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# Skandapurana 16.239

Skandapurāṇa 16.239

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyāpārśvataḥ sthitam ..  
pratyuktaṃ nāgarādityaṃ sarvavyādhivināśanam .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the one situated near the Hiraṇyā, / called Nāgarāditya, which destroys all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.2)

purā satrājitā rājñā dvāravatyāṃ gatena tu ..  
ārādhito bhāskaro'bhūdyādavena mahātmanā .. 2 ..

> Formerly, by King Satrājit who had gone to Dvāravatī, / the high-souled Yādava, the Sun was worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.3)

mahāvratamupāsthāya nighnaputreṇa dhīmatā ..  
tasya tuṣṭastadā bhānuḥ syamantakamaṇiṃ dadau ..3..

> Having undertaken a great observance, by the wise son of Nighna, / the Sun, being pleased with him, gave him the Syamantaka jewel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.4)

sa maṇiḥ savate nityaṃ bhārānaṣṭau dinedine .. (savate- sūte)  
suvarṇasya suśuddhasya bhaktyā vratatapoyutaḥ .. 4 ..

> Endowed with devotion, vows, and austerity, that jewel yields every day / eight bhāras of pure gold constantly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.5)

bhūyo'pi bhānunā prokto varaṃ brūhi varānane ..  
sa cāha devadeveśaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram .. 5 ..

> Again addressed by the Sun, 'Choose a boon, O fair-faced one,' / he spoke to the lord of the gods of gods, the Sun who wards off thieves:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.6)

yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varadānaṃ karoṣi ca ..  
atraiva cāśrame puṇye nityaṃ saṃnihito bhava .. 6 ..

> 'If you are pleased with me, O god, and grant a boon, / be present perpetually right here in this sacred hermitage.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.7)

evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā sūryaḥ satrājitaṃ nṛpam ..  
abhinaṃdya varaṃ tasya tatraivādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. 7 ..

> Having said, 'So it shall be,' the Sun, / applauding the boon of King Satrājit, disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.8)

tenāpi nighnaputreṇa devadevasya bhāsvataḥ ..  
sthāpitā pratimā śubhrā tatraiva varavarṇini .. 8 ..

> A radiant image of the god of gods, the Sun, / was also installed right there by that son of Nighna, O lady of fair complexion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.9)

śaṃkhaduṃdubhinirghoṣairbrahmaghoṣaiścapuṣkalaiḥ ..  
tatastunāgarānsarvānsamāhūya dvijottamān ..  
abravītpraṇato bhūtvā dattvā vṛttimanuttamām ..9..

> Amid the sounds of conches and kettledrums and abundant chants of the Veda, / then having summoned all the Nāgara \[brahmins\], the best among twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.10)

yuṣmatpādaprasādena sūryasyānugraheṇa vai ..  
sādhayitvā tapaścograṃ sthāpitā pratimā mayā ..7.1.239.10..

> bowing down and having granted an unequalled means of livelihood, he said: / 'By the grace of your feet and indeed by the favor of the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.11)

iṃdralokādihānītā jitvā śakraṃ surāriṇā..  
daśānanasya putreṇa laṃkāyāṃ sthāpitā purā ..11..

> having accomplished fierce austerity, this image has been installed by me. / Brought from Indra's realm to here, having conquered Śakra, by the enemy of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.12)

taṃ nihatya tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇānugatena vai..  
ayodhyāyāṃ samānītā saumitrijayalakṣikā..12..

> the son of the Ten-necked \[Rāvaṇa\], it was installed formerly in Laṅkā. / But having slain him, by Rāma, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.13)

mitrāvaruṇaputrāya vasiṣṭhāya samarpitā..  
tenāpi mama tuṣṭena dvārakāyāṃ niveditā..13..

> it was brought to Ayodhyā, embodying the victory of the son of Sumitrā. / It was offered to Vasiṣṭha, the son of Mitra and Varuṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.14)

mayāpi sthāpitā cātra jñātvā kṣetramanuttamam ..  
kimatra bahunoktena bhavadbhiḥ sarvathaiva hi ..14..

> and by him, being pleased, it was given to me in Dvārakā. / And it was installed here by me, knowing this to be an unequalled sacred field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.15)

paripālyā prayatnena yāvaccaṃdrārkatārakam..  
tasmādyuṣmākamādiṣṭā pratimeyaṃ mayā śubhā .. 15 ..

> What is the use of speaking much here? By you it must be protected / with care in every way as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure. / Therefore, this auspicious image has been entrusted to you by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.16)

nāgarāṇāṃ tu viprāṇāṃ someśapuravāsinām ..  
tasmānnāma mayā dattaṃ nāgarādityameva hi .. 16 ..

> to the Nāgara brahmins residing in the city of Someśa. / Therefore, the name Nāgarāditya indeed was given by me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.17)

.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ.. ..  
sarvameva kariṣyāmo devasya paripālanam ..  
yāvanmahī ca caṃdrārkau yāvattiṣṭhati sāgaraḥ ..  
tāvatte hyakṣayā kīrtiḥ sthāne cāsminbhaviṣyati..17..

> The brahmins said:  
> "We will completely protect the god. / As long as the earth, moon, and sun endure, as long as the ocean remains, / so long will your fame be imperishable in this place."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.18)

evamuktvā tu te sarve nāgarā dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..  
rājāpi tuṣṭaḥ prayayau tadā dvāravatīṃ purīm ..18 ..

> Having spoken thus, all those eminent Nāgara brahmins \[agreed\]; / the king also, pleased, then departed for the city of Dvāravatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.19)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi tasmindṛṣṭe tu yatphalam ..  
gośatasya prayāgeṣu samyagdattasya yatphalam ..  
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti nāgarārkasya darśanāt.. 19..

> Īśvara said:  
> Hear, O goddess, I shall explain the fruit obtained when it is seen: / The fruit of a hundred cows properly gifted at Prayāga, / that fruit one obtains from the darśana of Nāgarārka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.20)

dāridryaduḥkhaśokārtteḥ konyosti haraṇakṣamaḥ..  
prabhāse pāvane kṣetre muktvā nāgarabhāskaram .. 7.1.239.20 ..

> Who else is capable of removing the afflictions of poverty, grief, and sorrow / in the holy sacred field of Prabhāsa, except for Nāgarabhāskara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.21)

baṃdhakuṣṭhādikaṃ duḥkhaṃ ye bhajaṃtyalpabuddhayaḥ ..  
tatra te naiva jānaṃti vaidyaṃ nāgarabhāskaram .. 21 ..

> Those dull-witted people who suffer from afflictions such as captivity and leprosy, / do not know of the physician Nāgarabhāskara there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.22)

snātvā hiraṇyātoyena yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ ..  
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi sūryaloke mahīyate ..22..

> The man who, having bathed in the water of Hiraṇyā, worships him, / is glorified in the world of Sūrya for thousands of crores of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.23)

śuklapakṣe tu saptamyāṃ yadā saṃkramate raviḥ ..  
mahājayā tadā khyātā saptamī bhāskarapriyā .. 23 ..

> When the sun enters \[a zodiacal sign\] on the seventh day of the bright fortnight, / that seventh day, beloved of the sun, is renowned as Mahājayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.24)

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ pitṛdevābhipūjanam ..  
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ bhāskarasyavaco yathā .. 24 ..

> Bathing, giving gifts, recitation, fire offering, and worship of ancestors and gods— / all this is declared ten million times magnified, according to the word of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.25)

ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ sūryasaṃnidhau ..  
koṭibhojyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena ityāha bhagavānhariḥ .. 25 ..

> He who feeds a single brahmin there in the presence of Sūrya / has fed ten million, so said the blessed Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.26)

etanmayā te kathitaṃ purā noktaṃ varānane ..  
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā sa gacchedbhāskaraṃ padam..26..

> This which has been related to you by me was not spoken before, O fair-faced one. / The man who hears it with devotion goes to the abode of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.27)

sūryasya devi nāmāni rahasyāni śṛṇuśva me..  
alaṃ nāmasahasreṇa paṭhasvainaṃ śubhaṃ stavam..27..

> Hear from me, O goddess, the secret names of Sūrya. / Enough with a thousand names! Recite this auspicious hymn:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.28)

vikarttano vivasvāṃśca mārttaṃḍo bhāskaro raviḥ ..  
lokaprakāśakaḥ śrīmām̐llokacakṣurgraheśvaraḥ .. 28 ..

> Vikartana, Vivasvat, Mārtaṇḍa, Bhāskara, Ravi, / Illuminator of the World, Illustrious, Eye of the World, Lord of the Planets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.29)

lokasākṣī trilokeśaḥ karttā harttā tamisrahā ..  
tapanastāpanaścaiva śuciḥ saptāśvavāhanaḥ .. 29 ..

> Witness of the World, Lord of the Three Worlds, Creator, Destroyer, Dispeller of Darkness, / Burning One, Scorcher, Pure One, Having Seven Horses as His Mount,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.30)

gabhastihasto brahmā ca sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ ..  
ekaviṃśaka ityeṣa nāgarārkastavaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 7.1.239.30 ..

> Ray-Handed One, Brahmā, and He Who Is Revered by All Gods— / this is known as the twenty-one-named hymn to Nāgarārka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.31)

stavarāja iti khyātaḥ śarīrārogyavṛddhidaḥ .. 31 ..

> Renowned as the king of hymns, it grants an increase in bodily health.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.32)

ya etena mahādevi dve saṃdhye'stamanodaye ..  
nāgarārkaṃ tu saṃstauti sa labhedvāṃchitaṃ phalam.. 32 ..

> O great goddess, whoever praises Nāgarārka with this \[hymn\] / at both twilights, sunset and sunrise, obtains his desired fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.239.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.239.239)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nāgarārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 239 ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Nāgarārka,' 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.16.239.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Dīptāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.dipta.81-2.21) — Sanskrit
- [Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adhyatma.4.3.42) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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