[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) › 16.232 # Skandapurana 16.232 Skandapurāṇa 16.232 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.232.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.232.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.232.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.232) · Pramāṇa