[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) › 16.236 # Skandapurana 16.236 Skandapurāṇa 16.236 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.236.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.1) tato gacchenmahādevi durvāsādityamuttamam .. yatra durvāsasā taptaṃ tapo varṣasahasrakam .. nirāhāro jitāhāraḥ sūryārādhanatatparaḥ .. 1 .. > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Durvāsāditya, / where tapas was performed by Durvāsas for a thousand years, / taking no food, conquering hunger, intent on worshiping the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.2) evaṃ kālena mahatā divyatejā janādhipaḥ .. pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ gatvā prāha sūryo mahāmunim .. 2 .. > Thus after a great length of time, the Sun of divine radiance, the lord of people, / became visible to his sight and spoke to the great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.3) .. sūrya uvāca .. .. mā brahmansāhasaṃ kārṣīrvaraṃ varaya suvrata .. aprāpyamapi dāsyāmi yatte manasi vartate .. 3 .. .. > Sūrya said: / 'O brahmin, do not commit rashness; choose a boon, O one of good vows! / Even if unachievable, I will give what is in your heart.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.4) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. prasanno yadi me deva varārho yadi cā'pyaham .. atra sthāne tvayā stheyaṃ yāvattiṣṭhati medinī .. 4 .. > Durvāsas said: / 'If you are pleased with me, O god, and if I am worthy of a boon, / you must remain in this place as long as the earth stands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.5) durvāsādityanā mā'tra loke khyātiṃ ca gacchatu .. mayā pratiṣṭhitā yā tu pratimā tava sundarī ..5 .. > May your fame go forth in the world under the name of Durvāsāditya here; / and that beautiful image of yours which has been installed by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.6) tasyāṃ sāṃnidhyamevāstu tava deva jagatpate .. sāṃnidhyaṃ kuruta cātra yamunā duhitā tava .. tvatsutastu mahātejā dharmarājo mahābalaḥ .. 6 .. > in it let there be your very presence, O god, lord of the universe! / And may Yamunā, your daughter, establish her presence here, / as well as your son of great splendor, Dharmarāja of great might.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.7) .. sūrya uvāca .. .. etatsarvaṃ muniśreṣṭha tvayoktaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. tīrthānāṃ koṭiranyā ca gaṃgādīnāṃ mahāmune .. 7 .. > Sūrya said: / 'All this that you have spoken, O best of sages, will come to pass. / Another crore of tīrthas, beginning with the Gaṅgā, O great sage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.8) āgamiṣyati te sthānaṃ niścitaṃ vacanānmama .. atra sthāne mayā brahmansthātavyaṃ saha daivataiḥ .. 8.. > will come to your place, surely by my word. / In this place, O brahmin, I shall dwell together with the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.9) ādityānāṃ prabhāvaistu brahmāṃḍodaravāsinām.. teṣāṃ māhātmyasaṃyuktaḥ sthāsye cātra mahāmune .. 9 .. > Endowed with the glories and power of the Ādityas / who dwell within the womb of the cosmic egg, I shall dwell here, O great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.10) savitṝṇāṃ sahasreṇa dṛṣṭenaiva tu yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ durvāsādityadarśanāt..7.1.236.10.. > Whatever fruit is obtained simply by seeing a thousand suns, / that fruit is multiplied a crore of times by the darśana of Durvāsāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.11) lapsyaṃte prāṇinaḥ sarve yajñakoṭiphalaṃ tathā .. evamuktvā tadā sūryaḥ sasmāra tanayāṃ nijām .. tathā ca dharmerājānaṃ sarvaprāṇiniyāmakam .. 11 .. > All living beings shall also obtain the fruit of a crore of sacrifices.' / Having spoken thus, the Sun then remembered his daughter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.12) smṛtamātrā tatra bhittvā pātālatalamudyayau .. sā nadīrūpiṇī devī tīrthakoṭisamanvitā..12.. > as well as King Dharma, the ruler of all living beings. / The moment she was remembered, having broken through the subterranean world, she rose up there, / that goddess in the form of a river, accompanied by a crore of tīrthas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.13) yamaśca tatra bhagavānkāladaṃḍadharastadā .. ūcatuḥ praṇayopetau sūryaṃ bhuvanasākṣiṇam .. 13 .. > And the Lord Yama also, holding the staff of time, \[arrived\] then. / Filled with affection, the two of them spoke to the Sun, the witness of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.14) .. yama uvāca .. .. ājñāpayatu māṃ devo yamunāṃ ca jagatprabhuḥ .. kāryaṃ yadbhāvino'rthasya tatkariṣye na saṃśayaḥ ..14.. > Yama said: / 'Let the god, the lord of the universe, command me and Yamunā. / Whatever task is to be done in future purpose, that I will do without doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.15) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atra kṣetre svarūpeṇa sthātavyaṃ vacanānmama .. pāpināṃ prāṇināṃ cātra rakṣā kāryā prayatnataḥ .. 15 .. > Sūta said: / '\[The Sun said:\] "In this kṣetra you must stay in your own form by my word, / and here protection should be provided diligently for sinful beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.16) sūryabhaktāḥ sadā rakṣyā brāhmaṇā gṛhamedhinaḥ .. tvaṃ cāpi yamune cātra koṭitīrthena saṃyutā .. 16 .. > Devotees of the Sun, householder brahmins, must always be protected. / And you also, O Yamunā, together with a crore of tīrthas here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.17) vasa tvaṃ bhava suprītā sthāne durvāsasodbhave .. ityevamuktvā deveśastatra durvāsasoṃ'tike ..17.. > dwell you, be well pleased in the place originating from Durvāsas." / Having spoken thus, the lord of the gods, there in the presence of Durvāsas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.18) paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmaṃtarddhānamagātprabhuḥ .. durvāsāstu tadā hṛṣṭo yāvatpaśyati svāśramam..18.. > disappeared while all the gods were looking on, the Lord. / Durvāsas then, delighted, as he looked upon his own hermitage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.19) tāvatpātālamārgeṇa yamunā prādurābhavat .. yamaśca bhagavāṃstatra dṛṣṭaḥ kṣetraparūpadhṛk ..19.. > at that moment Yamunā appeared by way of the path from Pātāla, / and the blessed Yama was seen there, assuming the form of the guardian of the field.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.20) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. itthaṃ samabhavattatra yamunodbhedamuttamam.. kuṇḍamādityato yāmye duṃdubhistatra pūrvataḥ .. 7.1.236.20 .. > Īśvara said: / Thus there came to be the excellent spring of Yamunā. / The pool is south of the Sun; there Dundubhi is to the east. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.21) kṣetrapālo mahādevi yato duṃdubhiniḥsvanaḥ .. tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yaḥ saṃtarpayate pitṝn.. 21 .. > He is the guardian of the field, O great goddess, from whom comes the sound of a drum. / Having bathed there in the great pool, whoever offers libation to the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.22) daśa varṣāṇi pañcaiva tṛptiṃ yāṃti pitāmahaḥ .. piṃḍadānena dattena pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭimāvahet .. narake tu sthitānāṃ ca muktirbhūyānna saṃśayaḥ ..22.. > the ancestors attain satisfaction for fifteen years. / By the giving of the rice ball, he brings satisfaction to the ancestors, / and for those who reside in hell, there shall be liberation, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.23) māghe māsi site pakṣe saptamyāṃ saṃyatātmavān .. durvāsārkaṃ ca saṃpūjya mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 23 .. > On the seventh day of the bright fortnight in the month of Māgha, self-restrained, / having worshiped Durvāsārka, one is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.24) snātvā tu yamunā kuṇḍe mādhave māsi mānavaḥ .. pūjayedbhaktibhāvena raviṃ gaganabhūṣaṇam .. 24 .. > Having bathed in the Yamunā pool in the month of Mādhava, a human / should worship with devotion the Sun, the ornament of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.25) paṭhetsahasraṃ nāmnā tu durvāsādityasaṃnidhau .. ṣaṇmāsānmucyate jaṃturyadyapi brahmahā naraḥ .. 25.. > If he recites the thousand names in the presence of Durvāsāditya, / after six months a living creature is freed, even if the person is a slayer of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.26) sarvamaṃgalamāṃgalyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. durvāsādityanāmānaṃ sūryaṃ ko nu na pūjayet .. 26 .. > The most auspicious of all auspicious things, the destroyer of all sins, / who indeed would not worship the Sun named Durvāsāditya? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.27) na tadasti bhayaṃ kiṃcidyadanena na śāmyati .. darśanenāpi sūryasya tatra durvāsasaḥ priye .. 27 .. > There is no fear whatsoever that is not pacified by this, / even by the darśana of the Sun of Durvāsas there, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.28) saṃpadyaṃte tathā kāmāḥ sarva eva yathepsitāḥ .. baṃdhyānāṃ putraphaladaṃ bhītānāṃ bhayanāśanam.. 28 .. > Likewise, all desires whatever are attained as wished. / It grants the fruit of sons to barren women and destroys fear for the frightened. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.29) bhūtipradaṃ daridrāṇāṃ kuṣṭhināṃ paramauṣadham .. bālānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ graharakṣonivāraṇam .. mahāpāpopaśamanaṃ durvāsādityadarśanam.. 29 .. > It grants prosperity to the poor and is the supreme medicine for lepers. / It removes evil spirits and demons from all children; / the darśana of Durvāsāditya pacifies great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.30) hemāśvastatra dātavyaḥ sūryamuddiśya bhāmini .. brāhmaṇe vedasaṃyukte tena dattā mahī bhavet .. 7.1.236.30 .. > A golden horse should be given there dedicated to the Sun, O passionate woman, / to a brahmin endowed with Vedic learning; by that, the earth will have been given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.31) yastatra pūjayeddevaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ ca dundubhim .. sa putrapaśumāndhīmāñchrīmānbhavati mānavaḥ .. 31 .. > Whoever worships the god and Dundubhi, the guardian of the field, there, / that person becomes possessed of sons and cattle, wise, and prosperous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.32) na bhayaṃ jāyate tasya trividhaṃ varavarṇini .. ardhagavyūtimātraṃ tu tatra kṣetraṃ raveḥ smṛtam.. 32 .. > No threefold fear arises for him, O fair-complexioned one. / The kṣetra of the Sun is considered to be just half a gavyūti there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.33) na tatra praviśejjantuḥ sūryabhaktivivarjitaḥ .. ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ sūryadaivatam .. 33 .. > A creature destitute of devotion to the Sun should not enter there. / Thus this māhātmya dedicated to the Sun deity has been told to you, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.236.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236.236) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye durvāsādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 236 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Durvāsāditya', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.236.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śāktapramoda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktapramoda.11.1439) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatstotraratnākaraḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.stotra.brhatstotraratnakara.362_273) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.236) · Pramāṇa