[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) › 16.240 # Skandapurana 16.240 Skandapurāṇa 16.240 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.240.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi balabhadraṃ sureśvaram .. subhadrāṃ ca tathā kṛṣṇaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to Balabhadra, the lord of the gods, / and to Subhadrā and Kṛṣṇa, the destroyer of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.240.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240.2) pūrva kalpe mahādevi dehamatrātyajaddhariḥ .. asminkalpepi ca punargātrotsargamiti smṛtam .. 2 .. > In a previous kalpa, O great goddess, Hari abandoned his body here. / In this kalpa also, it is remembered as Gātrotsarga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.240.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240.3) tatra ye pūjayiṣyaṃti nāgarādityasaṃnidhau .. balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ te svargagāminaḥ ..3.. > Those who worship Balabhadra, Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa there / near Nāgarāditya, go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.240.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240.240) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye balabhadra subhadrā kṛṣṇa māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 240 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and fortieth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Balabhadra, Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa,' 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.16.240.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.240) · Pramāṇa