[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) › 16.20 # Skandapurana 16.20 Skandapurāṇa 16.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha daityāvatārāṇāṃ kramo hi kathyate punaḥ .. hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ babhau .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Now the order of the daitya descents is recounted again. / King Hiraṇyakaśipu reigned for a hundred million years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.2) tathā śata sahasrāṇi yāni kāni dvisaptatim .. aśītiṃ ca sahasrāṇi trailokyasyeśvaro'bhavat..2.. > Likewise, for some seventy-two hundred thousand / and eighty thousand years, he was lord of the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.3) sautye'hanyatirātrasya kaśyapasyāśvamedhike ..3.. > On the day of the Soma pressing during the Atirātra in the Aśvamedha of Kaśyapa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.4) upakṣiptā sanaṃ yattu hoturarthe hiraṇmayam .. niṣasāda sa garto(?)'tra hiraṇyakaśipustataḥ .. 4 .. > the golden seat that was placed there for the Hotṛ priest— / there Hiraṇyakaśipu sat down on that seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.5) śatavarṣasahasrāṇāṃ tapaścakre suduścaram .. daśavarṣasahasrāṇi dityā garbhe sthitaḥ purā .. 5 .. > He performed extremely arduous austerity for a hundred thousand years; / previously, he had remained in Diti's womb for ten thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.6) hiraṇyakaśipordaityaḥ śloko gītaḥ purātanaḥ .. rājā hiraṇyakaśipuryāṃ yāmāśāṃ nirīkṣate .. 6 .. > An ancient verse is sung regarding the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu: / 'Whichever direction King Hiraṇyakaśipu looks upon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.7) tasyāṃ tasyāṃ diśi surā namaścakruḥ saharṣibhiḥ 1. paryāye tasya rājābhūdbalirvarṣārbudaṃ punaḥ .. 7 .. > in that very direction the gods bowed along with the seers.' / In his turn, Bali again became king for a hundred million years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.8) ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi triṃśacca niyutāni ca .. bale rājyādhikārastu yāva tkālaṃ babhūva ha .. 8 .. > and sixty thousand and thirty million years— / for that long Bali's sovereign rule lasted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.9) prahlādo nigṛhīto'bhūttāvatkālaṃ tathā suraiḥ 1. iṃdrādayaste vikhyātā asurāñjaghnurojasā .. 9 .. > Prahlāda was restrained by the gods during that time; / Indra and the other celebrated ones slew the asuras with their might. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.10) daityasaṃsthamidaṃ sarvamā sīddaśayugaṃ kila .. asapatnaṃ tataḥ sarvamaṣṭādaśayugaṃ punaḥ .. 7.1.20.10 .. > All this was held by the daityas for ten yugas, they say; / thereafter, it was entirely without rival for eighteen yugas again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.11) trailokyamidamavyagraṃ maheṃdreṇa tu pālitam .. tretāyuge tu daśame kārttavīryo mahābalaḥ .. 11 .. > This threefold world was ruled unperturbed by Mahendra. / In the tenth Tretāyuga, the mighty Kārttavīrya \[arose\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.12) paṃcāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ vai narādhipaḥ .. sa saptaratnavānsamrāṭ cakravartī babhūva ha .. 12 .. > a king of men for eighty-five thousand years; / possessing the seven jewels, he was an emperor and universal monarch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.13) dvīpeṣu saptasu sa vai khaḍgī carmī śarāsanī .. rathī rājā sānucaro yogāccaurānapaśyata .. 13 .. > Bearing sword, shield, and bow, riding a chariot, / that king with his retinue perceived thieves through yoga across the seven continents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.14) praṇaṣṭadravyatā yasya smaraṇānna bhavennṛṇām .. caturyuge tvatikrāṃte manau hyekādaśe prabhau .. 14 .. > Men never suffer the loss of property merely by remembering him. / When four yugas had passed in the reign of the eleventh sovereign Manu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.15) arddhāvaśiṣṭe tasmiṃstu dvāpare saṃpravartite .. mānavasya nariṣyaṃto hyāsītputro madaḥ kila ... .. 15 .. > when that Dvāpara had proceeded with half remaining, / the son of Nariṣyanta, son of Manu, was indeed Mada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.16) navamastasya dāyādastṛṇabiṃduriti smṛtaḥ .. tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha .. 16 .. > His ninth descendant was known as Tṛṇabindu; / at the beginning of the third Tretāyuga he was born as king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.17) tasya kanyā tvilavilā rūpe ṇāpratimā'bhavat .. pulastyāya sa rājarṣistāṃ kanyāṃ pratyapādayat .. 17 .. > His daughter, however, was Ilavilā, who was peerless in beauty. / That royal sage gave that daughter in marriage to Pulastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.18) ṛṣirailavilo yasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata .. tasya patnyaśca tisrastu paulastyakulamaṃḍanāḥ .. 18 .. > From her was born the seer Viśravas, son of Ilavilā. / He had three wives who adorned the lineage of Pulastya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.19) bṛhaspateḥ śubhā kanyā nāmnā vai vedavarṇinī .. puṣpotkaṭā ca vīkā ca ubhe mālyavataḥ sute .. 19 .. > The auspicious daughter of Bṛhaspati named Vedavarṇinī, / and Puṣpotkaṭā and Vīkā, both daughters of Mālyavat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.20) kekasī mālinaḥ kanyā tasyāṃ devi śṛṇu prajāḥ .. jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ tasya suṣuve varavarṇinī .. 7.1.20.20 .. > Kekasī was the daughter of Mālin; hear, O goddess, about the offspring born from her. / That fair-complexioned woman bore to him her eldest son, Vaiśravaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.21) aṣṭadaṃ(?) haricchmaśruṃ śaṃkukarṇaṃ vilohitam .. śvapādaṃ hrasvabāhuṃ ca piṃgalaṃ śucibhūṣaṇam .. 21 .. > having eight teeth, a yellowish beard, peg-like ears, and a reddish hue, / with dog-like feet, short arms, tawny-eyed, adorned with pure ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.22) tripādaṃ tu mahākāyaṃ sthūlaśīrṣaṃ mahāhanum .. evaṃvidhaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā virūpaṃ rūpatastadā .. 22.. > having three legs, a huge body, a thick head, and large jaws. / Seeing such a son, deformed in his appearance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.23) tadā dṛṣṭvābravīttaṃ tu kubero'yamiti svayam.. kutsāyāṃ kvitiśabdoyaṃ śarīraṃ veramucyate .. 23 .. > he himself, upon seeing him then, said: 'This is Kubera.' / The word 'ku' is used in contempt, and the body is called 'bera'; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.24) kuberaḥ kuśarīratvānnāmnā tena ca soṃkitaḥ .. tasya bhāryyā'bhavadvṛddhiḥ putrastu nalakūbaraḥ .. 24 .. > because he possessed an ugly body, he was marked by that name 'Kubera.' / His wife was Vṛddhi, and his son was Nalakūbara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.25) kaikasyajanayatputraṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .. śaṃkukarṇaṃ daśagrīvaṃ pigalaṃ raktamūrddhajam.. 25 .. > Kekasī gave birth to a son, Rāvaṇa, the lord of the rākṣasas, / having peg-like ears, ten necks, tawny-eyed, and with red hair, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.26) vasupādaṃ viṃśadbhujaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahābalam .. kālāṃjananibhaṃ caiva daṃṣṭriṇaṃ raktalocanam .. 26 .. > having eight feet, twenty arms, a huge body, and immense strength, / resembling black collyrium, having fangs, and red eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.27) rākṣasenaujasā yuktaṃ rūpeṇa ca balena ca .. nisargāddāruṇaḥ krūro rāvaṇādrāvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ..27.. > endowed with the fiery energy, form, and strength of a rākṣasa. / Fierce and cruel by nature, he was called Rāvaṇa because of his causing lamentation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.28) hiraṇyakaśipustvāsītsa rājā pūrvajanmani .. caturyugāni rājā tu tathā daśa sa rākṣasaḥ ..28.. > In his previous birth, that rākṣasa had indeed been King Hiraṇyakaśipu. / As a king and as a rākṣasa, he ruled for fourteen caturyugas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.29) paṃca koṭīstu varṣāṇāṃ saṃkhyatāḥ saṃkhyāyā priye .. niyutānyekaṣaṣṭiṃ ca saṃkhyāvadbhirudāhṛtam .. 29 .. > fifty million years have been computed by count, O beloved, / and sixty-one hundred-thousands, as stated by the reckoners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.30) ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ sa hi rāvaṇaḥ .. devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca ghoraṃ kṛtvā prajāgaram .. 7.1.20.30 .. > and also sixty thousand years—for that long, indeed, Rāvaṇa / kept up a terrible vigil of harassment against the gods and the seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.31) tretāyuge caturviṃśe rāvaṇastapasaḥ kṣayāt .. rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ prāpya sagaṇaḥ kṣayameyivān .. 31 .. > In the twenty-fourth Tretāyuga, on account of the exhaustion of his austerity, / Rāvaṇa encountered Rāma, son of Daśaratha, and went to destruction along with his host. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.32) yo'sau devi daśagrīvaḥ saṃbabhūvārimarddanaḥ .. damaghoṣasya rājarṣeḥ putro vikhyātapauruṣaḥ ..32.. > He who was the ten-necked crusher of foes, O goddess, / was reborn as the son of the royal sage Damaghoṣa, renowned for his manly valour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.33) śrutaśravāyāṃ caidyastu śiśupālo babhūva ha .. rāvaṇaṃ kuṃbhakarṇaṃ ca kanyāṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ tathā ..33.. > born of Śrutaśravā as the Caidya prince Śiśupāla. / Kekasī gave birth to Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and a daughter, Śūrpaṇakhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.34) vibhīṣaṇaṃ caturthaṃ ca kaikasyajanayatsutān .. manoharaḥ prahastaśca mahāpārśvaḥ kharastathā ..34.. > and Vibhīṣaṇa as the fourth son. / Manohara, Prahasta, Mahāpārśva, and Khara— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.35) puṣpotkaṭāyāste putrāḥ kanyā kumbhīnasī tathā .. triśirā dūṣaṇaścaiva vidyujjihvaśca rākṣasaḥ.. kanyaikā śyāmikā nāma vīkāyāḥ prasavaḥ smṛtaḥ..35.. > these were the sons of Puṣpotkaṭā, and Kumbhīnasī was her daughter. / Triśiras, Dūṣaṇa, and the rākṣasa Vidyujjihva, / and one daughter named Śyāmikā, are recorded as the offspring of Vīkā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.36) ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā nava .. vibhīṣaṇo viśuddhātmā daśamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ..36.. > Thus, these nine descendants of Pulastya were rākṣasas of cruel deeds; / Vibhīṣaṇa, pure in mind, is proclaimed as the tenth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.37) pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ .. bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca śūkarā hastinastathā .. ..37.. > The sons of Pulaha were all deer, carnivorous beasts with fangs, / bhūtas, piśācas, serpents, boars, and elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.38) anapatyaḥ kratustvasminsmṛto vaivasvateṃtare .. atreḥ patnyo daśaivāsansundaryaśca pativratāḥ ..38.. > Kratu, however, is remembered as childless in this Vaivasvata Manvantara. / Atri had ten wives, all beautiful and devoted to their husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.39) bhadrāśvasya ghṛtācyaṃtā jajñire daśa cāpsarāḥ ..39.. > From Bhadrāśva and ending with Ghṛtācī, ten apsarases were born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.40) bhadrā śūdrā ca madrā ca naladā jaladā tathā .. urṇā pūrṇā ca deveśi yā ca gopucchalā smṛtā..7.1.20.40.. > Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Naladā, Jaladā, / Urṇā, Pūrṇā, and, O ruler of the gods, she who is known as Gopucchalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.41) tathā tāmarasā nāma daśamī raktakoṭikā .. etāsāṃ ca mahādevi khyāto bharttā prabhākaraḥ .. 41 .. > and also the one named Tāmarasā, and the tenth, Raktakoṭikā. / Their renowned husband, O great goddess, was Prabhākara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.42) svarbhānunā hate sūrye patitesmindivo mahīm .. tamo'bhibhūte lokesminprabhā yena pravarttitā ..! .. 42 .. > When the sun was struck down by Svarbhānu and fell from heaven to this earth, / he by whom light was restored when this world was overcome by darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.43) svasti testviti caivoktaḥ patanniha divākaraḥ .. brahmarṣervacanāttasya na papāta yataḥ prabhuḥ .. 43 .. > and to the sun as it was falling down here, it was said, 'May it be well with you!' / and by the word of that brahmin seer, the lord did not fall— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.44) tataḥ prabhākaretyuktaḥ prabhurevaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. bhadrāyāṃ janayāmām somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam .. 44 .. > therefore that lord was called 'Prabhākara' ('maker of light') by the great seers. / On Bhadrā he begat a glorious son, Soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.45) tviṣimāndharmaputrastu somo devo varastu saḥ .. śītaraśmiḥ samutpannaḥ kṛttikāsu niśācaraḥ.. .45.. > who was radiant, a son of Dharma, the excellent god Soma, / the cool-rayed night-wanderer, who arose among the Kṛttikās. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.46) pitā somasya vai devi jajñe'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ .. tatrātriḥ sarvalokeśaṃ bhṛtvā sve nayane sthitaḥ .. 46 .. > The father of Soma, O goddess, was known to be the venerable seer Atri. / There Atri, having held the lord of all worlds, remained in his own eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.47) karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhānyeva samā carat .. kāṣṭhakuḍyaśilābhūta ūrddhvabāhurmahādyutiḥ ..47.. > In action, mind, and speech he practiced only auspicious things. / Becoming like a piece of wood, a wall, or a stone, with arms raised high, possessed of great splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.48) sudustaraṃ nāma tapastena taptaṃ mahatpurā .. trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyāni surasuṃdari .. 48 .. > great austerity named Sudustara ('most difficult to perform') was practiced by him of old / for three thousand divine years, O beauty of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.49) tasyorddhvaretasastatra sthitasyānimiṣasya ha .. somatvaṃ vapurāpede mahābuddhestu vai śubhe .. 49 .. > For him who had sublimated his virility, standing there without blinking, / the body of that one of great intellect attained the state of Soma, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.50) ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somasaṃbhāvitātmanaḥ .. netrābhyāṃ somaḥ susrāva daśadhā dyotayandiśaḥ .. 7.1.20.50 .. > The semen of him whose self had become Soma mounted upward; / from his eyes Soma flowed forth, illuminating the ten directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.51) tadgarbhaṃ vidhinā dṛṣṭā diśodaśa dadhustadā .. sametya dhārayāmāsurna ca dhartumaśaknuvan .. .. 51 .. > Seeing that embryo according to the cosmic ordinance, the ten directions then conceived it; / coming together, they bore it, but they were not able to hold it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.52) sa tābhyaḥ sahasaiveha digbhyo garbhaśca śāśvataḥ .. papāta bhāvayam̐llokāñchītāṃśuḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ .. 52 .. > That eternal embryo fell suddenly from those directions to this earth, / the cool-rayed one who brings life to all, causing the worlds to flourish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.53) yadā na dhāraṇe śaktāstasya garbhasya tāḥ striyaḥ .. tatastābhyaḥ sa śītāṃśurnipapāta vasuṃdharām .. 53 .. > When those women were unable to bear his embryo, / then that cool-rayed one fell from them onto the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.54) patitaṃ somamālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ.. rathamāropayāmāsa lokānāṃ hitakā myayā .. 54 .. > Seeing Soma fallen, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / mounted him on a chariot out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.55) sa tadaiva mayā devi dharmārthaṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ .. yukto vājisahasreṇa sitena surasuṃdari .. 55 .. > At that very time, by me, O goddess, he whose vow is truth was provided, / for the sake of dharma, with a thousand white steeds, O beauty of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.56) tasminnipatite devi putretreḥ paramātma ni .. tuṣṭuvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sapta ye śrutāḥ .. 56 .. > When that supreme soul, the son of Atri, had descended, O goddess, / the seven mind-born sons of Brahmā who are renowned sang his praises, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.57) tathaivāṃgirasaḥ sarve bhṛgoścaivātmajāstathā .. ṛgbhistu sāmabhiścaiva tathaivāṃgirasairapi .. .. 57 .. > as well as all the descendants of Aṅgiras and the sons of Bhṛgu, / with Ṛg verses, Sāman chants, and verses of the Atharvāṅgirases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.58) tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ .. āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīnbhāsayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ .. 58 .. > As he was being praised, the radiant splendor of Soma, / swelling fully, illuminated the three worlds on every side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.59) sa tena rathamukhyena sāgarāṃtāṃ vasuṃdharām .. triḥsaptakṛtvotiyaśāścakārābhipradakṣiṇam .. 59 .. > With that foremost chariot, that one of immense fame / circumambulated the earth bordered by the oceans twenty-one times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.60) tasya yaccāpi tattejaḥ pṛthivīmanvapadyata .. oṣadhyastāḥ samutpannāste jasā'jvalayanpunaḥ .. 7.1.20.60 .. > Whatever splendor of his reached the earth, / plants were produced thereby, blazing again with energy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.61) tābhirdhinotyayaṃ lokaṃ prajāścaiva caturvidhāḥ .. oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ kaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ .. 61 .. > By them he nourishes this world and the four kinds of living beings. > Annual herbs, which end when their fruit ripens, are traditionally counted as seventeen grains: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.62) vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmā aṇavastilāḥ .. 62 .. > Rice, barley, wheat, small grain, and sesame; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.63) priyaṃguḥ kovidāraśca koradūṣāḥ satīnakāḥ .. māṣā mudgā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ sakulatthakāḥ .. .. 63 .. > Italian millet, kovidāra, koradūṣa, and satīnaka peas; > Black gram, mung beans, lentils, kidney beans, along with horse gram; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.64) āḍhakyaścaṇakāścaiva kaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ .. ityetā oṣadhīnāṃ ca grāmyāṇāṃ jātayaḥ smṛtāḥ .. 64 .. > Pigeon peas and chickpeas: these are recorded as the seventeen grains. > These are traditionally declared to be the cultivated varieties of herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.65) oṣadhyo yajñiyāścaiva grāmyā raṇyāścaturddaśa .. vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmāstvaṇavastilāḥ .. 65 .. > And there are fourteen herbs fit for sacrifice, both cultivated and wild: > Rice, barley, wheat, small grain, and sesame; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.66) priyaṃguṣaṣṭhā ityete saptamāstu kulatthakāḥ .. śyāmākāstvatha nīvārā jartilāḥ sagavedhukāḥ .. 66 .. > With Italian millet as the sixth, and horse gram as the seventh; > Then śyāmāka millet, wild rice, wild sesame, along with gavedhuka grass; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.67) ūruvindā markaṭakāstathā veṇuyavāśca ye .. grāmyāraṇyāstathā hyetā oṣadhyastu caturdaśa .. 67 .. > Ūruvindā, markaṭaka, and bamboo-seed. > These are indeed the fourteen herbs, both cultivated and wild. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.68) tṛṇagulmalatā vīrudvallīgucchādi koṭiśaḥ .. eteṣāmadhipaścandro dhārayatyakhilaṃ jagat .. 68 .. > Grasses, shrubs, creeping plants, medicinal plants, climbing vines, clumps, and others by the tens of millions: > The Moon, the lord of these, sustains the entire world > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.69) jyotsnābhirbhagavānsomo jagato hitakāmyayā .. tatastasmai dadau rājyaṃ brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ .. 69 .. > With his moonbeams, the lord Soma, out of desire for the welfare of the world. > Then Brahmā, the best of the knowers of Brahman, granted him sovereignty > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.70) bījauṣadhīnāṃ viprāṇāṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ ca varānane .. so'bhiṣikto mahātejā rājā rājye niśākaraḥ .. 7.1.20.70 .. > Over seeds, medicinal herbs, brahmins, and mantras, O fair-faced lady. > Consecrated as king over his realm, the highly radiant maker of the night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.71) trīm̐llokānbhāvayāmāsa svabhāsā bhāsvatāṃ varaḥ.. taṃ sinī ca kuhūścaiva dyutiḥpuṣṭiḥ prabhā vasuḥ..71.. > The best of luminous bodies, caused the three worlds to prosper by his own radiance. > To him, Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Dyuti, Puṣṭi, Prabhā, Vasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.72) kīrtirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīśca nava devyaḥ siṣevire.. saptaviṃśatiriṃdostu dākṣāyaṇyo mahāvratāḥ..72.. > Kīrti, Dhṛti, and Lakṣmī—nine goddesses—rendered service. > Moreover, twenty-seven daughters of Dakṣa of great vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.73) dadau prācetaso dakṣo nakṣatrāṇīti yā viduḥ.. sa tatprāpya mahdrājyaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ varaḥ .. 73 .. > Known as the asterisms, Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, gave to the Moon. > Having obtained that great sovereignty, Soma, the best of the Soma-possessors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.74) samājahre rājasūyaṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇam .. hiraṇyagarbhaścodgātā brahmā brahmatvameyivān .. 74 .. > Performed the Rājasūya sacrifice, which has hundreds of thousands of sacrificial gifts. > Hiraṇyagarbha was the Udgātṛ priest, and Brahmā assumed the role of the Brahman priest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.75) sadasyastasya bhagavānharirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ .. sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ .. 75 .. > The member of the assembly at his sacrifice was the blessed Lord Hari Nārāyaṇa, > Surrounded by the primordial seer-brahmins headed by Sanatkumāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.76) dakṣiṇāmadadātsomastrīm̐llokāṃstu varānane .. tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca vai śubhe .. .. 76 .. > Soma gave the three worlds as a sacrificial gift, O fair-faced lady, > To those foremost seer-brahmins and members of the sacrificial assembly, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.77) prāpyāvabhṛthamavyagraḥ sarvadevarṣipūjitaḥ .. atirājati rājendro daśadhā bhāvayandiśaḥ .. 77 .. > Having attained the concluding ceremonial bath, untroubled and worshiped by all the divine seers, > The emperor shone forth exceedingly, illuminating the directions tenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.78) tena tatprāpa duṣprāpyamaiśvaryyamakṛtā tmabhiḥ .. sa evaṃ varttate candraścātreya iti viśrutaḥ .. 78 .. > Thereby he attained that sovereign power difficult to obtain by the unrefined. > Thus resides the Moon, renowned as the son of Atri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.20.78\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.78_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye candrotpattivarṇanaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 20 .. > Thus ends the twentieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of the Moon,' in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - 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