[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) › 16.221 # Skandapurana 16.221 Skandapurāṇa 16.221 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.221.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ ca ṛṇamocanam .. tasmindṛṣṭe ṛṇaṃ na syānmātāpitṛsamudbhavam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the god Ṛṇamocana; / when he is seen, there would be no debt originating from mother or father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.2) pitarastu purā sarve divyakṣetraṃ samāgatāḥ .. prabhāse tapasā yuktāḥ sthitā varṣagaṇānbahūn .. 2 .. > Formerly all the ancestors came to the divine sacred field; / engaged in austerity in Prabhāsa, they remained for many groups of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.3) agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ somapā ājyapāstathā .. liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsuḥ sarve bhaktiparāyaṇāḥ .. 3 .. > The Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣads, the Somapas, and the Ājyapas, / all dedicated to devotion, established a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.4) tataḥ kālena mahatā tuṣṭasteṣāṃ maheśvaraḥ .. tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ gatvā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 4 .. > Then, after a great length of time, the Great Lord was pleased with them; / then, having become visible, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.5) parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ vo brūta yanmanasepsitam ..5.. > 'I am well pleased; hail to you! State what is desired by your mind.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.6) .. pitara ūcuḥ .. .. asmākaṃ dīyatāṃ vṛttirjagatyasminsvayaṃ kṛte .. devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mānuṣāṇāṃ mahītale .. 6 .. > The ancestors said: / 'Let livelihood be given to us in this world created by you yourself, / and \[livelihood\] of the gods, the seers, and mortals on the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.7) bhavāneva paro loke sarveṣāṃ padmasaṃbhava.. āgatya varṇāścatvāra iha ye śraddhayānvitāḥ .. 7 .. > You alone are supreme in the world of all, O lotus-born one. / Whosoever among the four classes coming here endowed with faith— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.8) paitṛkāttu ṛṇānmuktā bhavaṃtu gatakalmaṣāḥ .. vyantaratvaṃ suraśreṣṭha yeṣāṃ vai pitaro gatāḥ .. 8 .. > may they be freed from the ancestral debt, their blemishes gone! > O best of gods, \[for those\] whose ancestors have become ghosts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.9) sarppe vahni viṣairvā ye nāśaṃ nītāḥ pitāmahāḥ .. aputrā vā saputrā vā sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā .. 9 .. > or whose grandfathers met destruction by snakes, fire, or poisons, > whether childless or having sons, without the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa ritual, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.10) na kṛtāni purā yeṣāmekoddiṣṭāni ṣoḍaśa .. tathā naiva vṛṣotsargo gohatāścātha cāntyajaiḥ .. 7.1.221.10 .. > for whom the sixteen single-purpose śrāddhas were not performed before, > nor likewise the release of a bull, or who were killed by cows or by outcasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.11) athāpare ye ca mṛtāḥ śaucena tu vinā kṛtāḥ .. te cātra tarpitāḥ sarve prayāntu paramāṃ gatim .. 11 .. .. > or others who died deprived of purification— > may all of them, propitiated here with water offerings, attain the highest state!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.12) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. snātvā tu salile puṇye pitṛṇāṃ caiva tarpaṇam .. ye kariṣyaṃti manujāḥ pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇāḥ .. 12 .. > The Blessed Lord said: > "Having bathed in the holy water and offered water to the ancestors, > those men devoted to piety toward their ancestors > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.13) ahaṃ varapradasteṣāṃ tārayiṣyāmi tatkṣaṇāt .. pitṛnsarvānna saṃdeho yadi pāpaśatairvṛtāḥ .. 13 .. > shall have me granting them a boon: I will deliver at that very instant > all their ancestors without doubt, even if shrouded by hundreds of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.14) asmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā yo liṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. yuṣmābhiḥ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ sa muktaḥ paitṛkādṛṇāt .. 14.. > A man who bathes in this sacred ford and worships the liṅga, > the liṅga installed by you, is freed from the ancestral debt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.15) yasmādṛṇātpramucyeta asya liṃgasya darśanāt .. tasmānmayā kṛtaṃ nāma hyetasya ṛṇamocanam .. . 15 .. > Because one is released from debt by the darśana of this liṅga, > therefore it has been named Ṛṇamocana by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.16) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. hiraṇyaṃ mastake dattvā yaḥ snāti ṛṇamocane .. ātmā vai tāritastena dattaṃ bhavati gośatam .. 16 .. > Īśvara said: > "He who places gold upon his head and bathes at Ṛṇamocana > has truly delivered himself, and the gift of a hundred cows is accomplished \[by him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.17) evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret .. pūjayettanmahādevi pitṛliṃgaṃ surapriyam .. 17 .. > Having spoken thus, the Blessed Lord vanished right there. > Therefore, with every effort one should perform a śrāddha there, > and worship that liṅga dear to the gods, the pitṛliṅga, O great goddess." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.221.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221.221) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ṛṇamocanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 221 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Ṛṇamocana,' in the First \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of 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.16.221.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.221) · Pramāṇa