[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) › 16.237 # Skandapurana 16.237 Skandapurāṇa 16.237 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.237.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi yādavasthalamuttamam .. yādavā yatra naṣṭā vai ṣaṭpaṃcāśacca koṭayaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Yādavasthala, / where fifty-six crores of Yādavas perished, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.2) yatra vajreśvaro devo vajreṇārādhitaḥ sadā .. yatrābhūddivyadṛṣṭīnāmṛṣīṇāmāśramaṃ kulam .. 2 .. > where the god Vajreśvara was perpetually worshipped by Vajra, / \[and\] where there was the hermitage and lineage of the seers endowed with divine vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ vinaṣṭā bhagavannandhakā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha .. paśyato vāsudevasya bhojāścaiva mahārathāḥ .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / How did the Andhakas perish together with the Vṛṣṇis, / O Blessed One, along with the Bhojas, the great chariot-warriors, while Vāsudeva looked on? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.4) kena śaptāstu te vīrā naṣṭā vṛṣṇyandhakādayaḥ .. bhojāścaiva mahādeva vistareṇa vadasva me .. 4 .. > By whom were those heroes cursed, so that the Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, and others / and the Bhojas perished, O Mahādeva? Tell me in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ṣaṭtriṃśe ca kalau varṣe saṃprāpte'ndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ .. anyonyaṃ muśalaiste hi nijaghnuḥ kālanoditāḥ .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / When the thirty-sixth year arrived in the Kali \[age\], the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis, / impelled by Time, slew one another with iron pestles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.6) viśvāmitraṃ ca kaṇvaṃ ca nāradaṃ ca yaśasvinam .. sāraṇapramukhānbhojāndadṛśurdvārakāṃ gatān .. 6 .. > The Bhojas headed by Sāraṇa saw Viśvāmitra, / Kaṇva, and the glorious Nārada, who had come to Dvārakā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.7) te vai sāṃbaṃ samāninyurbhūṣayitvā striyaṃ yathā .. abruvannupasaṃgamya devadaṃḍanipīḍitāḥ .. 7 .. > Having adorned Sāmba like a woman, they brought \[him\] along, / and, afflicted by divine punishment, approached and spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.8) iyaṃ strī putrakāmasya babhroramitatejasaḥ .. ṛṣayaḥ sādhu jānīta kimiyaṃ janayiṣyati .. 8 .. > 'This is the wife of Babhru of boundless splendour, who desires a son. / O seers, accurately discern: what will she give birth to?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.9) ityuktāste tadā devi vipralaṃbhapradharṣitāḥ .. pratyabruvaṃstānmunayastacchṛṇuṣva yathātatham .. 9 .. > Addressed thus, O goddess, provoked by the deceit, / those sages replied to them. Hear that as it truly happened. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.10) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya muśalaṃ ghoramāyasam.. vāsudevasya dāyādaḥ sāṃbo'yaṃ janayiṣyati .. 7.1.237.10 .. > The seers said: / 'For the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, this Sāmba, / the heir of Vāsudeva, will give birth to a dreadful iron pestle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.11) yena yūyaṃ sudurvṛttā nṛśaṃsā jātamanyavaḥ .. ucchettāraḥ kulaṃ sarvamṛte rāmājjanārddanāt .. 11 .. > by which you wicked, cruel men, filled with wrath, / shall exterminate your entire race, except for Rāma and Janārdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.12) tyaktvā yāsyati vaḥ śrīmāṃtyaktvā bhūmiṃ halāyudhaḥ .. jarā kṛṣṇaṃ mahābhāgaṃ śayānaṃ tu nivetsyati .. 12 .. > Abandoning you, the glorious plough-weaponed one will leave the earth; / and Jarā will pierce the illustrious Kṛṣṇa as he lies asleep.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.13) ityabruvaṃstato devi pralabdhāste durātmabhiḥ .. munayaḥ krodharaktākṣāḥ samīkṣyātha parasparam .. 13 .. > Thus they spoke, O goddess, having been mocked by those evil-minded ones; / then those sages, their eyes red with wrath, looked at one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.14) tathoktā munayaste tu tataḥ keśavamabhyayuḥ .. athāvadattadā vṛṣṇīñchrutvaivaṃ madhusūdanaḥ .. 14 .. > Having been addressed thus, those sages then went to Keśava. / Having heard this, Madhusūdana then said to the Vṛṣṇis: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.15) abhijño matimāṃstasya bhavitavyaṃ tatheti tat .. evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ praviveśa punargṛhān .. 15 .. > 'That which is destined to be, shall be so.' / Having spoken thus, the wise Hṛṣīkeśa, knowing it, entered his house again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.16) kṛtāṃtamanyathākarttuṃ naicchatsa jagataḥ prabhuḥ .. śvobhūte satataḥ sāṃbo musalaṃ tadasūta vai ..16.. > The Lord of the universe did not wish to alter the decree of Destiny. / On the following day, Sāmba indeed brought forth that iron pestle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.17) yena vṛṇṣyandhakakule puruṣā bhasmasātkṛtāḥ.. vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya kiṃkarapratimaṃ mahat .. 17 .. (kiṃkara – yamakiṃkara) > by which the men in the race of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas were reduced to ashes— / a great \[pestle\] resembling a messenger of Yama, meant for the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.18) asūta śāpajaṃ ghoraṃ tacca rājñe nyavedayat .. viṣaṇṇo'tha tato rājā sūkṣmaṃ cūrṇamakārayat .. 18 .. > He gave birth to that terrible thing born of a curse, and reported it to the king. / Then the king, despondent, had it ground into fine powder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.19) prākṣipatsāgare tatra puruṣo rājaśāsitaḥ .. athovāca svanagare vacanādāhukasya hi .. 19 .. > A man directed by the king cast it into the ocean there. / Then, by the command of Āhuka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.19_1) janārddanasya rāmasya babhroścaiva mahātmanaḥ .. adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāṃ vṛṣṇandhakagṛheṣviha .. surāsavo na karttavyaḥ sarvairviṣayavāsibhiḥ .. 7.1.237.2... > and of Janārdana, Rāma, and the high-souled Babhru, he proclaimed in his city: / 'From this day forth, in the houses of all the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas here, / no liquor or distilled spirit is to be made by any inhabitants of the realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.21) yaśca vo viditaṃ kuryādevaṃ kaścitkvacinnaraḥ .. sa jīvañchūlamārohetsvayaṃ kṛtvā sabāṃdhavaḥ .. 21 .. > And whatever man among you is known to do so anywhere, / he, having done so himself, shall be impaled alive on a stake along with his kin.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.22) tato rājabhayātsarve niyamaṃ tatra cakrire .. narāḥ śāsanamājñāya rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ .. 22 .. > Then, out of fear of the king, all the men made a vow there, / having learned the command of Rāma of untiring deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.23) evaṃ prayatamānānāṃ vṛṣṇīnāmandhakaiḥ saha .. kālo gṛhāṇi sarvāṇi paricakrāma nityaśaḥ .. 23 .. > While the Vṛṣṇis along with the Andhakas were thus taking precautions, / Time constantly wandered about all their houses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.24) karālo vikaṭo muṃḍaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇapiṃgalaḥ .. sammārjanī mahāketurjapāpuṣpāvataṃsakaḥ .. 24 .. > a frightful, hideous, shaven-headed man of dark and reddish-brown hue, / with a broom as his great banner, wearing a China-rose as an ear-ornament, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.25) kṛkalāsavāhanaśca rattikākarṇabhūṣaṇaḥ .. gṛhāṇyavekṣya vṛṣṇīnāṃ nādṛśyata punaḥ kvacit .. 25 .. > having a chameleon for his mount, and wearing a guñjā berry as an ear-ornament. / Having looked at the houses of the Vṛṣṇis, he was no longer seen anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.26) tasya cāsanmaheṣvāsāḥ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. na cāśakyata veddhuṃ sa sarvabhūtāpyayaṃ sadā .. 26 .. > Great archers shot at him with arrows by hundreds and thousands, / but he, who is the perpetual dissolution of all beings, could not be pierced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.27) utpedire mahāvātā dāruṇā hi dine dine .. vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya bahavo lomaharṣaṇāḥ .. 27 .. > Terrible and hair-raising great winds arose day after day / in abundance, portending the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.28) vivṛddhya mūṣikā rathyāvitunnamaṇikāstathā .. keśāndadaṃśuḥ suptānāṃ nṛṇāṃ yuvatayo niśi .. 28 .. > Rats multiplied, the clay water-jars in the streets were broken open, / and at night \[rodents\] gnawed the hair of sleeping men and young women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.29) cīcīkūcītyavāśaṃta sārikā vṛṣṇiveśmasu .. nopaśāmyati śabdaśca sa divārātrameva vā .. 29 .. > Mynas in the houses of the Vṛṣṇis shrieked 'cīcīkūcī'; / and that sound did not cease, whether by day or by night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.30) anvakurvannulūkāśca vāyasānvṛṣṇiveśmasu .. ajāḥ śivānāṃ ca rutamanvakurvata bhāmini .. 7.1.237.30 .. > Owls imitated crows in the houses of the Vṛṣṇis, / and goats imitated the howling of jackals, O spirited lady! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.31) pāṃḍurāraktapādāśca vihagāḥ kālapreritāḥ .. vṛṣṇyandhakagṛheṣvevaṃ kapotā vyacaraṃstadā .. 31 .. > Pale-bodied birds with red feet, impelled by Time— / pigeons thus wandered about the houses of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.32) vyajāyaṃta kharā goṣu karabhāścāśvatarīṣu ca .. śunīṣvapi biḍālāśca mūṣakā nakulīṣu ca .. 32 .. > Donkeys were born from cows, and young camels from she-mules; / cats were born from female dogs, and mice from female mongooses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.33) tāpatrayāṃta pāpāni kurvaṃto vṛṣṇayastathā .. adviṣanbrāhmaṇāṃścāpi pitṝndevāṃstathaiva ca ..33.. > The Vṛṣṇis, committing sins that lead to the threefold affliction, / hated brahmins, ancestors, and the gods alike. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.34) gurūṃścāpyavamanyaṃte na tu rāmajanārdanau .. bhāryāḥ patīnvyuccaraṃti patnīśca puruṣāstathā .. 34 .. > They also showed disrespect to their elders, though not to Rāma and Janārdana; / wives transgressed against their husbands, and men likewise against their wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.35) vibhāvasuḥ prajvalito vāmaṃ viparivarttate .. nīlalohitamāṃjiṣṭhā visṛjaṃścārciṣaḥ pṛthak .. 35 .. > The fire, when blazing, turned to the left, / giving off distinct blue, red, and madder-coloured flames. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.36) udayāstamane nityaṃ paryastaḥ syāddivākaraḥ .. vyadṛśyata sakṛtpuṃbhiḥ kabandhaiḥ parivāritaḥ .. 36 .. > At sunrise and sunset the sun was constantly overthrown \[and eclipsed\]; / it was seen by men surrounded by headless trunks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.37) mahānaseṣu siddhāṃte saṃskṛte'nne tu bhāmini .. uttāryamāṇe kṛmayo dṛśyaṃte ca varānane .. 37 .. > O spirited lady, when food was prepared and dressed in the kitchens, / worms were seen in it as it was being served, O fair-faced one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.38) puṇyāhe vācyamāne ca paṭhatsu ca mahātmasu .. abhidhāvaṃti śrūyaṃte na cādṛśyata kaścana .. 38 .. > While an auspicious day was being proclaimed and great-souled men were reciting, / rushing sounds were heard, but no one was seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.39) parasparasya nakṣatraṃ hanyamānaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. grahairapaśyansarvaiste nātmanastu kathañcana .. 39 .. > They all saw one another's asterism repeatedly struck / by the planets, but by no means their own. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.40) na hutaṃ pācayatyagnirvṛṣṇyaṃdhakapuraskṛtam .. samaṃtātpratyavāśaṃta rāsabhā dāruṇasvanāḥ .. 7.1.237.40 .. > The fire did not cook the offering presented by the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas; / from all sides, donkeys brayed with terrible sounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.41) evaṃ paśyanhṛṣīkeśaḥ saṃprāptānkālaparyayān .. trayodaśīṃ hyamāvāsyāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prābravīdidam.. 41 .. > Seeing these inversions of Time that had arrived, / Hṛṣīkeśa, beholding that thirteenth \[tithi\] as the new moon, spoke this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.42) trayodaśī paṃcadaśī kṛteyaṃ rāhuṇā punaḥ .. tadā ca bhārate yuddhe prāptā cādya kṣayāya naḥ .. 42 .. > 'This thirteenth day has been made the fifteenth again by Rāhu; / it occurred then in the Bhārata war, and today it has arrived for our destruction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.43) dhigdhigityevakālaṃ taṃ pariciṃtya janārdanaḥ .. mene prāptaṃ sa ṣaṭtriṃśaṃ varṣaṃ keśiniṣūdanaḥ .. putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāṃdhārī yaduvāca ha .. 43 .. > Reflecting on that time, saying 'Fie, fie!', Janārdana, / the slayer of Keśin, considered that the thirty-sixth year had arrived, / \[recalling\] what Gāndhārī, afflicted with grief for her sons, had spoken: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.44) evaṃ paśyanhṛṣīkeśastadidaṃ samupasthitam.. idaṃ ca samanuprāptamabravīdyadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ .. 44 .. > Seeing this come to pass, Hṛṣīkeśa \[recalled\] / what Yudhiṣṭhira had said had now also arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.45) purā vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu dṛṣṭvotpātānsudāruṇān.. puṇyagranthasya śravaṇācchāṃtihomādviśodhanāt ..45.. > Formerly, having seen dreadful portents when the battle arrays were deployed: / 'Other than listening to a sacred text, an expiatory fire offering, purification, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.46) pūtatīrthābhiṣekāṃcca nānyacchreyo bhavediti .. ityuktvā vāsudevastaccikīrṣansatyameva ca .. ājñāpayāmāsa tadā tīrthayātrāmariṃdamaḥ .. 46 .. > and ablution in a pure sacred ford, there can be no other good.' / Having said this, wishing to make that very truth come about, / Vāsudeva, the subduer of enemies, then ordered a pilgrimage to the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.47) aghoṣayaṃta puruṣāstatra keśavaśāsanāt .. tīrthayātrā prabhāse vai kāryeti varavarṇini .. 47 .. > By Keśava's command, men proclaimed there, / O woman of fair complexion: 'A pilgrimage must indeed be made to Prabhāsa.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.48) athāriṣṭāni vakṣyāmi purīṃ dvāravatīṃ prati .. kālī strī pāṃḍurairdaṃtaiḥ praviśya nagarīṃ niśi .. 48 .. > Now I shall tell of the portents regarding the city of Dvāravatī. / A black woman with pale teeth, entering the city at night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.49) striyaḥ svapneṣu muṣṇantī dvārakāṃ prati dhāvati .. agnihotraniketaṃ ca sumedhyeṣu ca veśmasu .. 49 .. > robbing women in their dreams, ran toward Dvārakā, / and into the sanctuary of the sacred fire and pure dwellings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.50) vṛṣṇyaṃdhakāṃśca khādaṃtī svapne dṛṣṭā bhayānakā .. kurvaṃtī bhīṣaṇaṃ nādaṃ kurkuṭaśvānasaṃyutā .. 7.1.237.50 .. > Devouring the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, the terrifying woman was seen in dreams, / making a dreadful screech, accompanied by roosters and dogs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.51) tathā sahasraśo raudrāścaturbāhava eva ca .. strīṇāṃ garbheṣvajāyaṃta rākṣasā guhyakāstathā .. .. 51 .. > Likewise, fearful four-armed rākṣasas and guhyakas / were born by the thousands from the wombs of women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.52) alaṃkārāśca cchatrāṇi dhvajāśca kavacāni ca .. hriyamāṇāni dṛśyaṃte rakṣobhistu bhayānakaiḥ .. 52.. > Ornaments, parasols, banners, and armor / were seen being carried off by dreadful rakṣases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.53) yaccāgnidattaṃ kṛṣṇasya vajranābhamayasmayam .. divamācakrame cakraṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā .. 53 .. > And the discus of iron with an adamantine navel given to Kṛṣṇa by Agni / ascended into heaven as the Vṛṣṇis watched then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.54) yuktaṃ rathaṃ divyamādityavarṇaṃ bhayāvahaṃ paśyato dārukasya .. te sāgarasyopariṣṭādvartamānānmanojavāṃścaturo vājimukhyān .. 54 .. > As Dāruka watched, the celestial, fearful chariot yoked \[and\] having the luster of the sun, / \[and\] the four foremost steeds, swift as thought, sped across the surface of the sea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.55) tālaḥ suparṇaśca mahādhvajau tau supūjitau rāmajanārdanābhyām .. uccairjaguḥ svapsaraso divāniśaṃ vācaṃ cocurgamyatāṃ tīrthayātrām .. 55 .. > The two great banners—the palm tree and Suparṇa—greatly worshipped by Rāma and Janārdana \[vanished\]; / apsarases sang loudly night and day, and spoke these words: 'Go on a pilgrimage to the sacred ford.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.56) tato jigamiṣaṃtaste vṛṣṇyaṃdhakamahārathāḥ .. sāṃtaḥpurāstīrthayātrāmīhaṃte sma nararṣabhāḥ ..56.. > Then, desiring to depart, those great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, / the bulls among men, set their minds on the pilgrimage together with their harems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.57) tato māṃsaparā hṛṣṭāḥ peyaṃ veśmasu vṛṣṇayaḥ .. bahu nānāvidhaṃ cakrurmāṃsāni vividhāni ca .. 57 .. > Then, delighted and devoted to meat, the Vṛṣṇis prepared drinks / of many diverse kinds in their homes, and diverse meats. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.58) tathā sīdhuṣu baddheṣu niryayurnagarādbahiḥ .. yānairaśvairgajaiścaiva śrīmaṃtastigmatejasaḥ .. 58 .. > Likewise, with liquor packed \[for travel\], the illustrious ones of fierce splendor / went out of the city with vehicles, horses, and elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.59) tataḥ prabhāse nyavasanyathoddeśaṃ yathāgṛham .. prabhūtabhakṣyapeyāste sadārā yādavāstadā .. 59 .. > Then the Yādavas, together with their wives, dwelling in Prabhāsa / each in his appointed place and quarters, had abundant food and drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.60) nirviṣṭāṃstānniśamyātha samudrāṃte sa yogavit .. jagāmāmaṃtrya tānvīrānuddhavorthaviśāradaḥ .. 7.1.237.60 .. > Hearing that they had settled there at the shore of the sea, the knower of yoga, / Uddhava, skilled in what is beneficial, took leave of those heroes and departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.61) prasthitaṃ taṃ mahātmānamabhivādya kṛtāṃjalim.. jānanvināśaṃ bhojānāṃ naicchadvārayituṃ hariḥ .. 61 .. > To that great-souled one who had set out, greeting with folded hands, / Hari, knowing the destruction of the Bhojas, did not wish to stop him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.62) tataḥ kālaparītāste vṛṣṇyaṃdhakamahārathāḥ .. apaśyannuddhavaṃ yāṃtaṃ tejasā''dīpya rodasī .. 62 .. > Then those great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, seized by time, / saw Uddhava departing, illuminating heaven and earth with his splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.63) brāhmaṇārtheṣu yatklṛptamannaṃ teṣāṃ varānane .. tadvāhanebhyaḥ pradaduḥ surāgaṃdharasānvitam..63.. > The food that was prepared for the sake of brahmins, O fair-faced lady, / they gave to their horses, mixed with the smell and taste of liquor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.64) tatastūryaśatākīrṇaṃ naṭanarttakasaṃkulam.. prāvarttata mahāpānaṃ prabhāse tigmatejasām.. 64.. > Then, filled with hundreds of musical instruments and crowded with actors and dancers, / a great drinking bout of those of fierce splendor commenced at Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.65) kṛṣṇasya saṃnidhau rāmaḥ sahitaḥ kṛtavarmaṇā .. apibadyuyudhānaśca gado babhrustathaiva ca ..65.. > In the presence of Kṛṣṇa, Rāma drank together with Kṛtavarman, / and Yuyudhāna, Gada, and Babhru as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.66) tataḥ pariṣado madhye yuyudhāno madotkaṭaḥ .. abravītkṛtavarmāṇamavahasyāvamanya ca .. 66 .. > Then in the midst of the assembly, Yuyudhāna, intoxicated with drink, / spoke to Kṛtavarman, mocking and disdaining him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.67) kaḥ kṣatriyo manyamānaḥ suptānhanyānmṛtāniva .. na tanmṛṣyata hārdikyastvayā tatsādhu yatkṛtam .. 67 .. > 'What kṣatriya, considering himself \[one\], would slay sleeping men like corpses? / No descendant of Hṛdīka should condone that; how was that well done by you?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.68) ityukte yuyudhānena pūjayāmāsa tadvacaḥ .. pradyumno rathināṃ śreṣṭho hārdikyamatha bhartsayan .. 68 .. > When this was spoken by Yuyudhāna, Pradyumna, the foremost of chariot-warriors, / praised that speech, and then rebuked the descendant of Hṛdīka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.69) tataḥ punarapi kruddhaḥ kṛtavarmā tamabravīt .. nirviśanniva sāvajñaṃ tadā savyena pāṇinā .. 69 .. > Then Kṛtavarman, enraged again, spoke to him, / pointing scornfully at him with his left hand: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.70) bhūriśravāśchinnabāhuryuddhe prāyogatastvayā .. vyādheneva nṛśaṃsena kathaṃ vaireṇa ghātitaḥ .. 7.1.237.70 .. > 'How was Bhūriśravas, whose arm was severed in battle and who was seated for the vow of death, / slain by you out of enmity, like by a cruel hunter?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.71) iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā keśavaḥ paravīrahā .. tiryaksaroṣayā dṛṣṭyā vīkṣāṃcakre samaḥ pumān .. 71 .. > Hearing his words, Keśava, the slayer of enemy heroes, / that impartial person, glanced askance with an angry look. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.72) maṇiṃ syamaṃtakaṃ caiva yaḥ sa satrājito'bhavat .. sa kathaṃ smārayāmāsa sātyakirmadhusūdanam .. 72 .. > And how Sātyaki reminded Madhusūdana / of the Syamantaka jewel, which belonged to Satrājit! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.73) tacchrutvā keśavasyāṃkamagamadrudatī satī .. satyabhāmā prakṣubhitā kopayantī janārddanam .. 73 .. > Hearing that, the virtuous Satyabhāmā, weeping, went to Keśava's lap, / agitated and inciting Janārdana to anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.74) tata utthāya sa krodhātsātyakirvākyamabravīt .. paṃcānāṃ draupadeyānāṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṃḍinaḥ .. 74 .. > Then, rising in anger, Sātyaki spoke these words: / 'For the sake of the five sons of Draupadī, of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and of Śikhaṇḍin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.75) eṣa gacchāmi padavīṃ satye tava pathe sadā .. sauptike nihatā ye ca suptāstena durātmanā .. 75 .. > I go upon this path, ever adhering to your truth! / And those who were asleep were slain during the night attack by that evil-souled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.76) droṇaputrasahāyena pāpena kṛtavarmaṇā .. samāptaṃ cāyurasyādya yaśaścāpi sumadhyame .. 76 .. > wicked Kṛtavarman, the companion of Droṇa's son! / Today his lifespan and also his fame are ended, O woman of slender waist!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.77) itīdamuktvā khaṅgena keśavasya samīpataḥ .. abhihatya śiraḥ kruddhaściccheda kṛtavarmaṇaḥ .. 77 .. > Having said this, striking near Keśava with a sword, / he furiously cut off Kṛtavarman's head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.78) tathānyānapi nighnaṃtaṃ yuyudhānaṃ samaṃtataḥ .. anvadhāvaddhṛṣīkeśo vinivārayiṣustathā .. 78 .. > As he was striking others all around as well, / Hṛṣīkeśa rushed after Yuyudhāna, wishing to restrain him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.79) ekībhūtāstatastasya kālaparyāyapreritāḥ .. bhojāṃdhakā mahārājaṃ śaineyaṃ paryavārayan .. 79 .. > Then, having united, impelled by the turn of time, / the Bhojas and Andhakas surrounded the descendant of Śini, O great king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.80) tāndṛṣṭvā''patatastūrṇamabhikruddhāñjanārddanaḥ .. na cukrodha mahātejā jānankālasya paryayam .. 7.1.237.80 .. > Seeing them rushing swiftly in great fury, Janārdana, / of great splendor, did not become angry, knowing the turn of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.81) te ca pānamadāviṣṭāścoditāścaiva manyunā .. yuyudhānamathājaghnurucchiṣṭai rbhojanaistathā .. 81 .. > And overcome with the intoxication of drink and impelled by wrath, / they then struck Yuyudhāna even with the leftovers of their meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.82) hanyamāne tu śaineye kuddho rukmiṇinaṃdanaḥ .. tadaṃtaramathādhāvanmokṣayiṣyañchineḥ sutam .. 82 .. > While the descendant of Śini was being struck, the son of Rukmiṇī, enraged, / ran into their midst, wishing to rescue the son of Śini. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.83) sa bhojaiḥ saha saṃyuktaḥ sātyakiścāṃdhakaiḥ saha .. bahutvāttu hatau vīrāvubhau kṛṣṇasya paśyataḥ .. 83 .. > He joined battle with the Bhojas, and Sātyaki with the Andhakas; / but because of their numbers, both heroes were slain as Kṛṣṇa looked on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.84) hataṃ dṛṣṭvā tu śaineyaṃ putraṃ ca yadunaṃdanaḥ .. erakāṇāṃ tadā muṣṭiṃ kopājjagrāha keśavaḥ .. 84 .. > Seeing the descendant of Śini and his son slain, the joy of the Yadus, / Keśava, then grasped a fistful of erakā grass in rage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.89) tadabhūnmuśalaṃ ghoraṃ vajrakalpamayasmayam .. jaghāna tena kṛṣṇopi ye tasya pramukhe sthitāḥ .. 89 .. > That became a terrible iron club resembling a thunderbolt; / with it Kṛṣṇa also struck down whoever stood before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.89\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.89_2) tatoṃ'dhakāśca bhojāśca śinayo vṛṣṇayastadā .. nyaghnannanyonyamākrandairmuśalaiḥ kālapreritāḥ .. 86 .. > Then the Andhakas, Bhojas, Śinis, and Vṛṣṇis, / driven by destiny, struck down one another with clubs amid loud shrieks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.89\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.89_3) yaścaikāmerakāṃ kaścijjagrāha ruṣito naraḥ .. vajrabhūtā ca sā devi hyadṛśyata tadā priye .. 87 .. > And whatever blade of grass any man angrily seized, / O goddess, it appeared turned into an adamantine club at that time, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.89\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.89_4) tṛṇaṃ ca muśalībhūtamaṇvapi tatra dṛśyate .. brahmadaṃḍakṛtaṃ sarvamiti tadviddhi bhāmini .. 88 .. > Even a tiny blade of grass was seen there turned into a club. / Know that all this was brought about by the curse of the brahmins, O spirited lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.89\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.89_5) āvidhyāvidhya deveśi praharaṃti sma sāyakān.. tadvajrabhūtaṃ muśalamapaśyaṃta tadā dṛḍham .. 89 .. > Hurling repeatedly, O queen of gods, they discharged missiles; / then they saw the solid club turned into an adamantine weapon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.90) avadhītpitaraṃ putraḥ pitā putraṃ ca bhāmini .. mattāste paryaṭaṃti sma yodhamānāḥ parasparam .. 7.1.237.90 .. > Son killed father, and father killed son, O spirited lady; / intoxicated, they roamed about fighting one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.91) pataṃgā iva cāgnau tu nyapatanyadupuṃgavāḥ .. nāsītpalāyane buddhirvadhyamānasya kasyacit .. 91 .. > Like moths into fire, the bull-like Yadus fell; / no one who was being struck had any thought of fleeing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.92) taṃ tu paśyanmahābāhurjānankālasyaparyayam .. muśalaṃ samavaṣṭabhya tasthau sa madhusūdanaḥ .. 92 .. > Looking upon that, however, and knowing the turn of destiny, / the mighty-armed Madhusūdana stood leaning upon his club. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.93) sāṃbaṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā cārudeṣṇaṃ ca mādhavaḥ .. pradyumnamaniruddhaṃ ca tataścukrodha bhāmini .. 93 .. > And seeing Sāmba, Cārudeṣṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha / slain, Mādhava then grew furious, O spirited lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.94) yādavānkṣmāśayānāṃśca bhṛśaṃ kopasamanvitaḥ .. sa niḥśeṣaṃ tadā cakre śārṅgacakragadādharaḥ .. 94 .. > Filled with intense anger toward the Yādavas lying on the ground, / the wielder of the bow, discus, and mace then annihilated them without remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.95) evaṃ tatra mahādevi abhavadyādava sthalam .. gavyūtimātraṃ taddevi yādavānāṃ citāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 95 .. > Thus, O great goddess, the Yādava-sthala came to be there; / that \[area\] of just one gavyūti, O goddess, is considered the funeral pyre of the Yādavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.96) teṣāṃ kilāsthinicayaiḥ sthalarūpaṃ babhūva tat .. bhasmapuṃjanibhākāraṃ tenābhūdyādava sthalam .. 96 .. > Indeed, by the heaps of their bones it took the form of a raised ground; / resembling an accumulation of ashes, it became thereby the Yādava-sthala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.97) divyaratnasamāyuktaṃ maṇimāṇikyapūritam .. yādavānāṃ kirīṭaiśca divyagandhaiḥ supūritam.. 97 .. > It was filled with divine jewels, packed with gems and rubies, / with the diadems of the Yādavas, and permeated with divine perfumes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.98) teṣāṃ rakṣānimittaṃ hi gaṃgā gaṇapatistathā .. yādavānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ jīvito vajra eva hi .. 98 .. > For their protection, indeed, are the Gaṅgā and Gaṇapati; / of all the Yādavas, Vajra alone remained alive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.99) vayasoṃte tataḥ so'pi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ .. niṣicya svasutaṃ rājye nāmnā khyātaṃ mahadbalam .. 99 .. > Then, at the end of his life, having consecrated his own son / renowned by name as Mahadbala on the throne, he too came to Prabhāsa kṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.100) tenāpi sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ yādavendreṇa dhīmatā .. vajreśvaramiti khyātaṃ tatsthitaṃ yādavasthale ..7.1.237.100.. > A liṅga was established even by him, the wise lord of the Yādavas, / renowned as Vajreśvara, situated at the Yādava-sthala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.101) tatraiva suciraṃ kālaṃ tapastaptaṃ supuṣkalam .. nāradasyopadeśena prabhāse pāpanāśane .. 101 .. > Right there, by the instruction of Nārada, he performed copious austerity / for a very long time in Prabhāsa, which destroys sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.102) prāptavānparamāṃ siddhiṃ sa rājā yādavottamaḥ .. tatraiva yo naraḥ samyaksnātvā jāṃbavatī jale .. 102 .. > That king, the best of the Yādavas, attained supreme perfection. / The person who, having bathed properly right there in the waters of the Jāmbavatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.103) vajreśvaraṃ tu saṃpūjya brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet .. yādavasthalasāmīpye gosahasraphalaṃ labhet .. 103 .. > and having worshipped Vajreśvara, feeds brahmins there / in the vicinity of the Yādava-sthala, obtains the fruit of \[gifting\] a thousand cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.104) ṣaṭkoṇaṃ tatra dātavyamaṃgulyā yādavasthale .. yātrāphalamavāpnoti samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 104 .. > A hexagon should be drawn there with a finger at the Yādava-sthala; / endowed with proper faith, he attains the fruit of pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.237.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237.237) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye yādavasthalotpattau vajreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 237 .. > Thus ends the two hundred thirty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Vajreśvara at the Origin of Yādava-sthala', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.16.237.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.16.1.12) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.5.37.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.237) · Pramāṇa