[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) › 16.23 # Skandapurana 16.23 Skandapurāṇa 16.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tataḥ śāṃtamanā bhūtvā caṃdramā vismayānvitaḥ .. śaṃbhubhaktyā parītātmā prabhāsakṣetramāsthitaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, his mind calmed and filled with wonder, / his being pervaded by devotion to Śambhu, the Moon remained in Prabhāsa sacred field. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.2) pūrvoktaṃ yattu devena sa tathā kṛtavānvibhuḥ .. gatvā sāgaramadhye tu gṛhītvā liṃgamuttamam .. 2 .. > The powerful one did just as had been previously spoken by the God: / going into the ocean, he took that excellent liṅga. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.3) viśvakarmmāṇamāhūya sahitaṃ paricārakaiḥ .. ādideśa svayaṃ somastvaṣṭāraṃ devaśilpinam.. 3 .. > Summoning Viśvakarman along with his attendants, / Soma himself commanded Tvaṣṭṛ, the artisan of the gods: // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.4) .. caṃdra uvāca .. .. viśvakarmannidaṃ liṃgaṃ mama dattaṃ tu śaṃbhunā .. gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mahābāho yuktasthāne niveśaya .. 4 .. > The Moon said: / “O Viśvakarman, this liṅga was given to me by Śambhu. / Take it, O mighty-armed one, and install it in a suitable place. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.5) rakṣasva tāvadgantāsmi svakīyaṃ bhavanaṃ vibho .. yajñārthamānayiṣyāmi yajñopakaraṇāni ca .. 5 .. > Protect it meanwhile; I must go to my own abode, O powerful one. / I shall bring the utensils for the sacrifice for the sake of the sacrifice.” // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktvā ca tadā caṃdraścaṃdra lokaṃ jagāma ha.. gatvā tatra mahādevi caṃdralokaṃmahāprabham..6.. > Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus, the Moon then went to the realm of the Moon. / Having gone to the realm of the Moon, possessing great radiance, O great goddess, // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.7) koṭiyojanavistīrṇaṃ sadāmṛtamayaṃ śubham.. tatrāhūya mahādevi pratīhāraṃ sumedhasam .. 7 .. > which extends ten million yojanas, is ever filled with nectar, and is auspicious, / and having summoned there, O great goddess, his intelligent door-keeper, // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.8) maṃtriṇaṃ hemagarbhāṃgaṃ bṛhaspatisamaṃ dhiyā .. yajñopaskarasaṃbhāraṃ sarvamādāya satvarāḥ .. 8 .. > \[and\] his minister whose body is golden-wombed, equal in intellect to Bṛhaspati: / “Quickly taking all the assembly of equipment for the sacrifice, // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.9) prabhāsakṣetraṃ gacchaṃtu mamādeśaparāyaṇāḥ .. sāgnibhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ gacchaṃtu kṣetramuttamam .. 9 .. > let them go to the Prabhāsa sacred field, dedicated to my command. / Together with the brahmins who maintain the sacred fires, let them go to the excellent sacred field. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.10) śīghraṃ saṃpādyatāṃ sarvaṃ yathā yajñaḥ pravartate .. sarveṣāmeva viprāṇāṃ caṃdralokanivāsinām .. 7.1.23.10 .. > Let everything be quickly accomplished so that the sacrifice proceeds. / To all the brahmins dwelling in the realm of the Moon, // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.11) pṛthakpṛthagvimānaṃ tu deyaṃ teṣāṃ mahādhanam .. gavāṃ ca daśalakṣāṇāṃ savatsānāṃ payomucām .. 11 .. > an aerial chariot of great wealth must be given individually; / and a million cows, accompanied by their calves and yielding milk, // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.12) hemabhārairbhūṣitānāṃ kāmadhenūpamatviṣām.. aśvānāṃ śyāmakarṇānāṃ sapādaṃ lakṣameva ca .. 12 .. > adorned with loads of gold, with splendor equal to the wish-fulfilling cow; / and one hundred and twenty-five thousand black-eared horses; // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.13) daṃtināmayutaṃ caiva ghaṃṭābharaṇaśobhitam .. sahasrāṇi ca catvāri rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām .. 13 .. > ten thousand tusked elephants adorned with bells as ornaments; / and four thousand chariots with the speed of the wind; // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.14) lakṣaṃ tu karabhāṇāṃ ca maṇimāṇikyasaṃyutam .. sainyānāṃ koṭirekā tu caturaṃgabalānvitā .. 14 .. > one hundred thousand young camels equipped with jewels and rubies; / and one crore of troops endowed with the fourfold army; // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.15) agniśaucāni vastrāṇi brāhmaṇārthaṃ tathaiva ca .. vibhūṣaṇāni divyāni ṛtvigarthaṃ śubhāni ca .. 15 .. > fire-purified garments for the brahmins as well, / and divine, auspicious ornaments for the officiating priests; // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.16) nānābhakṣyāṇi bhojyāni pānāni vividhāni ca .. lakṣaṃ karmakarāṇāṃ tu dāsīnāṃ lakṣameva ca .. .. 16 .. > various pastries, foods, and diverse drinks; / one hundred thousand laborers, and one hundred thousand female servants. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.17) dāruvaṃśāvadhi proktaṃ yatkiṃcitsvaṃ madājñayā .. anyadyadbrāhmaṇā brūyustatsarvaṃ tatra nīyatām .. 17 .. > Whatever property from wood down to bamboo has been prescribed by my order, / and whatever else the brahmins may ask for—let all that be brought there. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.18) devānāṃ dānavānāṃ tu yakṣagaṃdharvarakṣa sām .. saptadvīpakṣitīśānāṃ saptapātālavāsinām .. 18 .. > To the gods, the Dānavas, the Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Rakṣasas, / to the rulers of the earth of the seven continents, and to the dwellers in the seven subterranean realms, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.19) nānānṛpasahasrāṇāṃ ghoṣaṇā kriyatāṃ muhuḥ .. sarveṣāṃ ghoṣaṇā kāryā prabhāsāgamanaṃ prati .. 19 .. > and to thousands of various kings, let proclamation be made repeatedly. / A proclamation must be made to all regarding coming to Prabhāsa.” // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.20) ityuktvā maṃtriṇaṃ tatra caṃdramāstvarayā'nvitaḥ .. brahmalokaṃ sa gatavānyajñārthaṃ brahmaṇoṃtikam .. 7.1.23.20 .. > Having instructed his minister there in this way, the Moon, filled with haste, / went to Brahmā's world, to the presence of Brahmā, for the sacrifice. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.21) so'pi caṃdramaso maṃtrī hemagarbho mahāprabhaḥ .. somājñāṃ śirasā kṛtvā yajñasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtaḥ ..21.. > The Moon's minister too, the golden-wombed one of great luster, / placing Soma's command upon his head, equipped with the sacrifice's provisions, // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.22) prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatya yajñārthaṃ yatnavānabhūt .. tathaiva cāhvayāṃcakre bhūrbhuvaḥsvarnivāsinaḥ .. .. 22 .. > arrived at the Prabhāsa sacred field and exerted himself for the sacrifice. / And in the same way, he summoned the dwellers of the earth, intermediate space, and heaven. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.23) śrutvā tu ghoṣaṇāṃ sarve śīghraṃ tatra samāyayuḥ.. raviyojanaparyaṃtaṃ kṣetramālokya tatra tat ..23.. > Hearing the proclamation, all arrived there quickly. / Having surveyed that sacred field extending to a yojana of the sun, // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.24) brāhmaṇāṃśca samāhūya somādhyakṣaṃ uvāca tān .. yajñāṃgaṃ sarvamānītaṃ mayā somājñayā dvijāḥ .. anaṃtaraṃ tu yatkṛtyaṃ bhavadbhistadvidhīyatām .. 24 .. > and having summoned the brahmins, the superintendent of Soma said to them: / “All the sacrificial accessories have been brought by me at the command of Soma, O twice-born ones. / Whatever needs to be done next, let that be performed by you.” // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.25) ityuktā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve taponirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ .. tatraiva dadṛśuḥ sarve tvaṣṭāraṃ devaśilpinam .. 25 .. > Addressed thus, all the brahmins, their impurities shaken off by austerity, / saw Tvaṣṭṛ, the artisan of the gods, right there. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.26) taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu dvijāḥ sarve liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā samīpataḥ .. kathametaditi procurviśvakarmanbravīhi naḥ .. kasmādatra sthitastvaṃ vai śilpikoṭisamanvitaḥ .. 26 .. > Having seen him, and seeing the liṅga nearby, all the twice-born said: / “How is this? Tell us, O Viśvakarman! / Why do you stand here, accompanied by ten million artisans?” // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.27) .. viśvakarmmovāca .. .. ahaṃ somaniyuktastu yukto'smi liṃgarakṣaṇe .. tadājñāpālane yatnaḥ kriyate'to mayā dvijāḥ .. 27 .. > Viśvakarman said: / “Appointed by Soma, I am engaged in guarding the liṅga. / Therefore an effort is being made by me, O twice-born ones, to carry out his command.” // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.28) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evaṃ śrutvā yadā viprā jñātvā sarvaṃ tu kāraṇam .. caritā yajñakāryārthaṃ tataścakrurupa kramam .. 28 .. > Īśvara said: / When the brahmins heard this and understood the whole reason, / they prepared themselves and then commenced the sacrificial rite. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.29) tatra yojanaparyaṃtaṃ devānāṃ yajanaṃ śubham .. taddevayajanaṃ kṛtvā patnīśālāṃ ca cakrire .. 29 .. > There was an auspicious sacrificial ground for the gods, extending for a yojana. / Having prepared that sacrificial ground of the gods, they also built the hall for the patron's wife. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.30) havirddhānaṃ sadaścaiva uttarā vedireva ca .. brahmaṇaḥ sadanāgnīdhrītyevaṃ sthānāni cakrire .. 7.1.23.30 .. > They constructed the oblation-hall, the assembly shed, the northern altar, / the abode of the Brahman priest, and the fire-house—such places as these. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.31) tatra yojanaparyaṃtaṃ yajñayūpāṃśca maṃḍapān .. viśvakarmā cakārāśu kuṃḍāni vividhāni ca .. 31 .. > Extending over a yojana, sacrificial posts, pavilions, / and various sacrificial pits Viśvakarman swiftly fashioned there. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.32) sahasrasaṃkhyayā tatra kuṇḍānāṃ maṃḍapāvadhi .. tatra te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pratiṣṭhāyajñakovidāḥ .. 32 .. > The fire-pits there numbered in the thousands, up to the pavilion. / There all those brahmins, skilled in the rites of consecration, // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.33) nānābharaṇaratnaiśca brāhmaṇāḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ .. cakruḥ sarve yathanyāyaṃ śāstraṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥpunaḥ .. 33 .. > well adorned with various ornaments and jewels, / did everything in accordance with proper rule, having consulted the treatise again and again. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.34) vṛkṣāṃstathauṣadhīrdivyā samitpuṣpakuśādikān .. homadravyādikaṃ sarva mājyaṃ prājyaṃ navaṃ payaḥ .. 34 .. > \[Collecting\] divine trees and herbs, firewood, flowers, kuśa grass, and the like, / all sacrificial materials, plentiful ghee, and fresh milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.35) tathānyadapi yatkiṃcidyajñopakaraṇaṃ smṛtam .. varddhanīkalaśādyaṃ ca sarvaṃ hemamayaṃ śubham .. 35 .. > likewise whatever other paraphernalia of sacrifice is prescribed, / pitchers, jars, and other vessels, all made of auspicious gold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.36) cakruḥ sarvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ pratiṣṭhāmakhamādṛtāḥ .. tatra vipragaṇo hṛṣṭo bhakṣyabhojyāditarpitaḥ .. 36 .. > the respectful \[priests\] performed the consecration sacrifice in full accordance with the rules. / The company of brahmins there rejoiced, gratified with various types of food, sweetmeats, and delicacies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.37) vedadhvanitanirghoṣairdivaṃ bhūmiṃ ca saṃspṛśan .. suśubhe maṃḍapastatra patākābhiralaṃkṛtaḥ .. 37 .. > Touching heaven and earth with the loud roar of Vedic chanting, / the pavilion shone resplendently there, decorated with banners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.38) divyasiṃhāsanopeto muktādāmapariṣkṛtaḥ .. divyacandanamālābhiḥ kalpapallavatoraṇaiḥ .. 38 .. > furnished with divine thrones, adorned with strings of pearls, / with garlands of divine sandalwood, and with festoons of Kalpa-tree shoots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.39) divyagandha sugandhādyaiḥ svargasthānamivābhavat .. caturdaśavidhastatra bhūtagrāmaḥ samāgataḥ .. 39 .. > and with divine fragrances and perfumes; it became like the realm of heaven. / The fourteen classes of living beings gathered there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.40) sthāvaraḥ sarpajātiśca pakṣijātistathaiva ca .. mṛgasaṃjñaścaturthaśca paśvākhyaḥ pañcamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 7.1.23.40 .. > inanimate beings, serpents, and likewise birds; / beasts of the wild are counted as the fourth, and domestic animals as the fifth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.41) ṣaṣṭhaśca mānuṣaḥ proktaḥ paiśācaḥ saptamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. aṣṭamo rākṣasaḥ prokto navamo yajña eva ca .. 41 .. > men are declared the sixth, and the piśāca class is taught as seventh; / rākṣasas are proclaimed the eighth, and sacrifices are the ninth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.42) gāṃdharvaśākrasaumyāśca prājāpatyastathaiva ca .. brāhmaśceti samākhyātaścaturdaśavidho gaṇaḥ .. 42 .. > gandharvas, the deities of Indra's host, the saumyas, the prājāpatyas, / and the brāhmas—thus is the fourteenfold host declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.43) viśvedevāstathā sādhyā maruto vasavastathā .. lokapālāstathāṣṭau ca nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha .. 43 .. > The Viśvedevas, the Sādhyas, the Maruts, and the Vasus, / the eight guardians of the world, and the lunar mansions along with the planets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.44) brahmāṇḍe devatā yāśca tāḥ sarvāstatra cāgatāḥ .. hṛṣṭāḥ prabhāsake kṣetre prārabdhe yajñakarmmaṇi .. 44 .. > and whatever deities exist in the cosmic egg—they all arrived there, / rejoicing in the Prabhāsa sacred field when the sacrificial rite was undertaken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.45) ghṛtakṣīravahā nadyo dadhipāyasakardamāḥ.. pakvānnānāṃ phalānāṃ ca rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ .. 45 .. > Rivers flowed with ghee and milk; their mire was curds and milk-rice. / Heaps of cooked foods and fruits rose like mountains; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.46) dṛśyante vividhākārāstasminyajñamahotsave .. jagu(?)statraiva gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ .. 46 .. > they were seen in diverse shapes at that great festival of sacrifice. / Gandharvas sang right there, and hosts of apsarases danced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.47) bhakṣyabhojyaiśca vividhaiḥ kāmapānādibhistathā .. tṛptā devāśca munayo bhūtagrāmāścaturdaśa .. 47 .. > With various types of food and delicacies, and desirable drinks, / the gods, sages, and the fourteen classes of beings were fully satisfied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.48) evaṃ saṃbhārasahitaṃ yajñāṃgaṃ sarvameva hi .. praguṇīkṛtya sacivo muktvā tatraiva rakṣakān .. somasyāhvānanārthaṃ ca brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha .. 48 .. > Having thus prepared every requisite component of the sacrifice together with all provisions, / the minister left guardians right there / and went to the world of Brahmā to invite Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.49) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sa dṛṣṭvā brahmaṇaḥ pārśve sthitaṃ somamahāprabham .. praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau somaṃ brahmāṇameva ca .. 49 .. > Īśvara said: / Seeing Soma of great brilliance standing beside Brahmā, / bowing down prostrate on the ground like a staff before Soma and Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.50) kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā uvāca natakaṃdharaḥ .. .. hemagarbha uvāca .. .. bhagavanbhavadādeśādyajñāṃgaṃ sarvameva hi .. 7.1.23.50 .. > with folded hands and bowed neck, he spoke: / Hemagarbha said: / “O Blessed One, by your command every single part of the sacrifice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.51) tatra prābhāsike kṣetre mayā te praguṇīkṛtam .. tatra brahmarṣayaḥ sarve tathā rājarṣayo'pare .. 51 .. > has been prepared by me for you in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. / All the brahmin seers and other royal seers there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.52) tvanmārgaprekṣakāḥ sarve santiṣṭhante samākulāḥ .. anantaraṃ tu yatkṛtyaṃ tadbhavānkartumarhati .. 52 .. > are waiting anxiously, looking eagerly along your path. / You should now carry out whatever duty remains to be done.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.53) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktastu tadā candraḥ samudrasya sutena vai .. prahasyovāca brahmāṇaṃ candramā lokasākṣiṇam .. 53 .. > Īśvara said: / Being addressed in this way by the ocean's son, / the moon, smiling, then spoke to Brahmā, the witness of the worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.54) bhagavansarvadeveśa mamānugrahakāmyayā .. pratiṣṭhāyajñakāmasya mamātithyaṃ kuru prabho .. 54 .. > “O Blessed Lord, ruler of all the gods, out of desire to grace me, / as I wish to perform the consecration sacrifice, accept my hospitality, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.55) adya me saphalaṃ janma saphalaṃ ca tapaḥ prabho .. devatvamadya me brahmaṃstvatprasādādbhaviṣyati .. 55 .. > Today my birth has borne fruit, and my austerity has borne fruit, O Lord! / Today my godhood will come to pass by your grace, O Brahmā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.56) mayā ca tapasogreṇa prāptaṃ liṃgamumāpateḥ .. tatpratiṣṭhāvidhiṃ sarvaṃ tadbhavānkarttumarhati .. 56 .. > Through fierce austerity I have obtained the liṅga of Umā's lord. / You should perform the entire rite of its consecration.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.57) .. brahmovāca .. .. avaśyaṃ tava karttāsmi pratiṣṭhāṃ śaṃkarātmikām .. tvadārādhanaliṃge tu someśe'tiviśeṣataḥ .. 57 .. > Brahmā said: / “I shall certainly perform the consecration of the nature of Śaṃkara for you, / especially of Someśa, the liṅga of your worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.58) ye kecidbhavitāro vā atītā ye niśākarāḥ .. teṣāṃ somānvayānāṃ ca sarveṣāmādyadaivatam .. 58 .. > For whoever will be or have been the makers of the night (moons), / for all those belonging to the lunar lineage, this is the primal deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.59) yo'sau someśvaro deva ādau bhairavanāmabhṛt .. manvantarāntare'tīte pratiṣṭhe'haṃ punaḥpunaḥ ..59.. > This god Someśvara, who was called Bhairava in the beginning, / I consecrate again and again when one Manvantara passes after another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.60) yadā prābhāsikaṃ kṣetre gato'haṃ cāṣṭavārṣikaḥ .. āhūtaḥ pūrvamindreṇa bhairavasya pratiṣṭhite ..7.1.23.60... > When I, eight years of age, went to the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / summoned previously by Indra when Bhairava was consecrated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.61) tatprabhṛtyeva me nāma bālarūpī nigadyate .. anyeṣu sarvatīrtheṣu vṛddharūpī vasāmyaham ..61.. > from that time forth my name is proclaimed as ‘the Child-Formed One’ (Bālarūpin). / In all other sacred fords I dwell in the form of an old man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.62) prabhāse tu punaścaṃdra bālyāprabhṛti saṃvase .. brahmāṇḍe yāni tīrthāni brāhmaṇāsteṣu ye smṛtāḥ ..62.. > but in Prabhāsa, O Moon, I reside continuously in childhood. / Whatever sacred fords exist in the cosmic egg, and whatever brahmins are renowned in them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.63) teṣāmādyo niśānātha prabhāse'haṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. kalpekalpe niśānātha mama nāmāṃtaraṃ bhavet..63.. > I, the foremost among them, am established in Prabhāsa, O lord of the night. / In every kalpa, O lord of the night, I have a different name: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.64) svayaṃbhūḥ prathame nāma dvitīye padmabhūḥ smṛtaḥ.. tṛtīye viśvakartteti bālarūpī turīyake ..64.. > ‘Svayambhū’ is the name in the first, ‘Padmabhū’ is remembered in the second, / ‘Viśvakartṛ’ in the third, and ‘Bālarūpin’ in the fourth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.65) eṣāmeva parīvarto nāmnāṃ bhāvi punaḥpunaḥ .. parārddhadvayaparyaṃtaṃ prabhāse saṃsthitasya me ..65.. > A repeated cycle of these very names will continue / as long as I remain established in Prabhāsa until the end of two parārdhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.66) ādisomena tatraiva śaṃbhornetrodbhavena vai .. prabhāse tu tapastaptvā pratyakṣīkṛtaīśvaraḥ ..66.. > By the primal Soma, who was born from Śambhu's eye, / austerity was performed right there in Prabhāsa, and Īśvara was made visible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.67) tato dadau varaṃ tuṣṭaḥ pūrvacandrasya śūladhṛk .. yasmādārādhito'haṃ te soma bhaktyā cirantanam ..67.. > Then the trident-bearer, pleased, gave a boon to that earlier moon: / ‘Because, O Soma, I have been worshipped by you with lasting devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.68) tasmātsomeśanāmaivamasmim̐lliṃge bhaviṣyati .. yāvadbrahmā śatānandaḥ prakṛtau na pralīyate .. 68 .. > therefore the name Someśa shall belong to this liṅga, / as long as Brahmā Śatānanda does not dissolve back into Prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.69) ye kecidbhavitāro vai rātrināthā niśākarāḥ .. te madārādhanaṃ cātra kariṣyaṃti punaḥpunaḥ ..69.. > And whatever lords of the night and makers of the night shall come to be, / they shall worship me here again and again.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.69\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.69_1) ityuktvā bhagavāñchaṃbhustatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. tasminkāle mayā soma ādyaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ..7.1.23.7... > Having spoken thus, the blessed Śambhu vanished right there. / At that time, O Soma, the primal liṅga was consecrated by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.71) tadāprabhṛti somānāṃ lakṣāṇāṃ dvitayaṃ gatam .. sahasradvitayaṃ caiva śataṃ caikaṃ ṣaḍuttaram..71.. > Since then, two hundred thousand, / two thousand, and one hundred and six moons have passed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.72) saptamastvaṃ mahāvāho varttase soma sāṃpratam .. etāvantyeva liṃgāni pratiṣṭhāṃ prāpitāni me .. 72 .. > You are now the seventh, O mighty-armed Soma! / So many liṅgas have been brought to consecration by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.73) eṣa evādhunā so'haṃ tadārādhanajaṃ phalam .. pratiṣṭhātāsmi bhadraṃ te soma kṛtya mamaiva tat.. 73 .. .. > I am that very one now, \[granting\] the fruit arising from its worship; / I shall consecrate it—good fortune to you, Soma! That is my duty.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.74) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktvā bhagavānbrahmā vedavidyāsamanvitaḥ .. sarvadevamayo devaiḥ sahitastīrthasaṃyutaḥ .. 74 .. > Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus, the blessed Brahmā, endowed with the lore of the Vedas, / containing all the deities, accompanied by the gods and joined by the sacred fords, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.75) sanatkumārapramukhai ryogīndrairṛṣibhiḥ saha .. bṛhaspatiṃ samāhūya puraskṛtya purodhasam .. 75 .. > together with lordly yogins and seers headed by Sanatkumāra, / summoned Bṛhaspati and placed the family priest at the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.76) haṃsayānaṃ samāruhya koṭibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha .. āgataḥ somarājena tadā brahmā jagatpatiḥ .. 76 .. > Mounting his swan vehicle, together with ten million celestial seers, / Brahmā, lord of the universe, then arrived with Soma, the king \[of planets\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.77) prābhāsike mahātīrthe yatra dāruvanaṃ smṛtam .. ṛṣitoyā nadī yatra mahāpātakanāśinī .. 77 .. > at the great sacred ford of Prabhāsa, where the Dāruvana is remembered \[to be\], / where the river Ṛṣitoyā flows, destroyer of the greatest sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.78) asmiṃstīrthe prabhāse tu brahmabhāgaḥ sa ucyate .. tridaivatamidaṃ kṣetraṃ mayā te kathitaṃ priye .. 78 .. > In this sacred ford at Prabhāsa, that \[part\] is called the portion of Brahmā. / This sacred field belongs to three deities, as I have told you, my beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.79) tatrāgatva caturvaktro brāhmabhāge'tinirmale .. munīnākārayāmāsa unnata sthānavāsinaḥ .. 79 .. > Having arrived there at the exceedingly pure portion of Brahmā, the four-faced \[god\] / summoned the sages residing in the elevated places. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.80) āyāṃtaṃ vedhasaṃ dṛṣṭvā devarṣigurusaṃyutam .. te sarve pūjayāmāsuḥ saṃstavairvedasaṃmitaiḥ .. 7.1.23.80 .. > Seeing the Creator arrive together with the preceptor of the seers and gods, / they all worshipped him with eulogies conforming to the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.81) athovāca dvijānsarvānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. ciramārādhya somena someśaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 81 .. > Then Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, addressed all the twice-born: / "Soma, having propitiated Someśa, the destroyer of sins, for a long time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.82) tasminprasanne somena labdhaṃ liṅgamanuttamam .. pratiṣṭhārthaṃ tu devasya āyātā dvijasattamāḥ .. 82 .. > and he having become pleased, has obtained this unsurpassed liṅga. / O best among twice-born, you have come for the installation of the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.83) yathā mayā sadā kāryā pratiṣṭhā śaṃkarātmikā .. bhavadbhiḥ parikāryā sā mama bhāgasamāśrayaiḥ .. 83 .. > Just as the installation dedicated to Śaṃkara should always be performed by me, / so must it be performed by you who abide in my portion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.84) yataḥ kopena bhavatāṃ liṃgaṃ prapatitaṃ bhuvi .. pratiṣṭhā tasya kartavyā yuṣmābhirvai na saṃśayaḥ .. 84 .. > Since the liṅga fell down to earth because of your anger, / its installation must indeed be done by you without doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.85) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. gṛhītvā'tha munīnsarvānbrahmā lokapitā mahaḥ .. ānītaḥ somarājena tadā brahmā jagatpatiḥ .. 85 .. > Īśvara said: > Then taking all the sages, Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds— / Brahmā, the lord of the universe, was then led by Soma, the king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.86) prābhāsike mahātīrthe sāvitryā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ .. kārayāmāsa kuṇḍānāṃ maṇḍapānāṃ śataṃśatam .. 86 .. > to the great sacred ford of Prabhāsa. Together with Sāvitrī, the lord / caused one hundred fire-pits and one hundred pavilions to be constructed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.87) ekaike maṇḍape tatra cakre saptadaśartvijaḥ.. guruṇā prerito brahmā tatra devapurodhasā .. 87 .. > In each pavilion he appointed seventeen officiating priests there; / urged by the preceptor, the priest of the gods, Brahmā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.88) pārśve sthitastadā brahmā vidhānairveda bhāṣitaiḥ .. dīkṣayāmāsa somaṃ tu rohiṇyā sahitaṃ vibhum .. 88 .. > stood at the side then, and initiated the lord Soma together with Rohiṇī / in accordance with the rites prescribed in the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.89) patnīṃ ca rohiṇīṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām .. mṛgacarmadharāṃ devīṃ kṣaumavastrāvaguṃṭhitā m ..89 .. > Having made Rohiṇī, who possessed all auspicious marks, the consecrated wife, / the goddess wearing an antelope skin, covered in a silk cloth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.90) patnīśālāṃ samānītā ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ .. caṃdramā dīkṣayā yukta ṛṣigaṃdharvasaṃstutaḥ .. 7.1.23.90 .. > was brought to the wife's chamber by the priests who had mastered the Vedas. / The moon, endowed with initiation, praised by seers and gandharvas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.91) auduṃbareṇa daṃḍena saṃvṛto mṛgacarmaṇā .. atīva tejasā yuktaḥ śuśubhe sadasi sthitaḥ .. 91 .. > holding an udumbara staff, wrapped in an antelope skin, / endowed with immense splendour, shone while seated in the assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.92) tato brahmā mahādevi sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .. ṛtvijāṃ varaṇaṃ cakre vedoktavidhinā tadā .. 92 .. > Then, O great goddess, Brahmā, grandfather of all the worlds, / chose the officiating priests according to the Vedic rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.93) gururhotā vṛtastatra vasiṣṭho'dhvaryureva ca .. tatrodgātā marīcistu brahmatve nāradaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 93 .. > There the preceptor \[Bṛhaspati\] was chosen as the hotṛ, and Vasiṣṭha as the adhvaryu; / Marīci was the udgātṛ there, and Nārada was made the brahman priest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.94) sanatkumārasaṃyuktāḥ sadasyāstatra vai kṛtāḥ .. vastrairābharaṇairyuktā mukuṭairaṃgulīyakaiḥ .. 94 .. > Members of the assembly, along with Sanatkumāra, were appointed there, / equipped with garments, ornaments, crowns, and rings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.95) bhūṣitā bhūṣaṇaughena tasminyajñe tadartvijaḥ .. caturṣu tajjñāścatvāra evaṃ te ṣoḍaśartvijaḥ .. 95 .. > adorned with a host of decorations in that sacrifice as priests for that purpose; / four experts were placed in each of the four \[quarters\], thus making sixteen priests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.96) prastotā kaśyapastatra pratihartā tu gālavaḥ .. subrahmaṇyastathā gargaḥ sadasyaḥ pulahaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 96 .. > Kaśyapa was the prastotṛ there, and Gālava the pratihartṛ; / likewise Garga was the subrahmaṇya, and Pulaha was made a member of the assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.97) hotā śukraḥ samākhyāto neṣṭā kratha udāhṛtaḥ .. maitrāvaruṇo durvāsā brāhmaṇācchaṃsī kauśikaḥ .. 97 .. > Śukra was designated the hotṛ, Kratha was cited as the neṣṭṛ; / Durvāsas was the maitrāvaruṇa, and Kauśika was the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.98) acchāvākaśca śākalyo grāvasthaḥ kratureva ca .. prasthātā pratipūrvo yaḥ śālaṃkāyana eva ca .. .. 98 .. > Śākalya was the acchāvāka, Kratu was the grāvastut, / Śālaṅkāyana was the pratiprasthātṛ, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.99) agnīdhraśca manustatra unnetā tvaṃgirāḥ kṛtaḥ .. evamādyānmaṇḍapeṣu kṛtvā tānṛtvijaḥ prabhuḥ .. 99 .. > Manu was the agnīdhra there, and Aṅgiras was made the unnetṛ. / Having appointed these and other officiating priests in the pavilions, the lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.100) anyeṣu maṇḍapeṣveva pratyekamṛtvijaḥ kṛtāḥ .. maṇḍapānāṃ śateṣveva kṛtvā kuṇḍānyakalpayat .. 7.1.23.100 .. > appointed officiating priests in each of the other pavilions as well; / having set up the hundred pavilions, he fashioned the fire-pits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.101) ekaiko maṇḍapastatra viṃśahastapramāṇataḥ .. astreṇāśodhya bhūmiṃ tu paṃcagavyena prokṣya ca .. 101 .. > Each pavilion there measured twenty cubits; / purifying the ground with the astra-mantra and sprinkling it with the five products of the cow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.102) carmaṇā cāvaguṃṭhyaiva ālikhyāstreṇa pārvati .. ullikhya prokṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā khātaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. 102 .. > covering it with a hide and drawing lines with the astra-mantra, O Pārvatī, / scratching the ground, sprinkling it, and digging the pit according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.103) aṣṭau kuṃḍāni saṃkalpya tathaikamaṇḍape priye .. lepanaṃ maṇḍape kṛtvā vajrākaraṇameva ca .. 103.. > and arranging eight fire-pits in a single pavilion, my beloved, / he smeared the pavilion and performed the vajrīkaraṇa rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.104) caturasrakārmukaṃ ca vartulaṃ kamalākṛti .. pūrvāṃ diśaṃ samā rabhya kṛtvā tāni prayatnataḥ .. 104 .. > Square, bow-shaped, circular, and lotus-shaped, / he made them with great effort, beginning from the eastern direction: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.105) catuḥkoṇasamāyuktaṃ pūrve kuṇḍaṃ niveśya tu .. bhagākṛti tathā''gneyyāṃ dakṣiṇe dhanurākṛti .. .. 105 .. > placing a four-cornered pit in the east, / a vulva-shaped one in the south-east, a bow-shaped one in the south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.106) nairṛtye tu trikoṇaṃ vai vartulaṃ paścimena tu .. ṣaṭkoṇaṃ caiva vāyavye padmākāraṃ tathottare .. 106 .. > a triangular one in the south-west, a circular one in the west, / a hexagonal one in the north-west, and a lotus-shaped one in the north, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.107) aiśānyāmaṣṭakoṇaṃ tu madhye caikaṃ vidhā nataḥ .. pratyekaṃ maṇḍapaṃ śubhraṃ stambhaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryutam .. 107 .. > and an octagonal one in the north-east, with one \[circular pit\] in the center according to rule. / Each radiant pavilion had sixteen pillars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.108) dhvajaiḥ satoraṇairyuktaṃ cakre brahmā vidhānataḥ .. nyagrodhaṃ pūrvato nyasya dakṣe coduṃbaraṃ tathā .. 108 .. > equipped with banners and archways, Brahmā constructed according to rule; / placing a nyagrodha tree in the east, and likewise an udumbara in the south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.109) aśvatthaṃ paścime caiva palāśaṃ cottare kramāt .. bāhudaṃḍapramāṇena dhvajāṃstatra niveśya vai .. 109 .. > an aśvattha in the west, and a palāśa in the north in sequence, / setting up banners of the measure of an arm's length there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.110) aindryādau pītavarṇādi patākā parikalpitāḥ .. tato brahmā hyagnikuṃḍe cāgnisthāpanamārabhat .. 7.1.23.110 .. > flags of yellow and other colours were arranged, beginning in the east. / Then Brahmā commenced the establishment of the fire in the fire-pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.111) svasthāne brāhmaṇāṃścaiva jāpye caiva nyayojayat .. śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ ca sadā caiva ca vājinam .. 111 .. > He directed the brahmins in their respective places to chant prayers: / the Śrīsūkta, the Pāvamānasūkta, and constantly the Vājin \[hymns\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.112) vṛṣākapiṃ tathaindraṃ ca bahvṛcaḥ pūrvato'japan .. rudrānpuruṣasūktaṃ ca krokādhyāyaṃ(?) ca vaikriyam ..112.. > the Vṛṣākapi and the Indra hymn—the Ṛgvedins chanted them in the east; / the Rudra hymns, the Puruṣasūkta, and the \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.113) brāhmaṇaṃ paitryamaiṃdraṃ ca japeranyajuṣo yame(?) .. devavrataṃ vāmadevyaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ sāma rathaṃtaram .. 113 .. > the Brāhmaṇa, the ancestral hymns, and the Indra hymns the Yajurvedins chanted in the south; / the Devavrata, the Vāmadevya, the Jyeṣṭhasāman, the Rathaṃtara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.114) bheruṃḍāni ca sāmāni cchaṃdogaḥ paścime'japat .. atharvātharvaśirasaṃ skambhastaṃbhamatharvaṇam .. 114 .. > and the Bheruṇḍa sāmans the Sāmavedin chanted in the west; / the Atharvaśiras, the Skambhasūkta, the Atharvaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.115) nīlarudramatharvāṇamatharvā cottare'japat .. garbhādhānādikaṃ sarvaṃ tato'gnerakarodvibhuḥ .. 115 .. > and the Nīlarudra hymns the Atharvavedin chanted in the north. / Then the lord performed all the fire-rites, such as the rite of conception. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.116) pūrṇāhutiṃ tato dattvā snānakarma tathā'rabhat .. paṃcapallavasaṃyuktaṃ mṛttikābhiḥ samanvitam .. 116 .. > Then, having offered the full offering, he began the rite of bathing \[the liṅga\] / using the five shoots and mixed with earths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.117) kaṣāyaiḥ paṃcagavyaiśca paṃcāmṛtaphalaistathā .. tīrthodakaiḥ sametaṃ tu maṃtraiḥ snānamathārabhat .. 117 .. > with astringents, the five products of the cow, the five nectars, and fruits, / together with the waters of sacred fords; he then began the bath accompanied by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.118) netrāṇyutpādya devasya kṛtvā ca tilakakriyām .. pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni pātāle ca viśeṣataḥ .. 118 .. > Having fashioned the eyes of the god and applied the auspicious mark on the forehead, / \[bringing\] whatever sacred fords exist on the earth and especially in Pātāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.119) svarga loke ca yānyeva tatra tānyāyayustadā .. etasminnantare brahmā devānāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā .. 119 .. > And whatever \[sacred fords\] there were in heaven, all arrived there at that moment. / Meanwhile, then, while the gods were looking on, Brahmā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.120) bhūmiṃ bhittvā viveśātha tatra liṃgamapaśyata .. sparśākhyaṃ taṃ tu saṃchādya madhunā darbhamūlakaiḥ .. 7.1.23.120 .. > rent the earth and entered, and there he saw the liṅga. / Having covered that \[liṅga\] named Sparśa with honey and roots of darbha grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.121) tatra brahmaśilāṃ nyasya tasyā ūrdhvaṃ mahāprabham .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa kṛtvā niścalamā tmavān .. 121 .. > and placing the brahma-stone there, the self-controlled one installed the liṅga / of great splendour above it, having made it immovable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.122) sthitvā ca parame tattve maṃtranyāsamathākarot .. evaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tatra brahmā jagadguruḥ .. pūjayāmāsa vidhinā vedoktairmaṃtra vistaraiḥ .. 122 .. > And abiding in the highest reality, he then performed the ritual placement of mantras. / Having thus installed the liṅga there, Brahmā, the guru of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.123) mantranyāse kṛte tatra brahmaṇā lokakartṝṇā .. tatra vipragaṇo hṛṣṭo jayaśabdādimaṃgalaiḥ .. nirdhūmaścābhavadvahniḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ .. 123 .. > worshipped it according to ritual rule with elaborate mantras spoken in the Vedas. / When the ritual placement of mantras was performed there by Brahmā, the creator of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.124) devadundubhayo neduḥ prasannāśca digīśvarāḥ .. puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papātoccaistasminyajñamahotsave .. 124 .. > the assembly of brahmins rejoiced there with auspicious cries of victory and the like, / and the fire became smokeless, blazing with the radiance of ten million suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.125) pratiṣṭhāpya tato liṃgaṃ śrīsomeśaṃ pitāmahaḥ .. dāpayāmāsa viprebhyo bhūriśo yajñadakṣiṇām .. 125 .. > Celestial drums sounded, and the lords of the directions were pleased. / A shower of flowers fell profusely in that great festival of sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.126) sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ .. dakṣiṇāmadadātsomastrīm̐llokānbrahmaṇe purā..126.. > Then, having installed the glorious liṅga of Someśa, the Grandfather / caused abundant sacrificial fees to be given to the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.127) tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyastathaiva ca .. dadau hiraṇyaṃ ratnāni koṭiśo bhūridakṣiṇāḥ .. 127 .. > Surrounded by the foremost brahmin seers headed by Sanatkumāra, / Soma formerly gave the three worlds as a sacrificial fee to Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.128) sobhiṣikto mahātejāḥ sarvairbrahmarṣibhistataḥ .. trīm̐llokānbhāvayāmāsa svabhāsā bhāsatāṃ varaḥ .. 128 .. > To those principal brahmin seers and likewise to the members of the assembly, / he gave gold, jewels, and abundant fees in the millions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.129) taṃ sinī ca kuhūścaiva dyutiḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhā vasuḥ.. kīrttirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīśca nava devyaḥ siṣevire .. 129 .. > Consecrated then by all the brahmin seers, that one of great lustre, / the best among luminous bodies, illuminated the three worlds with his own radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.130) prāpyāvabhṛthamavyagraḥ kṛtvā māheśvaraṃ makham .. kṛtārthaḥ paripūrṇaśca saṃbabhūva niśāpatiḥ .. 7.1.23.130 .. > Nine goddesses attended upon him: / Sinī, Kuhū, Dyuti, Puṣṭi, Prabhā, Vasu, Kīrti, Dhṛti, and Lakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.131) tatastasmai dadau rājyaṃ prājyaṃ brahmā pitāmahaḥ .. bījauṣadhīnāṃ viprāṇāmavannānāṃ ca varānane .. 131 .. > Having attained the concluding bath without agitation, having performed the sacrifice dedicated to Maheśvara, / the Lord of the Night became fulfilled and perfected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.132) tasminyajñe samājagmurye kecitpṛthivīśvarāḥ .. teṣāṃ rājyaṃ dhanaṃ bhogāndadau svargaṃ tathā'kṣayam .. 132 .. > Then Brahmā the Grandfather granted him an extensive kingdom, / O fair-faced one, over seeds, medicinal plants, brahmins, and waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.133) brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa svayamevauṣadhīpatiḥ .. dadau sarvaṃ tadā teṣāṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinām ... ... 133 .. > To whichever rulers of the earth had gathered at that sacrifice, / he granted kingdoms, wealth, pleasures, and likewise imperishable heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.134) hiraṇyādīnyadāccaiva mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa .. yo yadarthayate tatra sāmānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ.. nijakarmānusāreṇa sa lebhe ca tadeva hi ..134.. > The Lord of Plants himself fed the brahmins; / he then gave everything to those dwelling in the Prabhāsa sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.136) evaṃ samarthite yajñe sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. sthāpayitvā tu liṃgāni jagmuḥ sarve yathāgatam .. 136 .. > He also gave the sixteen great gifts, beginning with gold. / Whatever an ordinary, common person there requested, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.136\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.136_2) candramāstu punardevi brahmaṇā sahito vibhuḥ .. liṃgamārādhayāmāsa prabhāse pāpanāśane .. 136 .. > that very thing he received in accordance with his own action. / When the sacrifice was thus completed, all the gods, accompanied by Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.137) trikālaṃ pūjayāmāsa dhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ .. taṃ praṇamya ca deveśi stauti nityaṃ niśāpatiḥ .. .. 137 .. > having installed their own liṅgas, departed each as they had come. / But the Moon, the all-pervading lord, together with Brahmā, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.23.137\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.137_3) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye someśvarapratiṣṭhāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 .. .. cha .. > worshipped the liṅga again in sin-destroying Prabhāsa. / He worshipped it at the three junctures of the day with incense, garlands, and ointments; / having bowed to it, O ruler of the gods, the Lord of the Night praised it continually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.23.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.20.26) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23) · Pramāṇa