[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) › 16.220 # Skandapurana 16.220 Skandapurāṇa 16.220 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.220.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ trailokyapūjitam .. vṛṣadhvajeśvaraṃ nāma sthitaṃ dakṣiṇatastathā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the god worshipped by the three worlds, / known as Vṛṣadhvajeśvara, situated likewise to the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.2) yattadakṣaramavyaktaṃ paraṃ yasmānna vidyate .. yogagamyamanādyaṃtaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja saṃmitam .. 2 .. > That which is imperishable, unmanifest, than which nothing is higher, / accessible by yoga, without beginning or end, equal to the bull-bannered \[Lord\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.3) sarvāścaryamayaṃ devi buddhigrāhyaṃ nirāmayam.. viśvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ ca viśvato'kṣiśiromukham .. 3 .. > consisting of all wonders, O goddess, graspable by the intellect, free from disease, / having hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, and faces everywhere— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.4) taṃ ca devaṃ ciraṃ sthāṇuṃ vṛṣabhadhvajasaṃjñitam .. pṛthurmarucca bharataḥ śaśabindurgayaḥ śibiḥ .. 4 .. > that eternal god, the pillar, known as Vṛṣabhadhvaja: / Pṛthu, Marutta, Bharata, Śaśabindu, Gaya, Śibi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.5) rāmoṃ'barīṣo māṃdhātā dilīpo'tha bhagīrathaḥ .. suhotro raṃtidevaśca yayātiḥ sagarastathā .. 5 .. > Rāma, Ambarīṣa, Māndhātṛ, Dilīpa, and Bhagīratha, / Suhotra, Rantideva, Yayāti, and Sagara— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.6) ṣoḍaśaite nṛpā dhanyāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritāḥ .. vṛṣadhvajeśamārādhya yajñairiṣṭvā divaṃ gatāḥ .. 6 .. > these sixteen blessed kings, having taken resort in the sacred field of Prabhāsa / and worshipped Vṛṣadhvajeśa, having offered sacrifices, went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.7) satyaṃ vacmi hitaṃ vacmi sāraṃ vacmi punaḥpunaḥ .. asāre dagdhasaṃsāre sāraṃ tatra śivārcanam .. 7 .. > I speak what is true, I speak what is beneficial, I speak what is essential again and again: / In this worthless, burnt worldly cycle, the worship of Śiva is the essence there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.8) punarjanma punarmṛtyuḥ punaḥ kleśaḥ punarjarā .. aharaharghaṭīnyāyo na kadācidapīdṛśaḥ .. .. 8 .. > Rebirth, redeath, re-affliction, re-decay; / day by day the analogy of the water-wheel goes on, never otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.9) tadā śvetasya saṃsāragrantheratyantadurbhidaḥ .. paraṃ nirmūlavicchedi kriyatāṃ tadbhavārcanam .. 9 .. > Therefore, let that worship of Bhava be performed, which cuts entirely at the root, / for \[severing\] the knot of transmigration of Śveta, which is exceedingly hard to untie. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.10) tasya cintāmaṇirgehe tasya kalpadrumaḥ kule .. kuberaḥ kiṃkarastasya bhaktiryasya śive sthitā .. 7.1.220.10 .. > In his home is the wish-fulfilling jewel; in his family is the wish-granting tree; / Kubera is his servant—he in whom devotion to Śiva is established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.11) seyaṃ lakṣmīḥ purā puṃsāṃ seyaṃ bhaktiḥ samīhitā .. seyaṃ śreyaskarī mūrtirbhaktiryā vṛṣabhadhvaje .. 11 .. > This is that fortune of men of old, this is that devotion desired; / this is the form conferring well-being: the devotion directed toward the Bull-bannered Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.12) puṣpaiḥ paṃcabhirapyatra pūjayitvā maheśvaram .. daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 12 .. > Having worshipped the great Lord here even with five flowers, / a person attains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.13) vṛṣabhastatra dātavyo vṛṣabhadhvaja saṃnidhau .. sarvapātakanāśārthaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 13 .. > A bull should be given as a gift there in the presence of the Bull-bannered Lord, / for the destruction of all sins, by those who desire the full fruit of pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.220.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220.220) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vṛṣabhadhvajeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 220 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Vṛṣabhadhvajeśvara', in the first \[part\], 'Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra', in the seventh \[book\], 'Prabhāsakhaṇḍa', in the 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.16.220.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.220) · Pramāṇa