Skandapurana 16.232
Skandapurāṇa 16.232
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16.232.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi kūpaṃ trailokyapūjitam ..
paścime tasya tīrthasya pāṃḍavānāṃ mahātmanām .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the well worshiped by the three worlds / to the west of that sacred ford, [pertaining] to the high-souled Pāṇḍavas.
16.232.2
yadā'raṇyamanuprāptāḥ pāṃḍavāḥ pṛthivītale ..
bhramamāṇā mahādevi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ .. 2 ..
When the Pāṇḍavas reached the forest on the surface of the earth, / wandering, O great goddess, they arrived at the sacred field of Prabhāsa.
16.232.3
tataste nyavasaṃstatra kiṃcitkālaṃ samāhitāḥ ..
gatvā kṣetraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇā'bravīdidam .. 3 ..
Then, having gone to that most sacred field, they resided there concentrated in mind for some time; then Kṛṣṇā spoke these words:
16.232.4
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi bhuṃjate bhavatāṃ gṛhe ..
dūre jalāśrayaścaiva na tāvaṃtaśca kiṃkarāḥ .. 4 ..
"Thousands of brahmins dine in your household, / but the reservoir of water is far away, nor are there so many servants.
16.232.5
tasmājjalāśrayaḥ kāryaṃ āśramasya samīpataḥ ..
yatra snānaṃ kariṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ saṃprasādataḥ .. 5 ..
Therefore, a reservoir of water should be made near the hermitage, / wherein I shall bathe by your gracious favour."
16.232.6
tatastu pāṃḍavāḥ sarve sahitāste varānane ..
akhanaṃstatra te kūpaṃ draupadīvākyapreritāḥ .. 6 ..
Then all the Pāṇḍavas together, O fair-faced lady, / urged by the words of Draupadī, dug a well there.
16.232.7
athājagāma tatraiva bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ ..
śrutvā samāgatānpārthāndvārāvatyāḥ sabāṃdhavaḥ .. 7 ..
Then, having heard that the sons of Pṛthā had arrived, the blessed son of Devakī / came to that very place from Dvāravatī accompanied by his kinsmen:
16.232.8
pradyumnena ca sāṃbena gadena niṣadhena ca ..
yuyudhānena rāmeṇa cārudeṣṇena dhīmatā .. 8 ..
with Pradyumna, Sāmba, Gada, and Niṣadha, / with Yuyudhāna, Rāma, and the wise Cārudeṣṇa,
16.232.9
anyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śūrairyādavairyuddha durmadaiḥ ..
te sametya yathānyāyaṃ samastā yadupuṃgavāḥ .. 9 ..
surrounded by other heroic Yādavas fierce in battle. / Those chiefs of the Yadus, having assembled according to proper custom,
16.232.10
tataḥ kathāvasāne ca kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare ..
vāsudevaḥ pāṃḍusutamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. .. 7.1.232.10 ..
then, at the conclusion of their conversation, on some subsequent occasion, / Vāsudeva spoke these words to the son of Pāṇḍu:
16.232.11
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho kiṃ te kāmakaromyaham ..
rājyaṃ dhānyaṃ dhanaṃ cāpi athavā ripunāśanam .. 11 ..
"O mighty-armed Yudhiṣṭhira, what desire of yours shall I fulfill? / Sovereignty, grain, wealth, or the destruction of your enemies?"
16.232.12
.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. ..
śaktastvaṃ yādavaśreṣṭha sarvakarmasvasaṃśayaḥ ..
pratijñātaṃ tvayā pūrvaṃ varṣairdvādaśabhiḥ priyam.. 12 ..
Yudhiṣṭhira said: / "O best of the Yādavas, you are capable of all deeds, without doubt. / Formerly, after twelve years, a favour was promised by you.
16.232.13
tannāsti triṣu lokeṣu yanna siddhyati bhūtale ..
tvayi tuṣṭe jagannātha sarvadevanamaskṛte .. 13 ..
There is nothing on the earth, in the three worlds, that is not accomplished / when you are pleased, O Lord of the Universe, revered by all the gods.
16.232.14
avaśyaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si mama sarvajagatpate ..
atra sāṃnidhyamāgaccha kūpe nityaṃ janārdana .. 14 ..
If you are indeed pleased with me, O Lord of the entire world, / manifest your eternal presence here in this well, O Janārdana.
16.232.15
atrāgatya naro yastu bhaktyā snānaṃ samācaret ..
sa yātu vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ prasādāttava keśava .. 15 ..
Whatever person comes here and performs a ritual ablution with devotion, / let him go to the realm of Viṣṇu by your grace, O Keśava."
16.232.16
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā tadā'mantrya yudhiṣṭhiram ..
prayayau dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ .. 16 ..
Īśvara said: / Having said, "So it shall be," and taking leave of Yudhiṣṭhira, / Kṛṣṇa, revered by all the worlds, departed for Dvārakā.
16.232.17
tasmiñchrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet ..
prasādāddevadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ .. 17 ..
A man performing a śrāddha there obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice / by the grace of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, of boundless splendour.
16.232.18
tadardhaṃ tarpaṇenaiva snānātpādamavāpnuyāt ..
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret .. 18 ..
He obtains half of that merely by libation, and a quarter [of that fruit] from a ritual ablution; / therefore, one should perform a śrāddha there with every effort.
16.232.19
jyeṣṭhasya paurṇamāsyāṃ yaḥ snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati ..
sāvitrīṃ caiva saṃpūjya sa yāsyati paramaṃ padam .. 19 ..
He who performs a ritual ablution and śrāddha on the full moon of Jyeṣṭha / and worships Sāvitrī, shall go to the supreme state.
16.232.20
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ ..7.1.232.20..
A gift of a cow should be given there by those desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage.
16.232.232
iti śrīskāṃde mahā purāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye pāṃḍavakūpamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 232 .. .. cha ..
Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Pāṇḍava Well,' in the first [sub-section], 'The Glory of Prabhāsakṣetra,' of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, the compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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