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### [16.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.3) yakṣavidyādharākīrṇaṃ kinnarairupaśobhitam .. caṃdanāgurukarpūrairaśokaistilakaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 3 .. > swarming with yakṣas and vidyādharas, adorned with kinnaras, / with sandalwood, agallochum, camphor, aśokas, and auspicious tilakas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.4) kalhāraiḥ śatapatraiśca puṣpitaiḥ phalitaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. āmrajambūkapitthaiśca dāḍimaiḥ panasaistathā ..4.. > with white water-lilies and lotuses, flowering and fruiting auspiciously, / with mango, rose-apple, wood-apple, and pomegranates and jackfruits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.5) niṃbujambīranāgaiśca kadalīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitaiḥ .. kramukairnāgavallyādyaiḥ śālaistālaistamālakaiḥ .. 5 .. > with limes, citrons, nāgakeśaras, and adorned with groves of plantains, / with areca palms, betel vines and the like, with śālas, palmyra palms, and tamālas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.6) bījapūrakakharjūrairdrākṣāmadhurapāṭalaiḥ .. bilvacaṃpakatiṃdvādyaiḥ kadaṃbakakubhaistathā .. 6 .. > with citrons and date palms, sweet grapes and pāṭalas, / with bilvas, campakas, timburus and the like, and kadambas and arjunas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.7) dhavāśokaśirīṣādyairnānāvṛkṣaiśca śobhitam .. kāmaṃ kāmaphalairvṛkṣaiḥ puṣpitaiḥ phalitaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 7 .. > adorned with dhavas, aśokas, śirīṣas and the like, and diverse trees, / profusely with trees yielding desired fruits, flowering, fruiting, and auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.8) haṃsakāraṃḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam .. kokilābhiḥ śukaiścaiva nānāpakṣininādi tam .. 8 .. > swarming with swans and kāraṇḍavas, adorned with cakravākas, / echoing with cuckoos, parrots, and diverse birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.9) jātismarāḥ pakṣiṇaśca vyājahrurmānuṣīṃ giram .. gaṃdharvakiṃnarayugaiḥ siddhavidyādharoragaiḥ \[. 9 .. > Birds remembering their past lives uttered human speech. / By pairs of gandharvas and kinnaras, by siddhas, vidyādharas, and uragas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.10) krīḍadbhirvividhairdivyaiḥ śobhitaṃ parvatottamam .. devagaṃdharvanṛtyaiśca veṇuvīṇānināditam .. 7.1.22.10 .. > playing in diverse celestial ways, the best of mountains was adorned, / with dances of gods and gandharvas, echoing with flutes and vīṇās, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.11) vedadhvanitaghoṣeṇa yajñahomāgnihotrajaiḥ .. samāvṛtaṃ sarvamājyagaṃdhibhirucchritam .. 11 .. > with the resounding roar of Vedic chanting, born of sacrifices, oblations, and agnihotras, / completely enveloped, elevated, fragrant with clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.12) śobhitaṃ carṣibhirdivyaiścāturvidyairdvijottamaiḥ .. atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ .. 12 .. > and adorned with celestial seers, the best of brahmins versed in the four Vedas: / Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.13) bhṛguścaiva marīciśca bharadvājo'tha kaśyapaḥ .. manuryamoṃ'girā viṣṇuḥ śātātapaparāśarau .. 13 .. > Bhṛgu, Marīci, Bharadvāja, and Kaśyapa, / Manu, Yama, Aṅgiras, Viṣṇu, Śātātapa, and Parāśara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.14) āpastaṃbo'tha saṃvartaḥ kātyaḥ kātyāyano muniḥ .. gautamaḥ śaṃkhalikhitau tathā vācaspatirmuniḥ .. 14 .. > Āpastamba, Saṃvarta, Kātya, the sage Kātyāyana, / Gautama, Śaṅkha and Likhita, and the sage Vācaspati, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.15) jāmadagnyo yājñavalkya ṛṣyaśṛṃgo vibhāṃḍakaḥ .. gārgyaśaunakadālbhyāśca vyāsa uddālakaḥ śukaḥ .. 15 .. > Jāmadagnya, Yājñavalkya, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Vibhāṇḍaka, / Gārgya, Śaunaka, Dālbhya, Vyāsa, Uddālaka, Śuka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.16) nāradaḥ parvataścaiva durvāsā ugratāpasaḥ .. śākalyo gālavaścaiva jābālirmudgalastathā .. 16 .. > Nārada, Parvata, and Durvāsas of fierce austerity, / Śākalya, Gālava, Jābāli, and Mudgala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.17) viśvāmitraḥ kauśikaśca jahnurviśvāvasustathā .. dhaumyaścaiva śatānando vaiśaṃpāyanajiṣṇavaḥ .. 17 .. > Viśvāmitra, Kauśika, Jahnu, and Viśvāvasu, / Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Vaiśaṃpāyana, and Jiṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.18) śākaṭāyanavārddhikyāvagniko bādarāyaṇaḥ .. vālakhilyā mahātmāno ye ca bhūmaṇḍale sthitāḥ .. 18 .. > Śākaṭāyana, Vārddhikya, Agnika, Bādarāyaṇa, / the great-souled Vālakhilyas, and whoever dwelt upon the earth's circle— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.19) te sarve tatra tiṣṭhaṃti parvate tu kṛtasmare .. tejasvino brahmaputrā ṛṣayo dhārmikāḥ priye .. 19 .. > all of them dwell there on Mount Kṛtasmara, / radiant sons of Brahmā, righteous seers, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.20) jvalaṃtastapasā sarve nirddhūmā iva pāvakāḥ .. māsopavāsinaḥ kecitkecitpakṣopavāsinaḥ .. 7.1.22.20 .. > all blazing with austerity like smokeless fires; / some fasting for a month, some fasting for a fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.21) trairātrikāḥ sāṃtapanā nirāhārāstathā pare .. kecitpuṣpa phalāhārāḥ śīrṇaparṇāśinastathā .. 21 .. > observing three-night fasts, sāṃtapana penances, and others taking no food; / some eating fruits and flowers, and eating fallen dry leaves; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.22) kecidgomayabhakṣāśca jalāhārāstathā pare .. sāgnihotrāḥ suvidvāṃso mokṣamārgārthacintakāḥ .. 22 .. > some eating cow dung, and others subsisting on water, / maintaining their sacred fires, deeply learned, contemplating the purpose of the path to liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.23) iti hāsapurāṇādiśrutismṛtiviśāradāḥ .. ete cānye ca bahavo mārkaṃḍeyapurogamāḥ .. 23 .. > experts in the epics, Purāṇas, Vedas, and traditional texts. / These and many others, led by Mārkaṇḍeya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.24) prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya saṃsthitā kṛtaparvate .. evaṃ kṛtasmarastatra sarvadevaniṣevitaḥ .. manvaṃtaresminyo devi nirdagdho vaḍavāgninā .. 24 .. > having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa, settled on Mount Kṛta. / Thus was Kṛtasmara there, served by all the gods, / which, O goddess, was burnt by the submarine fire in this Manvantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.25) taṃ dṛṣṭvā parvataṃ ramyaṃ dṛṣṭvā caiva mahodadhim .. pradakṣiṇaṃ tataścakre saptakṛtvo niśākaraḥ .. gireḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā gato yatra maheśvaraḥ .. 25 .. > Seeing that charming mountain, and seeing the great ocean, / the maker of the night then circumambulated it seven times. / Having circumambulated the mountain, he went to where Maheśvara was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.26) samīpe tu samudrasya sparśaliṃgasvarūpavān .. prasādayāmāsa vibhuṃ prasannenāṃtarātmanā .. 26 .. > Near the ocean, having the form of the Sparśaliṅga, / with a pleased inner self he propitiated the all-pervading Lord, 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.27) maraṇaṃ veti saṃdhyāya śaraṇaṃ vā maheśvaram .. varaṃ śāpābhighātārthaṃ mṛtyuṃ vā śaṃkarānmama .. 27 .. > thinking, "Either death or shelter with the Great Lord; / let there be a boon to ward off the curse, or death for me from Śaṃkara." 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.28) iti somo matiṃ kṛtvā tapasā'' rādhayañchivam .. yāvadvarṣasahasraṃ tu phalamūlāśano'bhavat .. 28 .. > Having made up his mind thus, Soma propitiated Śiva through austerity, / subsisting on fruits and roots for a thousand years. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.29) pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu caturthe varavarṇini .. tutoṣa bhagavānrudro vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. ..29.. > When the fourth thousand years were complete, O fair-complexioned one, / the blessed Rudra was pleased and spoke these words: 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.30) parituṣṭo'smi te caṃdra varaṃ varaya suvrata.. kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya brūhi yatsyātsudurllabham..7.1.22.30... > "I am well pleased with you, O moon; choose a boon, O one of good vows. / What desire of yours shall I grant today? Speak whatever may be exceedingly hard to attain." 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.31) evaṃ pratyakṣamāpannaṃ dṛṣṭvā devaṃ vṛṣadhvajam.. praṇamya taṃ yathābhaktyā stutiṃ cakre niśākaraḥ .. 31 .. > Seeing the bull-bannered god thus appeared before his eyes, / bowing to him with devotion, the night-maker offered praise: 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.32) .. caṃdra uvāca .. .. oṃ namo devadevāya śivāya paramātmane .. aprameyasvarūpāya byaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇe .. 32 .. > The Moon said: / "Om, homage to the God of gods, to Śiva, the Supreme Self, / whose nature is immeasurable, who possesses both manifest and unmanifest forms. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.33) tvaṃ patiryogināmīśa tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāraḥ prajāpatiḥ .. 33 .. > You are the lord of yogins, O Īśa, in you everything is established; / you are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the oṃkāra, the Lord of Creatures. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.34) caturviṃśatyadhikaṃ ca bhuvanānāṃ śatadvayam .. tasyopari paraṃ jyotirjāgarti tava kevalam ..34 .. > Two hundred worlds, and twenty-four besides— / above that, your supreme, solitary light alone watches awake. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.35) kalpāṃta ādivārāhamuktabrahmāṃḍasaṃsthitau .. ādhārastaṃbhabhūtāya tejoliṃgāya te namaḥ .. 35 .. > At the end of the kalpa, when the egg of Brahmā is released by the primeval Boar, / homage to you, the liṅga of fire who serves as the supporting pillar. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.36) namo'nāmayanāmne te namaste kṛttivāsase .. namo bhairavanāthāya namaḥ someśvarāya te .. 36 .. > Homage to you whose name is Anāmaya, homage to you, the skin-clad one; / homage to Bhairavanātha, homage to you, Someśvara. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.37) iti saṃjñābhiretābhiḥ stutyābhiramṛteśvaraḥ .. bhūtairbhavyairbhaviṣyaiśca stūyase surasattamaiḥ .. 37 .. > By these praiseworthy designations, O Amṛteśvara, / you are praised by the foremost of the gods—past, present, and future. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.38) ādyo viraṃcināmābhūdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. mṛtyuñjayeti te nāma tadā'bhūtpārvatīpate .. 38 .. > The first was Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, named Virañci; / then your name was Mṛtyuñjaya, O husband of Pārvatī. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.39) dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ .. tadā kālāgnirudreti tava nāma prakīrtitam .. 39 .. > When the second Brahmā arose, renowned as Padmabhū, / then your name was proclaimed as Kālāgnirudra. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.40) tṛtīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ .. amṛteśeti te nāma kīrtitaṃ kīrtivarddhanam ..7.1.22.40 .. > When the third Brahmā arose, renowned as Svayambhū, / your name that increases glory was celebrated as Amṛteśa. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.41) caturtho'bhūdyadā brahmā parameṣṭhīti viśrutaḥ .. anāmayeti deveśa tava nāma smṛtaṃ tadā .. 41 .. > When the fourth Brahmā arose, renowned as Parameṣṭhin, / then, O Lord of gods, your name was remembered as Anāmaya. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.42) paṃcamo'bhūdyadā brahmā surajyeṣṭha iti śrutaḥ .. kṛttivāseti te nāma babhūva tripurāṃtaka ..42.. > When the fifth Brahmā arose, celebrated as Surajyeṣṭha, / your name became Kṛttivāsas, O destroyer of Tripura. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.43) ṣaṣṭhaścābhūdyadā brahmā hemagarbha iti smṛtaḥ .. tadā bhairavanātheti tava nāma prakīrtitam .. 43 .. > And when the sixth Brahmā arose, remembered as Hemagarbha, / then your name was proclaimed as Bhairavanātha. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.44) adhunā varttate yo'sau śatānaṃda iti śrutaḥ .. ādisomena yaścāsau vāmanetrodbhavena te .. 44 .. > He who exists now, celebrated as Śatānanda, / was brought by the primeval Soma who arose from your left eye, 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.45) pratiṣṭhārthaṃ tu liṃgasya ānītaścāṣṭavārṣikaḥ .. bālarūpī tadā tena somanātheti kīrtitam .. 45 .. > an eight-year-old child in form, for the installation of the liṅga; / and at that time, it was named Somanātha by him. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.45\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.45_1) tadāprabhṛti somānāṃ lakṣāṇāṃ dvitayaṃ gatam ..14.. > Since that time, two hundred thousand moons have passed, 46ab > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.46) sahasradvitayaṃ caiva śataṃ caiva ṣaḍuttaram .. 46 .. > as well as two thousand and one hundred and six. 46cd > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.47) saptamo'haṃ mahādeva ātreya iti viśrutaḥ .. prācetasena dakṣeṇa śaptastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. rakṣa māṃ devadeveśa kṣayiṇaṃ pāparogiṇam.. 47 .. > I am the seventh, O Great God, renowned as Ātreya; / cursed by Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, I have sought shelter with you. / Protect me, O God of gods, wasting away and afflicted with a diseased sin." 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.48) iti saṃstuvatastasya caṃdrasya karuṇākaraḥ .. tutoṣa bhagavānrudro vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha .. 48 .. > As the moon was praising him thus, the merciful / blessed Rudra was pleased and spoke these words: 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.49) parituṣṭo'smi te caṃdra varaṃ varaya suvrata .. ki te kāmaṃ karomyadya brūhi yatsyātsudurllabham .. 49 .. > "I am well pleased with you, O moon; choose a boon, O one of good vows. / What desire of yours shall I grant today? Speak whatever may be exceedingly hard to attain. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.50) mama nāmāni guhyāni mama priyatarāṇi ca .. paṭhiṣyaṃti narā ye tu dāsye teṣāṃ manogatam .. 7.1.22.50 .. > Whichever men recite my secret and most beloved names, / I will grant their heart's desire. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.51) atītā ye caṃdramaso bhaviṣyaṃti ca ye'dhunā .. teṣāṃ pūjyamidaṃ liṃgaṃ yāvadanyo'ṣṭavārṣikaḥ .. 51 .. > This liṅga is to be worshipped by the moons that have passed and those that exist now, / until another eight-year-old one \[appears\]. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.52) āḥ paraṃ caturvaktro brahmā yo bhavitā yadā .. prāṇanātheti devasya tadā nāma bhaviṣyati .. 52 .. > Ah! Beyond that, whenever the four-faced Brahmā shall be, / then the name of the god will be Prāṇanātha. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.53) prāṇāstu vāyavaḥ proktāstadārādhananāma tat .. prāṇanātheti saṃproktaṃ me'dhunā tadbhaviṣyati .. 53 .. > The vital breaths are called winds; that is the name arising from his worship; / proclaimed as Prāṇanātha, that will be \[my name\] after this. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.54) tasmādagnīśanāmeti kālarudretyanaṃtaram .. tāraketi tato nāma bhaviṣyatyeva kīrtitam .. 54 .. > After that, the name Agnīśa, immediately followed by Kālarudra; / then the name Tāraka will surely be proclaimed; 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.55) mṛtyuñjayeti devasya bhavitā tadanaṃtaram .. tryaṃbakeśastvitīśeti bhuvaneśetyanantaram .. 55 .. > immediately after that, the god's \[name\] will be Mṛtyuñjaya; / Tryambakeśa, then Īśa, immediately followed by Bhuvaneśa; 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.56) bhūtanātheti ghoreti brahmeśetyatha nāmakam .. bhaviṣyaṃ pṛthivīśeti ādināthetyanaṃtaram .. 56 .. > then the future names Bhūtanātha, Ghora, Brahmeśa, / Pṛthivīśa, immediately followed by Ādinātha; 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.58) kalpeśvareti devasya caṃdranāthetyanantaram .. nāma devasya yadbhāvi sāṃprataṃ te prakāśitam .. 57 \[. ityevamādi nāmāni svasaṃkhyātāni ṣoḍaśa .. gatāni saṃbhaviṣyaṃti kālasyānaṃtabhāvataḥ .. 58 .. > immediately after the god's \[name\] Kalpeśvara, Candranātha. / What the future name of the god will be has now been revealed to you. / These and other sixteen names, enumerated by themselves, / have passed and will come to be, because time is infinite. 57–58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.59) ekaikaṃ vartate nāma brahmaṇaḥ pralayāvadhi .. tatonyajjāyate nāma yathā nāmānurūpataḥ .. 59 .. > Each single name endures until the dissolution of Brahmā; / after that another name arises in accordance with the proper nature of the name. 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.60) atha kiṃ bahunoktena rahasyaṃ te prakāśitam .. vatsa yatkāraṇeneha tapastaptaṃ tvayā'khilam .. tanme niḥśeṣato brūhi dāsye tuṣṭo'smi te varam .. 7.1.22.60 .. > Now, why say much? The secret has been revealed to you. / O child, the reason for which you performed this entire austerity here, / declare that completely to me; being pleased, I will grant your boon." 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.61) .. candra uvāca .. .. ahaṃ śaptastu dakṣeṇa kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare .. yakṣmaṇā ca kṣayaṃ nītastasmāttvaṃ trātumarhasi .. 61 .. > The Moon said: / "I was cursed by Dakṣa on account of a certain other reason, / and brought to consumption by pulmonary disease; therefore, you ought to rescue me." 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.62) .. śaṃbhuruvāca .. .. adhunā bhoḥ samaṃ paśya sarvāstā dakṣakanyakāḥ .. kṣayaste bhavitā pakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhirbhaviṣyati .. 62 .. > Śambhu said: / "Now, look equally upon all those daughters of Dakṣa. / Your waning shall be for one fortnight, and for one fortnight there shall be waxing. 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.63) pūrvocitāṃ prabhāṃ soma prāpsyase matprasādataḥ .. prācetasasya dakṣasya tapasā hatapāpmanaḥ .. 63 .. > You will regain your former natural luster, O Soma, through my grace; / for Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, has destroyed his sins by austerity. 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.64) tasyānyathā vacaḥ kartuṃ śakyaṃ nānyaiḥ surairapi .. brāhmaṇāḥ kupitā hanyurbhasmīkuryuḥ svatejasā .. 64 .. > His word cannot be undone even by other gods. / Brahmins, when angered, can strike and turn \[anything\] to ashes by their own splendor; 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.65) devānkuryuradevāṃśca nāśayeyuridaṃ jagat .. brāhmaṇāścaiva devāśca teja ekaṃ dvidhā kṛtam .. 65 .. > they could make gods into non-gods and destroy this world. / Brahmins and gods are a single splendor divided in two: 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.66) pratyakṣaṃ brāhmaṇā devāḥ parokṣaṃ divi devatāḥ .. na vinā brāhmaṇā devairna devā brāhmaṇairvinā .. 66 .. > the brahmins are visible gods, and the deities in heaven are invisible; / there are no brahmins without gods, nor gods without brahmins. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.67) ekatra mantrā stiṣṭhanti teja ekatra tiṣṭhati .. brāhmaṇā devatā loke brāhmaṇā divi devatāḥ .. trailokye brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmaṇā eva kāraṇam .. 67 .. > Mantras abide in the one, and splendor abides in the other. / Brahmins are the deities in the world, brahmins are the deities in heaven; / brahmins are supreme in the three worlds; brahmins alone are the primary cause." 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.68) piturniyuktāḥ pitaro bhavaṃti kriyāsu daivīṣu bhavaṃti devāḥ .. dvijottamā hastaniṣaktatoyāstenaiva dehena bhavaṃti devāḥ .. 68 .. > When appointed for the ancestors, they become the ancestors; in rites for the gods, they become the gods. / The best of the twice-born, with water poured upon their hands, become gods with that very body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.69) ṣaṭka rmatattvābhirateṣu nityaṃ vipreṣu vedārthakutūhaleṣu .. na teṣu bhaktyā praviśaṃti ghoraṃ mahābhayaṃ pretabhavaṃ kadācit .. 69 .. > Through devotion to brahmins who are constantly devoted to the truth of the six ritual duties and eager for the meaning of the Vedas, / men never enter the dreadful, great terror that arises in the realm of ghosts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.71) yadbrāhmaṇāḥ stutyatamā vadanti taddevatā karmabhirācaraṃti .. tuṣṭeṣu tuṣṭāḥ satataṃ bhavanti pratyakṣadeveṣu parokṣadevāḥ .. 7.1.22.70 \[. yathā rudrā yathā devā maruto vasavo'śvinau .. brahmā ca somasūryau ca tathā loke dvijottamāḥ .. 71 .. > Whatever the brahmins, who are most worthy of praise, declare, the deities carry out through their deeds. / When the visible gods are pleased, the invisible gods are constantly pleased. / Just as the Rudras, the gods, the Maruts, the Vasus, the two Aśvins, / and Brahmā, the moon, and the sun are in heaven, so are the best of the twice-born in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.72) devādhīnāḥ prajāḥ sarvā yajñādhīnāśca devatāḥ .. te yajñā brāhmaṇādhīnāstasmāddevā dvijottamāḥ .. .. 72 .. > All subjects are dependent on the gods, and the deities are dependent on sacrifices. / Those sacrifices are dependent on brahmins; therefore, the best of the twice-born are gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.73) brāhmaṇānarcayennityaṃ brāhmaṇāṃstarpayetsadā .. brāhmaṇāstārakā loke brāhmaṇātsvargamaśnute .. 73 .. > One should daily worship brahmins; one should always satisfy brahmins. / Brahmins are saviors in this world; from a brahmin one attains heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79) abhedyamacchedyamanādimakṣayaṃ vidhiṃ purāṇaṃ paripālayanti .. mahāmatistānabhipūjya vai dvijānbhavedajeyo divi devarāḍiva .. 79 .. > They preserve the ancient ordinance, which is indivisible, uncuttable, beginningless, and imperishable. / Having honored those twice-born, a wise man becomes invincible in heaven like the king of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79_2) śakyaṃ hi kavacaṃ bhettuṃ nārācena śareṇa vā .. api vajra sahasreṇa brāhmaṇāśīḥ sudurbhidā .. 75 .. > Armor can indeed be pierced with an iron shaft or an arrow, / or even with a thousand thunderbolts; but a brahmin's blessing is most difficult to break. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79_3) hutena śāmyate pāpaṃ hutamannena śāmyati .. annaṃ hiraṇyadānena hiraṇyaṃ brāhmaṇāśiṣā .. 76 .. > Sin is appeased by what is offered in the fire; the offering is appeased by food; / food \[is appeased\] by the gift of gold, and gold by the blessing of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79_4) ya icchennarakaṃ gaṃtuṃ saputrapaśubāṃdhava .. deveṣvadhikṛtaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇeṣu ca goṣu ca .. 77 .. > One who wishes to go to hell together with sons, cattle, and kin / should levy authority over gods, over brahmins, and over cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79_5) brāhmaṇāndveṣṭi yo mohāddevāngāśca makhānyadi .. naiva tasya paro loko nā'yaṃ loko durātmanaḥ .. 78 .. > If through delusion one hates brahmins, gods, cows, and sacrifices, / that evil-minded person has neither the next world nor this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.79\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.79_6) anindyā brāhmaṇā gāvaḥ kāṃcanaṃ salilaṃ striyaḥ.. pṛthivī tu ṣaḍetāni yo nindati sa pātakī ..79.. > Brahmins, cows, gold, water, women, / and the earth: one who reviles these six is a sinner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.80) agraṃ dharmasya rājāno mūlaṃ dharmasya brāhmaṇāḥ .. tasmānmūlaṃ na hiṃsīta mūle hyagraṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. 7.1.22.80 .. > Kings are the top of dharma; brahmins are the root of dharma. / Therefore, one must not harm the root, for the top rests upon the root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.81) phalaṃ dharmasya rājānaḥ puṣpaṃ dharmasya brāhmaṇāḥ .. tasmātpuṣpaṃ na hiṃsīta puṣpātsaṃjāyate phalam .. 81 .. > Kings are the fruit of dharma; brahmins are the flower of dharma. / Therefore, one must not harm the flower, for the fruit is produced from the flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.82) rājā vṛkṣo brāhmaṇāstasya mūlaṃ paurāḥ parṇaṃ mantriṇastasya śākhāḥ .. tasmādrājñā brāhmaṇā rakṣaṇīyā mūle gupte nāsti vṛkṣasya nāśaḥ .. 82 .. > The king is a tree, the brahmins are its root, the citizens are the leaves, and the ministers are its branches. / Therefore, brahmins must be protected by the king; when the root is protected, there is no destruction of the tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.83) āsanno hi dahatyagnirdūrāddahati brāhmaṇaḥ .. prarohatyagninā dagdhaṃ brahmadagdhaṃ na rohati .. 83 .. > Fire burns when near, but a brahmin burns from afar. / What is burnt by fire sprouts again; what is burnt by a brahmin does not grow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.84) brāhmaṇānāṃ ca śāpena sarvabhakṣo hutāśanaḥ .. samudraścāpyapeyastu viphalaśca puraṃdaraḥ .. 84 .. > By the curse of brahmins, the fire became an all-devourer, / the ocean became undrinkable, and Indra was rendered castrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.85) tvaṃ candra rājayakṣmī ca pṛthivyāmūṣarāṇi ca .. sūryācandramasoḥ pātaḥ punaruddharaṇaṃ tayoḥ .. 85 .. > \[From them came\] consumption upon you, O Moon, saline barrenness on the earth, / the falling down of the sun and moon, and their rising up again; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.86) vanaspatīnāṃ niryāso dānavānāṃ parājayaḥ .. nāgānāṃ ca vaśīkāraḥ kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ tathā .. devotpatti viparyāso lokānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ .. 86 .. > the resin of trees, the defeat of the Dānavas, / the subjugation of the serpents, the eradication of the kṣatriya order, / the reversal of the origin of the gods, and the overturning of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.87) evamādīni tejāṃsi brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām .. tasmādvipreṣu nṛpatiḥ praṇamennityameva ca .. 87 .. > Such are the fiery powers of the great-souled brahmins. / Therefore, a king should always bow before the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.88) parā mapyāpadaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇānna prakopayet .. te hyenaṃ kupitā hanyuḥ sadyaḥ sabalavāhanam .. 88 .. > Even when fallen into extreme calamity, he should not enrage brahmins. / For when enraged, they would instantly destroy him along with his army and vehicles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.89) praṇītaścāpraṇītaśca yathāgnirdaivataṃ mahat .. evaṃ vidvānavidvānvā brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat .. 89 .. > Just as fire, whether consecrated or unconsecrated, is a great deity, / so a brahmin, whether learned or unlearned, is a great deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.90) śmaśāneṣvapi tejasvī pāvako naiva duṣyati .. hūyamānaśca yajñeṣu bhūya evābhivarddhate .. 7.1.22.90 .. > Even in cremation grounds, radiant fire is not defiled at all; / and when offered into at sacrifices, it blazes forth even more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.91) evaṃ yadyapya niṣṭeṣu varttate sarvakarmasu .. sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pūjyo daivataṃ paramaṃ mahat .. 91 .. > In the same way, even if he engages in all undesirable actions, / a brahmin is to be honored by all as a supreme, great deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.92) kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇānāṃ prabhāvataḥ .. brāhmaṃ hi paramaṃ pūjyaṃ kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃbhavam .. 92 .. > Even when the kṣatriya power grows very great, by the power of brahmins \[it is checked\]; / for the brahmin power is supreme and worthy of honor, since the kṣatriya order originated from the brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.93) adbhyo'gnirbrahmataḥ kṣatramaśmano lohamutthitam .. teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati .. 93 .. > Fire arose from water, the kṣatriya from the brahmin, and iron from stone. / Their power, though effective everywhere, is calmed within their own sources. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.94) yānsamāśritya tiṣṭhanti devalokāśca sarvadā .. brahmaiva vacanaṃ yeṣāṃ ko hiṃsyāttāñjijīviṣuḥ .. 94 .. > Those upon whom the worlds of the gods constantly depend, / and whose speech is the Veda itself—who that wishes to live would harm them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.95) mriyamāṇo'pyādadīta na rājā brāhmaṇātkaram .. na ca kṣudhā 'sya saṃsīdedbrāhmaṇo viṣaye vasan .. 95 .. > Even when dying, a king should not take tax from a brahmin; / nor should a brahmin living in his realm languish from hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.96) yasya rājñaśca viṣaye brāhmaṇaḥ sīdati kṣudhā .. tasya tacchatadhā rāṣṭramacirādeva sīdati .. 96 .. > The king in whose realm a brahmin wastes away from hunger— / that kingdom of his quickly collapses in a hundred pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.97) yadrājā kurute pāpaṃ pramādādyacca vibhramāt .. vasanto brāhmaṇā rāṣṭre śrotriyāḥ śamayanti tat .. 97 .. > Whatever sin a king commits through negligence or through delusion, / the Vedic brahmins residing in the kingdom appease it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.98) pūrvarātrāṃtarātreṣu dvijairyasya vidhīyate .. sa rājā saha rāṣṭreṇa vardhate brahmatejasā .. 98 .. > \[The king\] for whom rites are performed by the twice-born in the early hours and at midnight— / that king, along with his realm, prospers through brahminical radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.99) brāhmaṇānpūjayennityaṃ prātarutthāya bhūmipaḥ .. brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena dīvyanti divi devatāḥ .. 99 .. > Rising early in the morning, the king should constantly honor brahmins. / By the grace of brahmins, the gods sport in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.100) atha kiṃ bahunoktena brāhmaṇā māmakī tanuḥ .. ye kecitsāgarāṃtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ kīrtitā dvijāḥ .. tadūpaṃ devadevasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ .. 7.1.22.100 .. > Now, what is the use of speaking at length? The brahmins are my own body. / Whatever twice-born are celebrated on this ocean-girdled earth, / they are the form of the supreme self, Śiva, the god of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.101) etāndviṣaṃti ye mūḍhā brāhmaṇānsaṃśitavratān .. te māṃ dviṣaṃti vai nūnaṃ pūjanātpūjayanti mām.. 101 .. > Those fools who hate these brahmins of strict vows / surely hate me; and by honoring them, they honor me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.102) na pradveṣastataḥ kāryo brāhmaṇeṣu vijānatā .. pradveṣeṇāśu naśyanti brahmaśāpahatā narāḥ .. 102 .. > Therefore, one who knows should bear no hostility toward brahmins. / Through hatred, men struck down by a brahmin's curse quickly perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.103) ityevaṃ kathitaścandra brāhmaṇānāṃ guṇārṇavaḥ .. kuruṣvānantaraṃ kāryyaṃ yadbravīmyahameva te .. 103 .. > Thus, O Moon, has this ocean of the brahmins' virtues been proclaimed. / Next, perform the task that I myself tell you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.104) śāpasyānugraho datto mayā tava niśākara .. na cānyathā vacaḥ karttuṃ śakyaṃ teṣāṃ drijanmanām .. 104 .. > Favor regarding the curse has been granted to you by me, O Maker of the Night; / yet the word of those twice-born cannot be annulled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085) śāpānugrahadaiḥ sarvai devairapi savāsavaiḥ .. tasmāccandra tvayā śoko naiva kāryo vijānatā .. 1085 .. > even by all the gods together with Indra, who grant curses and favors. / Therefore, O Moon, you who understand must not grieve at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_7) kṣayaste bhavitā pakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhirbhaviṣyati .. athānyadvacanaṃ candra śṛṇu kāryaṃ yathā tvayā .. 106 .. > You shall have waning for one fortnight, and waxing for one fortnight. / Now hear another word, O Moon, concerning what you must do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_8) idaṃ yatsāgaropāṃte tiṣṭhate liṃgamuttamam .. dharāmadhyagataṃ tacca devānāṃ dṛṣṭigocaram .. 107 .. > This supreme liṅga that stands on the shore of the ocean, / situated at the center of the earth, visible to the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_9) kukkuṭāṃḍasamaprakhyaṃ sarpamekhalamaṃḍitam .. mamādyaṃ paramaṃ tejo na cānyo veda kaścana .. 108 .. > resembling a hen's egg, adorned with a snake-girdle, / is my primordial, supreme light; and no one else knows it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_10) itaḥ sāgaramadhye tu dhanuṣāṃ ca śatatraye .. tiṣṭhate tatra liṃgaṃ tu suguptaṃ lakṣaṇānvitam .. 109 .. > From here, however, in the midst of the ocean, at a distance of three hundred bows, / there stands a liṅga, well concealed, endowed with auspicious marks. // 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_11) ādikalpe maharṣīṇāṃ śāpena patitaṃ mama .. liṃgaṃ sāgaramadhye tu tattvaṃ śīghraṃ samānaya .. 7.1.22.110 .. > In the primeval kalpa, it fell by the curse of the great seers. / Bring that liṅga of mine swiftly from the midst of the ocean. // 110 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_12) sparśākhyaṃ yatra me liṃgaṃ tatra sthāne niveśaya .. niveśya tu prayatnena sahito viśvakarmaṇā .. 111 .. > Install it in that place where my liṅga called Sparśa stands. / Having installed it with care, together with Viśvakarman, // 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_13) tato brahmāṇamāhūya sametaṃ tu munīśvaraiḥ .. pratiṣṭhāṃ kāraya vibho iṣṭvā tatra mahāmakhaiḥ .. 112 .. > then summon Brahmā, together with the lords of sages, / and perform the consecration, O powerful one, having sacrificed there with great sacrifices.” // 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_14) evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. tataḥ prabhāṃ punarlebhe rātrinātho varānane .. 113 .. > Having spoken thus, the Lord vanished right there. / Then the lord of the night regained his radiance, O fair-faced woman. // 113 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_15) tataḥ prabhṛti tatkṣetraṃ prabhāsamiti viśrutam .. niṣprabhasya prabhā dattā prabhāsaṃ tena cocyate .. 114 .. > From then on, that sacred field has been famed as Prabhāsa. / Splendor (prabhā) was granted to the lusterless one; therefore it is called Prabhāsa. // 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_16) dakṣasya tu vṛthā śāpo na kṛtastena lāṃchanam .. somaḥ prabhāsate lokānvaraṃ prāpya maheśvarāt .. vyaktībhūtaḥ sa deveśaḥ somasyaiva mahātmanaḥ .. 115 .. > Dakṣa's curse, however, was not made void; by it a mark remained. / Having obtained a boon from Maheśvara, Soma illuminates the worlds. / That Lord of gods became manifest to the great-souled Soma alone. // 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.22.1085\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.1085_17) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye somavarapradānavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. .. 22 .. > Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, titled "Description of the Granting of the Boon to Soma," in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.22.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.2.p140) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22) · Pramāṇa