[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) › 16.241 # Skandapurana 16.241 Skandapurāṇa 16.241 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.241.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedbalabhadrakalevaram .. śeṣarūpeṇa yatrāsau prātyajatsvakalevaram.. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > There itself one should behold the body of Balabhadra, / where, in the form of Śeṣa, he cast off his own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.2) gatastraisaṃgame tīrthe tatra pātālavartmanā .. asminmitravane devi gavyūtidvayavistṛte .. 2 .. > O goddess, he went to the Traisaṃgama sacred ford there by the path to Pātāla / in this Mitravana extending for two gavyūtis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.3) kalevaraṃ sthitaṃ devi liṃgākāraṃ mahāprabham .. revatyā sahitaṃ tatra śeṣanāmeti viśrutam ..3.. > There, O goddess, his body stands, shaped like a liṅga, endowed with great splendor, / accompanied by Revatī, well-known under the name of Śeṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.4) yatra siddhaḥ purā devi jarānāmā tu kaulikaḥ .. viṣṇuhaṃtā bhallatīrthe so'sminsthāne layaṃ gataḥ .. 4 .. > Where of old, O goddess, the hunter named Jarā achieved perfection— / the slayer of Viṣṇu at Bhallatīrtha—he dissolved into this place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.5) tatprabhṛtyeva sakale śeṣa ityabhiviśrutaḥ .. caitre śuklatrayodaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. sa putrapautrapaśumānvarṣaṃ kṣemeṇa gacchati ..5.. > Ever since then, he has been celebrated as Śeṣa across the whole \[world\]. / The person who worships him on the thirteenth lunar day of the bright fortnight of Caitra / spends the year in peace, endowed with sons, grandsons, and cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.6) masūrikādirogebhyaḥ śiśūnāṃ na bhayaṃ bhavet .. visphoṭakādirogebhyo na bhayaṃ jāyate kvacit ..6.. > For children there will be no danger from diseases such as smallpox; / no danger ever arises from eruptive diseases such as boils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.7) asminkṣetre mahāsiddhe siddhayajñastu yaḥ smṛtaḥ .. varṇānāṃ sāṃtarālānāṃ sarveṣāṃ cātivallabhaḥ ..7.. > The sacrifice that is recalled as the Siddhayajña in this great, perfect sacred field / is exceedingly dear to all the castes and the intermediate classes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.8) paśupuṣpopahāraiśca balidānaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. saṃtuṣṭiṃ śīghramāyāti śeṣo'śeṣāghanāśanaḥ .. .. 8 .. > Through animal offerings, floral gifts, and various kinds of oblations, / Śeṣa, the destroyer of all sins, quickly attains satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.241.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241.241) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śeṣamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśa duttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 241 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and forty-first chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Śeṣa,' 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.16.241.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.241) · Pramāṇa