīrasya viśuddhistu prāyaścittaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ.. 41..

> Purification is deemed supreme from the direct knowledge of the lord of the field; / but purification of the body is by various kinds of expiations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.42)

tato'dyataḥ kariṣyāmi vrataṃ dvādaśavārṣikam..  
svakarmakhyāpanaṃ kurvanprāyaścittamanuttamam..42..

> Therefore, from today I shall undertake a twelve-year vow, / proclaiming my own deed, performing unsurpassed expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.43)

iyaṃ viśuddhirajñānāddhatvā cākāmato dvijam ..  
kāmato brāhmaṇavadhe niṣkṛtirna vidhīyate .. 43 ..

> This purification is for one who unintentionally strikes a twice-born out of ignorance; / for intentionally killing a brahmin, no expiation is prescribed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.44)

yaḥ kāmato mahāpāpaṃ naraḥ kurynātkathaṃcana ..  
na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā bhṛgvagnipatanādṛte .. 44 ..

> If a man should intentionally commit a great sin in any way, / no expiation is seen for him except throwing oneself from a cliff or into fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.45)

akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittaṃ vidurbudhāḥ ..  
kāmakārakṛte'pyāhureke śrutinidarśanāt .. 45 ..

> The wise know of expiation when a sin is committed unintentionally; / some say it is valid even when done intentionally, on the evidence of Vedic revelation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.46)

vidhiḥ prāthamikastasmāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ caret ..  
tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ .. 46 ..

> That is the rule for the first time; for a second time, one should perform twice as much; / for a third time, threefold is declared; for a fourth time, there is no expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.47)

auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ dadadgobrāhmaṇādiṣu ..  
dīyamāne vipattiḥ syānna sa pāpena lipyate .. 47 ..

> One who gives medicine, oil, or food to cows, brahmins, and others, / if death should occur while it is being given, he is not tainted by sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.48)

akāraṇaṃ tu yaḥ kaściddvijaḥ prāṇānparityajet ..  
tasyaiva tatra doṣaḥ syānna tu yo'smai dadāti tat .. 48 ..

> If any twice-born should give up his life without cause, / the fault would belong only to him, not to the one who gives it to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.49)

pariṣkṛto yadā vipro hatvā''tmānaṃ mṛto yadi ..  
nirguṇaḥ sahasā krodhādgṛhakṣetrādikāraṇāt .. 49 ..

> When a qualified brahmin, having struck himself, dies / without merit, suddenly out of anger on account of a house, land, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.50)

trivārṣikaṃ vrataṃ kuryā tpratilomāṃ sarasvatīm ..  
gacchedvāpi viśuddhyarthaṃ tatpāpasyeti niścitam .. 7.1.202.50 ..

> one should observe a three-year vow, or go to Sarasvatī flowing upstream / for the sake of purification from that sin; this is determined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.51)

uddiśya kupito hatvā toṣitaṃ vāsayetpunaḥ ..  
tasminmṛte na doṣo'sti dvayorucchrāvaṇe kṛte .. 51 ..

> Having struck \[him\] out of anger with an intention, if one placates him and allows him to dwell again, / if he dies after mutual proclamation is made, there is no fault.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.52)

ṣaṇḍhaṃ tu brāhmaṇaṃ hatvā śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret ..  
bahūnāmekakāryāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śastradhāriṇām .. 52 ..

> If one kills an impotent brahmin, one should observe the vow for killing a śūdra. / When many bearing weapons have a common purpose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.53)

yadyeko ghātayettatra sarve te ghātakāḥ smṛtāḥ ..  
prāyaścitte vyavasite yadi kartā vipadyate .. 53 ..

> if one among them kills, they are all remembered as killers. / When an expiation is resolved upon, if the doer should die,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.54)

enastatprāpnuyādenamiha loke paratra ca ..  
tadahaṃ kiṃ karomyeṣa kva gacchāmi durātmavān .. 54 ..

> sin would attach to him in this world and in the next. / What then shall I do, vile-souled as I am? Where shall I go?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.55)

dhiṅmāṃ ca pāpacaritaṃ mahāduṣkṛtakarmiṇam .. 55 ..

> Fie on me of sinful conduct, a committer of great evil deeds!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.56)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
ityevaṃ vilapanyāvacchokā kulitamānasaḥ ..  
tāvadākāśasaṃbhūtā vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. 56 ..

> Īśvara said: / While he was lamenting in this manner, his mind agitated by sorrow, / an incorporeal voice arisen from the sky spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.57)

bhobho rāma na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ kathaṃcana ..  
gaccha prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ yatra devī sarasvatī .. 57 ..

> "O Rāma! You must not feel anguish in any way! / Go to the sacred field of Prabhāsa, where the goddess Sarasvatī resides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.58)

pañcasrotāḥ sthitā tatra pañcapātakanāśanī ..  
nadīnāṃ pravarā sā tu brahmabhūtā sarasvatī .. 58 ..

> Having five streams, she is present there, the destroyer of the five great sins; / she is the foremost of rivers, Sarasvatī identical with Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.59)

ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni brahmāṇḍe sacarācare ..  
gaṃgādīni naraśreṣṭha teṣāṃ puṇyā sarasvatī .. 59 ..

> On the one side are all the sacred fords in the cosmic egg containing the moving and unmoving, / such as the Gaṅgā, O best of men; yet holy is Sarasvatī beyond them!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.60)

tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca ..  
yāvanna dṛśyate devī prabhāsasthā sara svatī .. 7.1.202.60 ..

> Sins such as killing a brahmin roar only so long / as the goddess Sarasvatī situated at Prabhāsa is not seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.61)

tasmāttatraiva gaccha tvaṃ yatra devī sarasvatī ..  
nānyaistīrthaiḥ sahasraistvaṃ kartuṃ śakyo vikalmaṣaḥ .. 61 ..

> Therefore, go to that very place where the goddess Sarasvatī is; / you cannot be made free of sin by thousands of other sacred fords!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.62)

tanmā kārṣīrvilaṃbaṃ tvaṃ gaccha tīraṃ mahodadheḥ ..  
prābhāsike mahādevīṃ pratilomāṃ vigāhaya .. 62 ..

> So do not delay; go to the shore of the great ocean; / in Prabhāsa, plunge into the great goddess flowing upstream!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.63)

tatraivārādhaya vibhuṃ liṃgarūpiṇamīśvaram ..  
pratiṣṭhāpya mahāpāpācchārī rāttvaṃ vimokṣyasi .. 63 ..

> Worship the all-pervading Lord Īśvara there in the form of a liṅga; / having installed \[him\], you will be released from the great bodily sin."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.64)

iti śrutvā vaco rāmaḥ paramānaṃdapūritaḥ ..  
prabhāsakṣetragamane matiṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ .. 64 ..

> Having heard these words, Rāma, filled with supreme bliss, / noble-minded, set his mind upon going to the sacred field of Prabhāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.65)

tataḥ svasainyasaṃyukto dravyopaskarasaṃyutaḥ ..  
ājagāma mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsamiti viśrutam .. 65 ..

> Then, accompanied by his own army and equipped with materials and provisions, / he came to the great sacred field known as Prabhāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.66)

dṛṣṭvā manorama tīrthaṃ sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame ..  
cakāra hṛdi saṃkalpaṃ prati lomāvagāhane .. 66 ..

> Beholding the charming sacred ford at the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean, / he formed the resolve in his heart to bathe \[in her waters\] flowing upstream.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.67)

āhūya brāhmaṇāṃstatra prabhāsakṣetravāsinaḥ ..  
samyagyātrāvidhānena yātrāṃ tatrākarodvibhuḥ .. 67 ..

> Having summoned the brahmins dwelling in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / the powerful lord made a pilgrimage there according to the proper rules of pilgrimage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.68)

yāni prābhāsike kṣetre tīrthāni vividhāni tu ..  
raviyojanasaṃsthāni teṣu yātrāṃ cakāra saḥ .. 68 ..

> To whichever various sacred fords there were in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / situated within twelve yojanas, he made a pilgrimage to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.69)

pratyekaṃ ca dadau teṣu dānāni vividhāni tu ..  
tathā'dhaḥ sthāpa yāmāsa sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame .. 69 ..

> And at each of them he gave various gifts; / likewise, down at the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean, he set \[his camp\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.70)

pūrvabhāge mahāliṃgaṃ kṛtvā yajñavidhikriyām ..  
evaṃ kṛte mahādevi vimuktaḥ pātakairabhūt .. 7.1.202.70 ..

> having performed the ritual rites of sacrifice before the great liṅga in the eastern part. / When this was done, O great goddess, he became freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.71)

nirmarlāṃgastato devi dināni daśa saṃsthitaḥ ..  
tatastāṃ caiva sa snātvā pratilomāṃ kramādyayau ..  
plakṣāvaharaṇaṃ yāvatsamudrācca himāhvayam .. .. 71 ..

> His body purified, O goddess, he then stayed for ten days. / Then, having bathed in her, he went upstream by degrees, / from the ocean up to the Plakṣā descent called Hima.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.72)

evaṃ muktaḥ sa pāpaughai rāmo'bhūtprathitaḥ priye ..  
tasya liṃgasya māhātmyātsarasvatyāḥ prasādataḥ .. 72 ..

> Thus freed from the flood of sins, Rāma became famous, O beloved, / by the power of that liṅga and through the grace of the Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.73)

yastatpūjayate devi liṃgaṃ pāpabhayāpaham ..  
rāmeśvareti kathitaṃ so'pi mucyeta pātakāt .. 73 ..

> Whoever worships that liṅga which removes the fear of sin, O goddess, / called Rāmeśvara, he too is freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.74)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa brahmakūrcavidhānataḥ ..  
yastatra kurute devi so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 74 ..

> Especially on the eighth day, according to the rule of brahmakūrca, / whoever does \[so\] there, O goddess, obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.75)

snātvā tatra varārohe sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame ..  
rāmeśvaretināmānaṃ tataḥ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram ..  
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 75 ..

> Having bathed there, O woman of fair hips, at the confluence of the Sarasvatī and the ocean, / and then fully worshipping Śaṃkara named Rāmeśvara, / the gift of a cow should be given there by those desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.76)

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi rāmeśvaramahodayam ..  
yacchrutvā mānavaḥ samyakchraddhāvānprāpnuyāddivam .. 76 ..

> Thus has the great majesty of Rāmeśvara been told, O goddess; / hearing this with faith, a man attains heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.202.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.202.202)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye rāmeśvarakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 202 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and second chapter, named 'Description of the Rāmeśvarakṣetra-māhātmya', in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.202.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.3.10) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit
- [Prāyaścittaviveka (Śūlapāṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.mithila_bengal.prayascittaviveka.3.10) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit
- [Siddhāntasiddhāñjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.siddhantasiddhanjana.2.p679) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1640, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p580) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit

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