[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) › 16.231 # Skandapurana 16.231 Skandapurāṇa 16.231 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.231.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi yatra jāṃbavatī nadī .. purā jāṃbavatīnāma viṣṇoryā mahiṣīpriyā .. apṛcchadarjunaṃ sādhvī vada vārtāṃ kurū dvaha .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go where the Jāmbavatī river is. / Formerly, she who was known as Jāmbavatī, the beloved queen of Viṣṇu, / the chaste woman, asked Arjuna: 'Tell the news, O uplifter of the Kurus!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.2) tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā arjuno niśvasanmuhuḥ .. vāṣpagadgadayā vācā idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 2 .. > Hearing her words, Arjuna, sighing repeatedly, / spoke these words in a voice choked with tears: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9) parityaktā vayaṃ bhadre yādavaiḥ sumahātmabhiḥ ..9 > 'We have been abandoned, O blessed lady, by the high-souled Yādavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_1) baladevasya vīrasya sātyakeśca mahātmanaḥ .. 3 .. > by the heroic Baladeva and by the high-souled Sātyaki, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_2) anyeṣāṃ yaduvīrāṇāṃ pāpakarmātinirghṛṇaḥ .. jijīviṣuriha prāpto vāsudevanirākṛtaḥ .. 4 .. > and by the other heroes of the Yadus. Being exceedingly cruel and of sinful deeds, / desiring to live, I have arrived here, rejected by Vāsudeva.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_3) sā śrutvā bhartṛnidhanamarjunācca mahāsatī .. gaṃgātīre samutpādya pāvakaṃ pāvakaprabhā .. samutsṛjya mahākāyaṃ nadībhūtvā viniryayau .. 5 .. > Hearing of the death of her husband from Arjuna, the exceedingly faithful wife, / glowing like fire, ignited a fire on the bank of the Gaṅgā, / abandoned her noble body, and went forth having become a river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_4) sā gṛhītvā satī bharturbhasma sarvaṃ citestathā .. praviṣṭā sāgaraṃ devi tadā jāṃbavatī śubhā ..6.. > Taking all the ashes of her husband from the funeral pyre, O goddess, / the chaste, auspicious Jāmbavatī then entered the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_5) yā nārī tatra deveśi bhaktyā snānaṃ samācaret .. tadanvayepi kācitstrī na vaidhavyamavāpnuyāt .. 7 .. > Whatever woman performs a ritual ablution there with devotion, O queen of gods, / no woman whatsoever in her lineage shall ever suffer widowhood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.9\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.9_6) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret .. naro vā yadi vā nārī prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim .. 8 .. > Therefore, by every effort one should perform a ritual ablution there; / whether a man or a woman, one attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.231.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231.231) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jāṃbavatīnadīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśaduttaradvi śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 231 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Jāmbavatī River', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, 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.16.231.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.231) · Pramāṇa