[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) › 16.24 # Skandapurana 16.24 Skandapurāṇa 16.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. kasminkāle jagannātha tatra liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. kathamārādhanaṃ cakre kṛtārtho rohiṇīpatiḥ .. 1 .. > Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Installation of Someśvara' in the First \[Book, namely\] the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Field, in the Seventh Section \[named\] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tretāyuge ca daśame manorvaivasvatasya hi .. saṃjāto rohiṇīnātho yukto durvāsasā priye .. 2 .. > The Goddess said: / At what time, O Lord of the Universe, was the liṅga installed there? / How did the husband of Rohiṇī worship it and achieve his purpose? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.3) tasminkāle tadā tatra gate varṣasahasrake .. tataḥ kṛtvā tapaścāyaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtaśaṃkaraḥ .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / In the tenth Tretāyuga of Vaivasvata Manu, / the husband of Rohiṇī was born, accompanied by Durvāsas, O dear one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.4) liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa brahmaṇā lokakartṝṇā .. punarvarṣasahasraṃ tu pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram.. 4 .. > At that time, when a thousand years had passed there, / he, having performed austerity and brought Śaṃkara before his eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.5) tataḥ saṃpūjya vidhinā nijakāryārthasiddhaye .. stutiṃ cakre niśānāthaḥ pratyakṣīkṛtaśaṃkaraḥ .. 5 .. > installed the liṅga together with Brahmā, the creator of the worlds; / and for another thousand years he worshipped Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.6) .. caṃdra uvāca .. nāsti śarvasamo devo nāsti śarvasamā gatiḥ .. nāsti śarvasamo devo nāsti śarvasamā gatiḥ .. 6 .. > Then, having worshipped according to the ritual rules for the accomplishment of his purpose, / the Lord of the Night, having brought Śaṃkara before his eyes, uttered a praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.7) yaṃ paṭhaṃti sadā sāṃkhyāścitayaṃti ca yoginaḥ .. paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tasmai jñeyātmane namaḥ .. 7 .. > The Moon said: / There is no god equal to Śarva; there is no refuge equal to Śarva. / There is no god equal to Śarva; there is no refuge equal to Śarva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.8) utpattau ca vināśe ca kāraṇaṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ .. devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ tasmai jñānātmane namaḥ .. 8 .. > Whom the Sāṃkhyas constantly study and the yogins contemplate, / the supreme, the primary cause, the spirit—homage to that one whose self is the knowable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.9) yamavyayamanādyaṃtaṃ yaṃ nityaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam .. niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ brahma tasmai yogātmane namaḥ .. 9 .. > Whom the wise know as the cause in origination and destruction / of gods, demons, and human beings—homage to that one whose self is knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.10) yaḥ pavitraṃ pavitrāṇāmādidevo maheśvaraḥ .. punāti darśanādeva tasmai tīrthātmane namaḥ .. 7.1.24.10 .. > Who is imperishable, without beginning or end, who is eternal, perpetual, steadfast, / partless, the supreme Brahman—homage to that one whose self is yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.11) yataḥ pravarttate sarvaṃ yasminsarvaṃ vilīyate .. pālayedyo jagatsarvaṃ tasmai sarvātmane namaḥ .. 11 .. > Who is the pure of the pure, the primordial god, Maheśvara, / who purifies by mere darśana—homage to that one whose self is the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.12) aniṣṭomādibhiryajñairyaṃ yajaṃti dvijātayaḥ .. saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇaireva tasmai yajñātmane namaḥ .. 12 .. > From whom everything proceeds, into whom everything dissolves, / who protects the entire universe—homage to that one whose self is all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.13) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa saṃstute yāvaddivārātrau niśākaraḥ .. abravīdbhagavānprītaḥ prahasanniva śaṃkaraḥ .. 13 .. > Whom the twice-born worship with sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma / with complete sacrificial gifts—homage to that one whose self is sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.14) .. śaṃkara uvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa stotreṇānena śītago .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te bhūyo yatte manogatam .. 14 .. > Īśvara said: / While the Maker of the Night praised him thus day and night, / the blessed Lord Śaṃkara spoke, pleased and as if smiling: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.15) .. caṃdra uvāca .. .. yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho .. sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru deveśa liṃge'sminsarvadā vibho ..15.. > Śaṃkara said: / I am well-pleased with you, my child, by this hymn of praise, O cold-rayed one! / Choose a boon; may good fortune be yours; whatever else is in your heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.16) ye tvāṃ paśyaṃti cātrasthaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ .. teṣāṃ tu paramā siddhistvatprasādātsureśvara .. .. 16 .. > The Moon said: / If a boon is to be given to me, if you are pleased with me, O Lord, / abide always in this liṅga, O Lord of Gods, O all-pervading one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.17) .. śaṃbhuruvāca .. .. agre tu mama sāṃnidhyamasmim̐lliṃge mahāprabho .. viśeṣato'dhunā caṃdra tava bhaktyā niraṃtaram .. 17 .. > And those who see you abiding here, endowed with supreme devotion, / to them may there be supreme perfection by your grace, O Lord of Gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.18) sthātavyamadyaprabhṛti kṣetre'sminnumayā saha .. yasmāttvayā prabhā labdhā kṣetre'sminmatprasādataḥ .. tasmātprabhāsamityevaṃ nāmāsya prabhaviṣyati .. 18 .. > Śambhu said: / Formerly there was already my presence in this liṅga, O great lord; / especially now, O Moon, through your devotion, it shall be continuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.19) yasmātpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ tvayā soma śubhaṃ mama .. somanātheti me nāma tasmātkhyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. 19 .. > From this day forth I must abide in this sacred field together with Umā. / Because splendour (prabhā) was obtained by you in this sacred field by my grace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.20) yanmamāgretanaṃ nāmakhyātaṃ brahmāvasānikam.. somanātheti ca punastadeva pracariṣyati.. drakṣyaṃti hi narā ye māmatrasthaṃ bhaktitatparāḥ .. 7.1.24.20 .. > The name of mine which was famed in former times as Brahmāvasānika / shall indeed spread again by that very name, 'Somanātha'. / For those men devoted to bhakti who behold me residing here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.21) śṛṇu teṣāṃ phalaṃ vatsa bhaviṣyati niśākara .. na teṣāṃ jāyate vyādhirna dāridryaṃ na durgatiḥ .. na ceṣṭena viyogaśca mama caṃdra prabhāvataḥ .. 21 .. > hear, dear child, maker of the night, what their reward will be: / to them comes no sickness, no poverty, no misfortune, / and no separation from what is cherished, through my power, O moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.22) yātrāṃ kurvaṃti ye bhaktyā mama darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ .. pade padeśvamedhasya teṣāṃ phalamudāhṛtam.. 22 .. > Those who, desiring my darśana, undertake a pilgrimage with devotion, / have the reward of an Aśvamedha sacrifice declared for them at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.23) kiṃ kṛtairbahubhiryajñairupavāsairniśākara .. sakṛtpaśyaṃti māṃ ye'tra te sarve lebhire phalam ... 23 .. > What need of performing many sacrifices and fasts, O maker of the night? / Those who behold me here even once have obtained all that reward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.24) ekamāsopavāsaṃ tu kurute bhaktitatparaḥ .. yāvadvarṣasahasraṃ tu ekaḥ paśyaṃti māmiha .. 24 .. > One who, devoted to bhakti, observes a fast for one month, / while another beholds me here for as long as a thousand years— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.25) dvābhyāmapi phalaṃ tulyaṃ nāsti kācidvicāraṇā .. 25 .. > the reward is equal for both; there is no doubt about it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.26) eko bhavedbrahmacārī yāvajjīvaṃ niśākara .. sakṛtpaśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam .. 26 .. > One might remain a celibate student for as long as he lives, O maker of the night, / while another beholds me here once: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.27) eko dānāni sarvāṇi prayacchati dvijātaye .. ekaḥ paśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam .. 27 .. > One bestows all manner of gifts upon the twice-born, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.28) eko vratāni sarvāṇi kurute mṛgalāṃchana .. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam.. 28.. > One performs all religious observances, O deer-marked moon, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.29) ekastīrthāni kurute japajāpyāni bhūriśaḥ .. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 29 .. > One visits sacred fords and performs abundant recitations of mantras, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.29_1) eko jñānādiyogena mumukṣurjāyate dhruvam.. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam..7.1.24.3... > One becomes an earnest seeker of liberation through the yoga of knowledge and the like, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.31) ekastu bhṛgupātena yāti mṛtyuṃ niśākara.. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam .. 31 .. > One meets death by throwing himself from a precipice, O maker of the night, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.32) ekaḥ snāti sadā māghaṃ prayāge narasattamaḥ .. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam 32 .. > One best among men always bathes during the month of Māgha at Prayāga, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.33) ekaḥ piṇḍapradānaṃ ca pitṛtīrthe samācaret .. anyaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 33 .. > One offers funeral cakes of rice at a sacred ford dedicated to the ancestors, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.34) gosahasraprado hyeko brāhmaṇe vedapārage.. ekaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 34 .. > One bestows a thousand cows upon a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.35) pañcāgniṃ sādhayedeko grīṣmakāle sudāruṇe .. ekaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 35 .. > One practices the five-fire penance during the intensely fierce summer season, / while another beholds me here: the reward is traditionally remembered as equal for the two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.36) snātaḥ somagrahe candra somavāre ca bhaktitaḥ .. yo māṃ paśyati sarveṣāmeteṣāṃ labhate phalam .. 36 .. > Bathed during a lunar eclipse and on a Monday with devotion, O moon, / he who beholds me obtains the reward of all these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.37) sarasvatī samudraśca somaḥ somagrahastathā .. darśanaṃ somanāthasya sakārāḥ pañca durllabhāḥ .. 37 .. > Sarasvatī, samudra (the ocean), soma (the moon), somagraha (a lunar eclipse), / and darśana of Somanātha: these five starting with the syllable 'sa' are exceedingly rare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.38) nairaṃtaryeṇa ṣaṇmāsānvidhinā yaḥ prapūjayet .. puṇyaṃ tadeva saphalaṃ labhate viṣuvārcanāt .. 38 .. > Whoever worships \[me\] continuously according to rule for six months, / obtains that very same fruitful merit from worship at an equinox. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.39) etadeva tu vijñeyaṃ grahaṇe cottarāyaṇe .. saṃkrāṃtidinacchidreṣu ṣaḍaśītimukheṣu ca .. 39 .. > The very same is to be known during an eclipse, at the northern solstice, / on the interstitial days of transit, and at the beginnings of the eighty-six-solar-month periods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.40) māsaiścaturbhiryatpuṇyaṃ vidhinā''pūjya śaṃkaram .. kārttikyāṃ sa labhetpuṇyaṃ caitryāṃ taddviguṇaṃ smṛtam .. puṇyametattu phālgunyāmāṣāḍhyāmevameva tu .. 7.1.24.40 .. > Whatever merit is obtained by worshiping Śaṃkara according to rule for four months, / that merit he obtains on the full-moon day of Kārttika; on that of Caitra it is considered twofold; / and this same merit is likewise \[obtained\] on the full-moon day of Phālguna and on that of Āṣāḍha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.41) eko dadyādgavāṃ lakṣaṃ dogdhrīṇāṃ vedapārage .. eko mamārcayelliṃgaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ tato'dhikam .. 41 .. > One might give a hundred thousand milch cows to a scholar of the Vedas; / another worships my liṅga: his merit is far greater than that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.42) māsemāse ca yo'śnīyādyāvajjīvaṃ sureśvari .. yaścārccayetsakṛlliṃgaṃ samametanna saṃśayaḥ .. 42 .. > Whoever eats only once a month throughout his life, O goddess of the gods, / and whoever worships the liṅga even once: these two are equal, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.43) tapaḥśīlaguṇopete pātre vedasya pārage .. suvarṇakoṭiṃ yaddattvā tatphalaṃ kusumena tu .. 43 .. > Whatever \[merit is gained\] by giving ten million gold pieces to a worthy recipient endowed with austerity and virtuous conduct who has mastered the Vedas, / that same reward is gained merely by a single flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.44) arkapuṣpe'pi caikasmiñchivāya vinivedite .. daśa dattvā suvarṇāni yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt .. 44 .. > Even when a single arka flower is offered to Śiva, / one obtains whatever reward is gained by giving ten gold pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.45) arkapuṣpasahasrebhyaḥ karavīraṃ viśiṣyate .. karavīra sahasrebhyo droṇapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. 45 .. > A karavīra flower is superior to thousands of arka flowers; / a droṇapuṣpa flower is superior to thousands of karavīra flowers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.46) droṇapuṣpasahasrebhyo hyapāmārgaṃ viśiṣyate .. apāmārgasahasrebhyaḥ kuśapuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. kuśapuṣpa sahasrebhyaḥ śamīpuṣpaṃ viśiṣyate .. 46 .. > an apāmārga flower is superior to thousands of droṇapuṣpa flowers; / a kuśa flower is superior to thousands of apāmārga flowers; / a śamī flower is superior to thousands of kuśa flowers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.47) śamīpuṣpaṃ bṛhatyāśca kusumaṃ tulyamucyate .. karavīrasamā jñeyā jātīvijayapāṭalāḥ .. 47 .. > the śamī flower is said to be equal to the blossom of the bṛhatī plant; / jātī, vijayā, and pāṭalā flowers are to be regarded as equal to the karavīra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.48) śvetamaṃdāra kusumaṃ sitaṃpadmasamaṃ bhavet .. nāgacaṃpakapunnāgadhattūrakusumaṃ smṛtam .. 48 .. > The white mandāra flower is equal to the white lotus; / nagacampaka, punnāga, and dhattūra blossoms are celebrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.49) ketakījātimuktaṃ ca kandayūthīmadantikāḥ .. śirīṣasarjajaṃbūkakusumāni vivarjjayet .. 49 .. > Excepting the ketakī and the jātī, one should avoid the kanda, yūthī, madantikā, / sirīṣa, sarja, and jambūka flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.50) ākulīkusumaṃ patraṃ karaṃjendrasamudbhavam .. bibhītakāni puṣpāṇi kusumāni vivarjjayet .. 7.1.24.50 .. > One should avoid the ākulī blossom, the leaf of the karañja and the indrasamudbhava, / and the flowers of the bibhītaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.51) kanakāni kadaṃbāni rātrau deyāni śaṃkare .. devaśeṣāṇi puṣpāṇi divā rātrau ca mallikā .. 51 .. > Dhattūra and kadamba flowers should be offered to Śaṃkara at night; / the remaining flowers of the god may be offered by day and the mallikā by night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.52) praharaṃ tiṣṭhate mallī karavīramaharniśam .. kīṭakeśāpaviddhāni rātrau paryuṣitāni ca .. 52 .. > The mallikā remains fresh for one watch, the karavīra for a day and night; / \[flowers\] infested with insects or contaminated with hair, and those left overnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.53) svayaṃ patitapuṣpāṇi tyajedupahatāni ca .. tulasī śatapatraṃ ca gandhārī damanastathā .. 53 .. > flowers that have fallen of their own accord, and those that are damaged, one should discard; / tulasī, the hundred-petaled lotus, gandhārī, and damana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.54) sarvāsāṃ patrajātīnāṃ śreṣṭho marubakaḥ smṛtaḥ .. etaiḥ puṣpaviśeṣaistu pūjyaḥ someśvaraḥ sadā .. 54 .. > and marubaka is remembered as the best among all kinds of leaves: / with these distinguished flowers Someśvara is always to be worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.55) yātrāyāḥ phalamāpnoti svargaloke mahīyate.. etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 55 .. > He attains the fruit of pilgrimage and is glorified in the heavenly realm." / Having spoken this speech, he disappeared right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.56) candramā yakṣmaṇā muktaḥ svasthānanirato'bhavat .. āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ prāsādaṃ paryakalpayat .. śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ gokṣīradhavalojjvalam .. 56 .. > The moon, freed from consumption, returned happily to his own station; / having summoned Viśvakarman, he had a temple built, / resembling pure crystal, radiant and white as cow's milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.57) prāsādaṃ merunāmānaṃ hemaprākāratoraṇam .. caturdaśānye paritaḥ prāsādāḥ parikalpitāḥ .. teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi pratyekaṃ tāni me śṛṇu .. 57 .. > a temple named Meru, with golden walls and arched gateways; / and fourteen other temples were constructed all around it. / I shall tell you their names one by one; hear them from me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.58) kesarī sarvatobhadro nadano nandiśālakaḥ .. nandīśo mandaraścaiva śrīvṛkṣo hyamṛtodbhavaḥ .. 58 .. > Kesarī, Sarvatobhadra, Nadana, Nandiśālaka, / Nandīśa, Mandara, Śrīvṛkṣa, and Amṛtodbhava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.59) himavānhemakūṭaśca kailāsaḥ pṛthivījayaḥ .. indranīlo mahānīlo bhūdharo ratnakūṭakaḥ .. 59 .. > Himavān, Hemakūṭa, Kailāsa, Pṛthivījaya, / Indranīla, Mahānīla, Bhūdhara, Ratnakūṭaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.60) vaiḍūryaḥ padmarāgaśca vajrako mukuṭojjvalaḥ .. airāvato rājahaṃso garuḍo vṛṣabhastathā .. 7.1.24.60 .. > Vaiḍūrya, Padmarāga, Vajraka, Mukuṭojjvala, / Airāvata, Rājahaṃsa, Garuḍa, and Vṛṣabha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.61) meruḥ prāsādarājā ca devānāmālayo hi saḥ .. ādau pañcāṇḍako jñeyaḥ kesarīnāmataḥ sthitaḥ .. 61 .. > and Meru, the king of temples, for that is the abode of the gods. / At first, it is known as having five cupolas, established by the name Kesarī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.62) caturthāṃśā ca tadvṛddhiryāvanmeruḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 62 .. > and its increase is by a fourth part up to that which is proclaimed as Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.63) evaṃ pṛthakkārayitvā prāsādāṃśca caturdaśa .. brahmādīnāṃ devatānāṃ samīpasthānavāsinām .. 63 .. > Having thus caused fourteen temples to be built separately / for the deities, Brahmā and others, who reside in the nearby places, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.64) daśa cānyānbhūdharādīnvṛṣabhāntānvarānane .. ādau kaparddinaṃ kṛtvā prāsādānparyakalpayat .. 64 .. > and ten others, O fair-faced one, beginning with the Bhūdhara and ending with the Vṛṣabha, / he first installed Kapardin and designed the temples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.65) meruḥ prāsādarājo vai sa tu someśvare kṛtaḥ .. tretāyuge tu daśame manovairvasvatasya ca .. 65 .. > The Meru temple, the king of temples, was built for Someśvara / in the tenth Tretāyuga of Vaivasvata Manu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.66) kārayitvā maṃḍapāṃśca pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi .. nadānāṃ tu śataṃ kṛtvā vāpīkūpa sahasrakam .. 66 .. > Having pavilions erected and consecrating them according to the rules, / having created a hundred reservoirs and a thousand stepwells and wells, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.67) gṛhāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi dīnānāthāśrayāṇi ca .. kārayitvā vidhānena viprebhyaḥ pradadau pṛthak .. 67 .. > and having built thousands of houses providing refuge for the poor and helpless, / he duly distributed them to the brahmins separately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.68) niveśya nagaraṃ somaḥ śrīsomeśvarasannidhau .. svakarmaṇāṃ pracārārthamathābhyarthayata dvijān .. 68 .. > Having established the city near the glorious Someśvara, / Soma then made a request to the twice-born for the conduct of his duties: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.69) somo'smi bhavatāṃ rājā prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ .. tathāpi vinayenaiva bhaktyā vijñāpayāmi vaḥ .. 69 .. > “I am Soma, your king by the grace of the Supreme Lord. / Yet with utmost humility and devotion I make this submission to you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.70) dhanaṃ hiraṇyaratnādi dhānyaṃ vrīhiyavādikam .. gomahiṣyādipaśavo vastrāṇi vividhāni ca .. .. 7.1.24.70 .. > Wealth consisting of gold, jewels, and the like; grain consisting of rice, barley, and the like; / livestock such as cows and buffaloes; and diverse kinds of garments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.71) kadalīnālikerāṇi tāṃbūlīpūgamālinaḥ .. mano'bhirāmacaramā ārāmāḥ paritaḥ sthitāḥ .. 71 .. > plantains, coconuts, garlands of betel vines and areca palms, / and delightful groves lie all around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.72) jaṃbūdvīpādhipāḥ sarve bhavatāmatravāsi nām.. ādeśaṃ ca kariṣyaṃti śirasyādhāya śobhanam ..72.. > All the rulers of Jambudvīpa will bow their heads / and carry out the noble command of you who reside here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.73) dvīpāṃtarādāgataiśca karpūrāgurucaṃdanaiḥ .. anyaiśca vividhairdravyaiḥ saṃpūrṇā bhavatāṃ gṛhāḥ ..73.. > Your houses are filled with camphor, agallochum, and sandalwood brought from other continents, / and with various other goods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.74) paṇyānāṃ śatasaṃkhyānāṃ vyavahāranidarśinaḥ .. brahmottarāṇi tanvaṃti vaṇijo lābhakāṃkṣiṇaḥ .. 74 .. > Merchants eager for profit, who show mastery in commerce involving hundreds of commodities, / establish grants for brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.75) bhavatsu bhṛtyabhāvena varttamānā hitaiṣiṇaḥ .. te cānye ca tathā paurā nāvasīdaṃti karhicit .. 75 .. > Remaining as your servants, wishing for your welfare, / they and other citizens will never suffer distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.76) evaṃ saṃpūrṇavibhavairbhavadbhiḥ śreyase mama .. kratukriyā vitanyaṃtāṃ vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇāḥ .. 76 .. > Therefore, being completely endowed with wealth, for my welfare / let sacrificial rites be performed according to rule, with lavish gifts to the priests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.77) brahmādīni ca sarvāṇi pravartaṃtāmaharniśam .. dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇādīnāṃ kriyatāmārtināśanam .. 77 .. > Let all rites, beginning with the sacred study, proceed day and night; / let the distress of the poor, the blind, and the destitute be dispelled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.78) abhyāgatānāmaucityādātithyaṃ ca vidhīyatām.. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena sametānāṃ mahātmanām .. 78 .. > Let hospitality be properly extended to guests / and to the great-souled men who have arrived on pilgrimage to the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.79) brahmarṣīṇāmāśrameṣu dīyatāmāśrayāḥ sadā .. mayātra sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvakālaṃ dṛḍhavratāḥ .. 79 .. > Let refuge always be granted in the hermitages of the brahmin seers. / The liṅga established here by me, O you of firm vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.80) pavitrairupacāraiśca pūjayaṃtu dvijottamāḥ .. aṣṭau pramāṇapuruṣāḥ paurāṇāṃ kāryadarśinaḥ .. 7.1.24.80 .. > let the best of the twice-born worship at all times with pure offerings. / Let eight authoritative men, overseers of the affairs of the citizens, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.81) vyavahārānavekṣadhvaṃ smṛtyācāraviśāradāḥ .. vyavasthāṃ matkṛtāmetāṃ bhavaṃto'tra dvijottamāḥ .. 81.. > look after legal affairs, skilled in sacred tradition and custom. / This regulation established by me, O best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.82) dhārayaṃtu mahātmāno diggajā iva medinīm .. evaṃ prabhutvamāsthāya sthāne'smiñchivaśālini ..82.. > let the great-souled men uphold, just as the quarter-elephants support the earth. / Thus exercising authority in this place blessed by Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.83) śrutismṛtipurāṇoktāndharmānācarata dvijāḥ .. niśamya somasya vaco vinītamiti te dvijāḥ .. 83 .. > practice the duties prescribed by the Vedas, smṛtis, and Purāṇas, O twice-born.” / Hearing this humble speech of Soma, those twice-born \[deliberated\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.84) uvāca kauśikasteṣu gotrāṇāṃ prathamo dvijaḥ .. sādhūpadiṣṭamasmākaṃ dvijarājena sarvathā ..84.. > Kauśika, the foremost twice-born among the clans, said to them: / “All that has been instructed to us by the king of the twice-born is excellent in every way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.85) sarvametatkariṣyāmaḥ kiṃtu kiṃcinniśāmaya .. niyogataḥ pūjayatāṃ śivanirmālyasevinām .. .. 85 .. > We will do all this, yet listen to something: / for those who worship by mandatory assignment, partaking of the offerings dedicated to Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.86) pātityaṃ jāyate'smākaṃ śrutismṛtivigarhitam .. śrutismṛtī hi rudrasya yasmādājñādvayaṃ mahat .. 86 .. > there arises a fall from caste, condemned by the Vedas and the smṛtis. / For the Vedas and the smṛtis are the two great commands of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.87) kastadullaṃghayenmūḍhaḥ prāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhaga tairapi .. 87 .. > What fool would transgress that, even if his life-breaths were at his throat? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.88) aṣṭamūrteḥ punarmūrttāvagnau devamukhe makhān .. kurvāṇāḥ śrutimārgeṇa prīṇayāmo'khilaṃ jagat .. 88 .. > Moreover, offering sacrifices according to the Vedic path in the fire, the mouth of the gods, / which is a manifestation of the Eight-formed Lord, we satisfy the entire universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.89) jagadbhagavato rūpaṃ vyaktameta tpuradviṣaḥ .. mitho vibhinnamityetadabhinnaṃ punarīśvarāt .. 89 .. > This world is the manifest form of the Lord, the foe of Tripura; / though manifold among itself, it is nevertheless non-different from Īśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.90) agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate .. ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ .. 7.1.24.90 .. > An oblation properly cast into the fire reaches the sun; / from the sun rain is born, from rain food, and from that all creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.91) śrutismṛtipurāṇādisadabhyāsaprasaṃginām .. tattadartheṣu puṇyārthaṃ pravṛttākhilakarmaṇām .. 91 .. > For us, who are devoted to the noble study of the Vedas, smṛtis, Purāṇas, and other texts, / and whose actions are entirely engaged in those respective duties for merit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.92) asmākamavakāśo'pi viralo liṃga pūjane .. rudrajāpyairmahāyajñairyajānāścaivamīśvaram .. 92 .. > even the leisure for liṅga worship is scarce. / Worshipping Īśvara through the great sacrifices and the recitation of the Rudra prayers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.93) yathākṣaṇaṃ yathākālaṃ liṃgaṃ vedamupāsmahe .. yattu te'bhimataṃ soma śrīsomeśvarapūjanam .. tacca saṃpādayiṣyāmaḥ saviśeṣaṃ mahāmate .. 93 .. > we worship the liṅga and the Veda whenever there is an opportune moment and time. / As for what you desire, O Soma, namely the worship of the glorious Someśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.94) yena tvadīpsitaṃ sidhyettamupāyaṃ niśāmaya .. gaurīśaṃkarasaṃvādaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt .. 94 .. > that we shall accomplish with special care, O noble-minded one. / Listen to the means by which what you desire may be achieved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.95) nāradaḥ prāha naḥ pūrvaṃ kathayāmastameva te .. brahmadevadviṣaḥ pūrvaṃ śataśo daityadānavāḥ .. tapobhirugrairvividhaiḥ śaṃkaraṃ pratipedire .. 95 .. > having heard the dialogue between Gaurī and Śaṃkara from the mouth of the Lord, / Nārada told it to us previously; that we shall now tell you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.96) teṣāmatyugratapasāmananyāsaktacetasām .. prasādamīśvaraścakre kāruṇyāmṛtasāgaraḥ .. 96 .. > Formerly, Daityas and Dānavas in their hundreds, haters of brahmins and gods, / approached Śaṃkara with diverse and severe austerities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.97) sa hi tribhuvanasvāmī devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. apekṣate varaṃ dātuṃ bhaktimevānapāyinīm .. 97 .. > Upon them, endowed with exceedingly severe austerity and single-minded focus, / Īśvara, the ocean of the nectar of compassion, bestowed his grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.98) dadau sa bhuvanaiśvaryyaprāyānabhimatānvarān .. teṣāṃ bhaktyaiva saṃtuṣṭo devabrahmadviṣāmapi .. 98 .. > For he, the master of the three worlds, the god of gods, Maheśvara, / requires only imperishable devotion to grant a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.99) brahmaṇā viṣṇunā cāpi yasyāṃto nādhigamyate .. tasyātarkyaprabhāvasya ko nu vedāśayaṃ prabhoḥ .. 99 .. > Pleased solely by their devotion, he granted the desired boons, / mostly consisting of universal sovereignty, even to those who hated gods and brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.100) durvṛttebhyo'pi daityebhyastapobhirvaradāyinam .. papraccha svacchhṛdayā pārvatī parameśvaram .. 7.1.24.100 .. > Whose limit is not reached even by Brahmā and Viṣṇu— / who indeed knows the intention of that lord of unfathomable power? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.101) .. pārvatyuvāca .. .. bhagavanprasādaṃ te prāpya dhṛṣyaṃto bhuvanatrayam .. upadravaṃtīṃdramukhāndevānsaṃkṣobhayaṃti ca .. 101 .. > To the Supreme Lord who grants boons through austerities even to evil-natured Daityas, / Pārvatī, pure in heart, asked: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.102) varaṃ dadāsi kiṃ teṣāṃ tādṛśānāṃ durātmanām .. jagataḥ svastaye yeṣāṃ na manāgapi ceṣṭitam .. 102.. > Pārvatī said: / “O Blessed One, having attained your grace and becoming arrogant, they torment the three worlds / and harass and agitate the gods headed by Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.103) tvayā dattavarānetāndivyānbhogopabhoginaḥ .. avadhīrya tavaiśvaryaṃ kathaṃ viṣṇurnihaṃti ca .. 103 .. > Why do you grant a boon to such evil-minded ones, / whose deeds do not contribute even in the least to the welfare of the world? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.104) hatānāṃ ca punasteṣāṃ kā gatiḥ syādvada prabho .. 104 .. > When they enjoy divine pleasures after being granted boons by you, / how is it that Viṣṇu slays them, disregarding your sovereignty? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.105) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sāttvikā rājasāścaiva tāmasāśceti vai tridhā .. bhavaṃti lokāsteṣvete tamaḥprāyā durāsadāḥ .. 105 .. > And when they are slain, what destination is theirs? Tell me, O Lord.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.106) suraiḥ saha spardhamānāstapobhirapi tāmasaiḥ .. māṃ bhajaṃte muhurmohājjagadutsādanodyatāḥ .. 106 .. > Īśvara said: / “Creatures are threefold: sāttvika, rājasika, / and tāmasika; among them, these \[Daityas\] are mostly tāmasika and difficult to subdue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.107) varaṃ dadāmi yatteṣāṃ bhaktistatra tu kāraṇam .. ahaṃ hi bhaktyā sugrāhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. ..107.. > That I grant them a boon is solely on account of devotion; > for I am easily won through devotion; no doubt should be held in this regard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.108) taponurūpānāsādya varāṃste pāpakāriṇaḥ .. viṣṇunā yannihanyate tacca devi nibodha me..108.. > Having obtained boons suited to their austerities, those evildoers > are slain by Viṣṇu; understand that from me, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.109) ahaṃ hariśca yadbhinnau guṇabhāgo'tra kāraṇam .. paramārthādabhinnau ca rahasyaṃ paramaṃ hyadaḥ..109.. > That Hari and I are distinct is due to the division of the guṇas, > yet in the ultimate sense we are non-different; this indeed is the supreme secret. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.109\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.109_2) ārādhyārādhakādiśca bhedaḥ sāmānya eva nau.. tathā hyahamimāṃ gaṃgāṃ viṣṇoḥ pādāgraniḥsṛtām..7.1.24.11... > The distinction of worshipper, object of worship, and so forth is merely conventional between us. > For instance, I bear this Gaṅgā, flowing from the tip of Viṣṇu's foot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.111) vahāmi śirasā bhaktyā tvadīkṣāśaṃkito'pi san .. api viṣṇustribhuvanaṃ paritrātuṃ vyavasthayā ..111.. > upon my head with devotion, even while apprehensive of your glance. > Viṣṇu too, in order to protect the three worlds according to cosmic order, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.112) māmupāsya ciraṃ lebhe cakraṃ duṣṭanibarhaṇam.. tvāṃ ca tasya mahāmāyāmaprameyātmano hareḥ .. 112.. > worshipped me for a long time and obtained the discus that slays the wicked. > And you, the great māyā of that Hari whose self is immeasurable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.113) ārādhayāmi tadbhaktyā trijagajanmakāraṇam .. śirasyādhāya cānyāṃ me śaktirūpāṃ tathā hariḥ ..113.. > I worship with devotion to him as the cause of the birth of the three worlds. > Likewise, Hari, placing upon his head another \[goddess\] who is the form of my power, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.114) ajo'pi janmānyāsādya lokarakṣāṃ karoti vai .. haṃtuṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ narasiṃhavapuśca saḥ ..114.. > though unborn, takes births and performs the protection of the worlds. > And in order to slay Hiraṇyakaśipu, having assumed the form of Narasiṃha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.115) jagajjighāṃsuḥ śamito mayā śarabha rūpiṇā .. māṃ ca bāṇaparitrāṇe triśūlodyamakāriṇam .. 115 .. > he wished to destroy the world and was pacified by me in the form of Śarabha. > And when I raised my trident in defense of Bāṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.116) mānuṣye'pyavatāre'sau staṃbhayitvā sa līlayā .. prabhāvaṃ mahimānaṃ ca varddhayanmāmakaṃ hariḥ .. varivasyati māṃ nityamaṃtarātmāpi me vibhuḥ .. 116 .. > he, playfully paralyzing \[me\] even in a human incarnation, > enhancing my power and majesty, Hari, > though the all-pervading inner Self of mine, continually worships me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.117) athāhaṃ paramātmānamenamādyaṃtavarjitam .. dhyānayogaiḥ samādhau ca bhāvayāmi niraṃtaram .. 117 .. > Then I, through the yogas of meditation and in absorption, > constantly contemplate him as the supreme Self, devoid of beginning or end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.119) tadevaṃ nāvayorbhedo vidyate pāramārthikaḥ .. bhedaṃ ca tāratamyaṃ ca mūḍhā eva vitanvate .. 119 .. > Thus there is no distinction between us in the ultimate truth; > only fools elaborate upon differences and degrees of superiority. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.119\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.119_3) vaiṣṇavaṃ rūpamāsthāya durvṛttānhanmi tānaham .. gatiṃ ca teṣāmadhunā maheśvari niśāmaya .. 119 .. > Assuming the Vaiṣṇava form, I myself slay those of wicked conduct. > And now hear of their destination, O Maheśvarī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.120) mayi bhaktyavasāne tu hareḥ saṃdarśanena ca .. krodhadarpābhibhūtatvānna muktiṃ prāpnuvaṃti te .. 7.1.24.120 .. > At the end of their devotion to me and through the direct sight of Hari, > because they are overcome by anger and pride, they do not attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.121) āvayostu prabhāvena te punarddhautakalmaṣāḥ .. brahmarṣīṇāṃ kule janma saṃprāptā muktihetukam .. 121 .. > Yet by our power, with their blemishes washed away, > they obtain birth in the family of brahmin seers, which becomes the cause of their liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.122) brahmacārivratā dūrdhvaṃ yogaṃ pāśupataṃ śritāḥ .. prācīnakarmasaṃskārātte punarmāmupāsate .. 122 .. > After taking the vow of celibacy, having resorted to the Pāśupata yoga, > they worship me once again through the impressions of former actions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.123) bhaktiyogena cāsthāya vrataṃ pāśupatādikam .. śmaśānavāsino nagnā apare caikavāsasaḥ .. 123 .. > Resorting to the Pāśupata and other vows through the yoga of devotion, > some dwell in cremation grounds, naked, and others wear a single garment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.124) bhikṣābhujo bhūtibhṛto malliṃgānyarccayaṃti te .. tathā madekāgradhiyo maddhyānaikadṛḍhavratāḥ .. 124 .. > living on alms, smeared with sacred ash, they worship my liṅgas; > likewise, their minds are focused on me alone, their firm vow consisting solely of meditating on me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.125) ye tvāmapi namasyaṃti jagatāṃ mama ceśvarīm.. dehāvasānayogena muktiṃ teṣāṃ dadāmyaham .. 125 .. > Those who also bow down to you, the sovereign mistress of the worlds and of myself, > to them, through yoga at the departure of their bodies, I grant liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.126) sārūpyasālokyamayīṃ mayyāveśitacetasām .. sāyujyamuktaye nāyaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato yataḥ .. smṛtyācāreṇa munibhiḥ sa sadbhistena garhitaḥ .. 126 .. > which consists of having the same form and sharing the same realm, for those whose minds are absorbed in me. > Since this Pāśupata yoga does not lead to complete absorption (sāyujya), > for that reason it is censured by virtuous sages following traditional conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.127) .. dvijā ūcuḥ .. .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena tāni hopagatāndvijān .. svamānamupaneṣyāmo bhaktyāvarjjitamānasān .. 127 .. > The twice-born said: > "On the occasion of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, we shall bring those brahmins > who have arrived here, their minds subdued with devotion, to their proper dignity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.128) śucibhikṣānnakaupīnakamaṇḍalvādisatkṛtāḥ .. ananyakāryyāḥ satatamihāgatya tapasvinaḥ .. 128 .. > Honored with pure alms-food, loincloths, water pots, and the like, > having come here constantly with no other business, these ascetics, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.129) bhavatpradattairvividhairupahārairataṃdritāḥ .. tattvatastattvasaṃkhyāste śivadharmaikatatparāḥ .. 129 .. > unwearied, with the various offerings given by you, > the enumeration of the principles according to truth, solely intent on the dharma of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.130) śrīsomeśvaramabhyarcya tava śreyo'bhivarddhakāḥ .. muktimaṃte gamiṣyaṃti devasyātisudurllabhām.. 7.1.24.130 .. > having worshipped venerable Someśvara and increasing your welfare, > will ultimately attain the god's most difficult-to-attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.131) tato'nye'tha tato'pyanye tataścānye tapodhanā .. parīkṣitāstu te'smābhirbhavitāro niśāpate .. 131 .. > Then others, and after them still others, and then other ascetics, > examined by us, shall arise, O lord of the night!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.132) .. dvijā ūcuḥ .. .. ityāha bhagavāndevyā pṛṣṭaḥ sa ca trilocanaḥ .. tatraiva nāradaḥ sarvaṃ saṃvādaṃ śivayeritam(?).. 132 .. > The twice-born said: > Thus spoke the three-eyed Lord when asked by the goddess. > Right there, Nārada heard the whole dialogue uttered by Śiva and Śivā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.133) śrutvā naḥ kathayāmāsa kathāṃ goṣṭhīṣu pṛcchatām.. tava cāsmābhiradhunā sarvametadudīritam .. 133 .. > and recounted that tale to us as we asked in assemblies. > And now all of this has been spoken to you by us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.134) evamuktastu taiḥ prītaḥ somaḥ svabhavanaṃ yayau .. tadājñayā ca tatsarvaṃ yathoktaṃ te'pi kurvate .. 134 .. > Addressed thus by them, Soma, delighted, went to his own abode; > and by his command, they too perform everything just as was told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.135) .. devyuvāca .. .. evaṃ prabhāvo deveśaḥ someśaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ .. kenopāyena tuṣyeta vratena niyamena vā .. 135 .. > The goddess said: > Such is the power of Someśa, the lord of gods, the destroyer of sins. > By what means would he be pleased—by which vow or observance? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.136) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kathayāmi sphuṭaṃ dharmmaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai .. sa yena tuṣyate devaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ surasundari .. 136 .. > Īśvara said: > I shall explain clearly the dharma for the benefit of mortals, > by which that god is pleased; hear, O beauty among gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.137) nityopavāsanaktāni vratāni vividhāni ca .. tīrthe dānāni sarvāṇi pātre dattānyaśeṣataḥ .. 137 .. > Perpetual fasts, meals only at night, and various other vows; > all kinds of gifts given entirely to worthy recipients at sacred fords; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.138) tapaśca taptaṃ tenaiva snātaṃ tenaiva puṣkare .. kedāre tu jalaṃ tena gatvā pītaṃ tu niścitam .. 138 .. > austerity has been performed by him, ritual ablution has been taken by him at Puṣkara, > and water at Kedāra has certainly been drunk by him; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.139) tena dṛṣṭaṃ varārohe jyotirliṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. somavāravrataṃ divyaṃ yena cīrṇaṃ tu saṃśraye .. 139 .. > the jyotirliṅga of great radiance has been seen by him, O woman of shapely hips, > by whom the celestial vow of Monday has been undertaken in that refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.140) kimanyairbahubhirdānairdattaiḥ pātreṣu sundari .. 7.1.24.140 .. > What need is there for many other gifts given to worthy recipients, O beautiful one? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.141) pūjitaṃ yena bhāvena somavāradināṣṭa kam .. tena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ devi cīrṇaṃ tatra mahāvratam .. 141 .. > By whomsoever worship has been performed with devotion on a group of eight Mondays, > by him everything has been done, O goddess; the great vow has been observed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.142) itihāsamimaṃ pūrvaṃ kathayāmi tava priye .. yathāvṛttaṃ mahādevi somavāravrataṃ prati .. 142 .. > I shall relate an ancient narrative to you regarding this, O my beloved, > just as it occurred, O great goddess, concerning the Monday vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.143) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kailāsasya maheśāni uttare ca vyavasthitā.. niṣadhopari vistīrṇā purī nāma svayaṃprabhā .. .. 143 .. > Īśvara said: > Situated to the north of Kailāsa, O great sovereign, > spread out upon the Niṣadha mountain, is a city named Svayaṃprabhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.144) nānāratnasuśobhāḍhyā nānāgandharvasaṃkulā .. sarvāvayavasaṃpūrṇā śakrasyevāmarāvatī .. 144 .. > richly adorned with various jewels, crowded with various gandharvas, > complete in all its parts like Amarāvatī of Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.145) ghanavāhananāmā ca gandharvastatra tiṣṭhati .. bhuṃkte tatra mahābhogāndevairapi sudurlabhān .. 145 .. > A gandharva named Ghanavāhana dwells there; > he enjoys there great pleasures difficult to attain even for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.146) navayauvanasaṃyuktā bhāryā tasya manoharā .. prauḍhavākyā suśīlā ca pīnonnatapayodharā .. 146 .. > His captivating wife was endowed with fresh youth, > possessed of mature speech, good conduct, and full, raised breasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.147) tayā sārddhaṃ tu sambhogānbhuṃkte gaṃdharvanāyakaḥ .. utpannā tasya kālena putrī putrāṣṭakopari .. 147 .. > Together with her the leader of the gandharvas enjoyed pleasures; > in time, after eight sons, a daughter was born to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.148) sarvāvayavasaṃpannā sarvavijñānavedinī .. gaṃdharvasenā vikhyātā nāmnā sā parameśvari .. 148 .. > Endowed with all auspicious features, learned in all branches of knowledge, > she became famous by the name Gandharvasenā, O supreme sovereign. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.149) kanyānāṃ tu sahasreṣu pravarā rūpaśālinī .. kautūhalena sā pitrā proktā krīḍasva bhāmini .. 149 .. > She was foremost among thousands of maidens and endowed with great beauty. > Affectionately, her father said to her, "Play, O radiant maiden!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.150) udyāne ramaṇīye'tra nānādrumalatākule .. vṛkṣairanekaiḥ saṃkīrṇe phalapuṣpasamanvite .. 7.1.24.150 .. > “In this delightful garden crowded with various trees and creepers, / densely packed with many trees and endowed with fruits and flowers.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.151) evaṃ sā ramate nityaṃ kanyāparivṛtā sadā .. evaṃ dṛṣṭvā krīḍamānā mātā bhartāramabravīt ..151 .. > Thus she rejoiced constantly, always surrounded by maiden companions. / Seeing her playing in this way, her mother said to her husband: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.152) jīvitaṃ niṣphalaṃ svāminmama te saha bāṃdhavaiḥ .. yasyedṛśī gṛhe kanyā tiṣṭhate bhartṛvarjjitā .. 152 .. > “My life and yours together with our kinsmen is fruitless, my lord, / in whose house such a maiden remains without a husband.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.153) ityuktaḥ sa tu gaṃdharvo bhāryāṃ vacanamabravīt .. anveṣayāmi bharttāraṃ putryarthe tu manoharam .. 153 .. > Thus addressed, the gandharva said these words to his wife: / “I shall seek a charming husband for the sake of our daughter.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.154) ityuktvā''hvāpayāmāsa putrīṃ tāṃ ghanavāhanaḥ .. āhūtā pitṛmātṛbhyāṃ tvaritā''gatya sundari .. 154 .. > Having said this, Ghanavāhana summoned that daughter of his. / Summoned by her parents, having come swiftly, O beautiful woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.155) anukrameṇa sarveṣāṃ patitā pādayoḥ śubhā .. ādeśaṃ dehi me tāta ki nu kāryaṃ mayā''dhunā .. 155 .. > she, auspicious one, fell at the feet of all in due order: / “Give me a command, father! What task is to be done by me now?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.156) uktaṃ ca ghanavāhena harṣitena vacastataḥ .. he putri tava yaḥ kaścidvaraḥ saṃprati rocate .. divyaṃ drakṣye tvatsadṛśaṃ gaṃdharvāṇāṃ śiromaṇim .. 156 .. > Then these words were spoken by the delighted Ghanavāhana: / “O daughter, whichever bridegroom presently pleases you, / I shall see an extraordinary crest-jewel among the gandharvas worthy of you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.157) ityuktā krodhatāmrākṣī pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt .. mama rūpasya koṭyaṃśe kiṃ kopyasti jagattraye .. tacchrutvā cādbhutaṃ vākyaṃ pitā mātā ca mohitau.. 157 .. > Thus spoken to, her eyes red with anger, she said to her father: / “Is there anyone in the three worlds who equals even a ten-millionth part of my beauty?” / Hearing that astonishing statement, both mother and father were bewildered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.158) sarve viṣādamāpannā bāṃdhavāśca pare janāḥ .. aśobhanamidaṃ vākyaṃ kanyayā yatprabhāṣitam .. ityuktvā tu gatāḥ sarve jananījanabāṃdhavāḥ .. 158 .. > All their relatives and the other people fell into dejection. / “Unfitting are these words that have been spoken by the maiden!” / Having said this, her mother, people, and kinsmen all departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.159) sā tatraiva mahodyāne ramate sakhisaṃyutā .. hiṃḍolake samārūḍhā vasaṃte māsi bhāmini.. .. 159 .. > She continued to sport there in the great garden with her female friends, / mounted upon a swing in the month of spring, O spirited woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.160) tāvaddivyavimānasthaḥ śikhaṇḍī gaṇanāyakaḥ .. gacchankhe dadṛśe kanyāṃ rūpaudāryyasamākulām .. 7.1.24.160 .. > Meanwhile, the leader of the gaṇas, Śikhaṇḍin, situated in a divine aerial chariot / as he was traveling in the sky, saw the maiden endowed with beauty and majesty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.161) gītavādyena nṛtyena ramatīṃ dudubhisvanaiḥ .. sa mādhyāhnikasaṃdhyāyāmavatīrya vimānataḥ .. 161 .. > rejoicing with song, musical instruments, dance, and the sounds of drums. / Having descended from his aerial chariot at the midday juncture, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.162) krīḍamāno'psarobhistu tatrodyāne sthitastataḥ .. śuśrāva vākyaṃ kanyāyā gaṃdharvaduhitustadā .. 162 .. > he remained there in that garden, sporting with the apsarases. / Then he heard the words of the maiden, the gandharva’s daughter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.163) na ko'pi sadṛśo loke mama rūpeṇa dṛśyate .. devo vā dānavo vāpi koṭyaṃśe mama rūpataḥ .. 163 .. > “None in the world is seen equal to my beauty, / whether god or dānava, even to a ten-millionth part of my beauty.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.164) iti vākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā gaṇaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ .. śaśāpa tāṃ sucārvaṃgīṃ sāhaṃkārāṃ gaṇeśvaraḥ .. 164 .. > Then, having heard this statement, the gaṇa became filled with rage; / the lord of the gaṇas cursed that lovely-limbed, arrogant maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.165) .. gaṇa uvāca .. .. māṃ dṛṣṭvā yadviśālākṣi rūpasaubhāgyagarvitā .. samākṣipasi gaṃdharvāndevādyāṃścaiva garvitā .. 165 .. > The gaṇa said: / “Since, having seen me, O large-eyed woman, proud of your beauty and fortune, / you deride the gandharvas, gods, and others, full of vanity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.166) tasmātte garvasaṃyukte kuṣṭhamaṃge bhaviṣyati .. śrutvā śāpaṃ tataḥ kanyā bhayabhītā tapasvinī .. 166 .. > therefore, O proud woman, there shall be leprosy upon your body!” / Hearing the curse, the poor girl became terrified with fright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.167) sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatyāthānugrahārthamayācata .. bhagavanmama dīnāyāḥ śāpasyānugrahaṃ prabho .. prayaccha tvaṃ mahā bhāga naivaṃ kartrī punaḥ kvacit .. 167 .. > Prostrating with all eight limbs, she then begged for mercy: / “O lord, grant mercy from the curse unto me, a wretched woman, O master! / Grant it, O illustrious one! I shall never do such a thing again!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.168) ityuktastava kāruṇyācchikhaṇḍī gaṇanāyakaḥ .. anugrahaṃ dadau tasyā gaṃdharvaduhitustadā .. 168 ... .. > Being thus addressed, Śikhaṇḍin, the leader of the gaṇas, out of compassion / then granted mercy to her, the daughter of the gandharva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.169) .. śikhaṇḍyuvāca .. .. jātirūpeṇa saṃyukto vidyāhaṃkārasaṃpadā .. yo yena garvitaḥ prāṇī sa taṃ prāpya vinaśyati .. 169 .. > Śikhaṇḍin said: / “Endowed with birth and beauty, with learning and the wealth of ego— / whichever creature is proud of whatever quality, he perishes when possessed by it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.170) tasmādgarvo naiva kāryo garvasyaitatphalaṃ smṛtam .. śṛṇuṣvānugrahaṃ bāle śrutvā caivāvadhāraya .. 7.1.24.170.. > Therefore, pride should never be held; this is known as the fruit of pride. / Listen to the favor, O girl, and having heard it, keep it in mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.171) himavadvanamadhyastho gośṛṃga ṛṣipuṃgavaḥ .. kariṣyatyupakāraṃ sa evamuktvā gataḥ priye .. 171 .. > The foremost seer Gośṛṅga, situated in the midst of the forest of Himavat, / will perform a service for you.” Having spoken thus, O beloved, he departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.172) tāvatsaṃdhyā samāyātā tatkṣaṇādbhuvanāṃtare .. 172 .. > Meanwhile, the evening twilight arrived from another realm at that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.173) tato gaṃdharvvatanayā bhagnotsāhā natānanā .. parityajya vanaṃ ramyamāgatā pituraṃtike .. 173 .. > Then the daughter of the gandharva, her enthusiasm shattered and her face cast down, / abandoned the delightful forest and went into the presence of her father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.174) kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ kuṣṭhasaṃbhavam .. tacchrutvā śokasaṃtaptau pitarau vigataprabhau .. 174 .. > She recounted all that cause for the origin of the leprosy. / Hearing that, her parents, afflicted with sorrow, lost their luster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.175) himavaṃtaṃ giriṃ prāptau tvaritau sutayā saha .. gośṛṃgasya ṛṣestatra dadṛśāte tathāśramam .. 175 .. > Swiftly they reached the Himavat mountain along with their daughter. / There they saw the hermitage of the seer Gośṛṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.176) tatra madhyasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gośṛṃgamṛṣipuṃgavam .. praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau stutvā stotrairanekadhā .. 176 .. > Seeing Gośṛṅga, the foremost seer, seated in the middle of it, / bowing down like a staff upon the ground and praising him with various hymns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.177) upaviṣṭogratastasya praṇipatya punaḥpunaḥ .. provāca vacanaṃ tatra pūrvavṛttaṃ yathā'bhavat .. 177 .. > the \[gandharva\] sat before him; having bowed down again and again, / he spoke words there concerning what had happened before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.178) kathite caiva vṛttāṃte punaḥ papraccha kāraṇam.. pṛṣṭe tu kāraṇe tatra gaṃdharvaḥ proktavāṃstadā .. 178 .. > When the event had been told, he asked again for the remedy. / When the remedy was asked, the gandharva said then: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.179) .. gaṃdharva uvāca .. .. duhiturme śarīraṃ tu vyādhikuṣṭhenapīḍitam .. yenopaśamanaṃ yāti tattvaṃ karttumihārhasi .. 179 .. > The gandharva said: / “The body of my daughter is afflicted with the disease of leprosy. / You ought to do that here by which it may attain pacification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.180) prasādaṃ kuru viprarṣe mama dīnasya sāṃpratam .. yathā kuṣṭhaṃ śamaṃ yāti mama putryāstu kāraṇam .. .. 7.1.24.180 .. .. > Show grace, O brahmin-seer, to me, a wretched person, right now, / so that the leprosy of my daughter may be pacified.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.181) gośṛṃga uvāca .. .. bhārate tu mahātejāstiṣṭhatyudadhisannidhau .. devaḥ someśvaronāma sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ .. 181 .. > Gośṛṅga said: / “In Bhārata, indeed, near the ocean, there dwells the god of great splendor, / named Someśvara, worshiped by all gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.182) kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā hi saṃpūjya ekāhāreṇa mānavaiḥ .. sarvavyādhivināśāya sarvakāryārthasiddhaye .. 182 .. > Having waited for an opportune time, indeed, being worshiped by men eating one meal a day, / for the destruction of all diseases and for the accomplishment of all desired ends, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.183) somavāravrateneśaṃ samārādhaya śaṃkaram .. evaṃ kṛte vyādhināśastava putryā bhaviṣyati .. 183 .. > propitiate the Lord Śaṃkara with the vow of Somavāra. / When this is done, the destruction of the disease will happen for your daughter.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.184) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .. tatra gaṃtuṃ manaścakre someśārādhanaṃ prati .. 184 .. > Īśvara said: / Having heard those words of the great seer of purified mind, / he set his mind on going there, intent upon the worship of Someśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.24.184\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24.184_4) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrīsomeśvara varṇane somavāravratamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 24 .. > Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the Monday Vow in the Description of Glorious Someśvara,” in the First Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.24.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Prāsādamaṇḍana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.prasadamandana.1.318) — Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana, Sanskrit - [Śivadharmaśāstra (IFP/EFEO 860 copied from R2442 G.O.N.L., Madras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmasastra*ms-ifp-efeo-860-copied.1.304) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivācārapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivacarapradipika.345) — Gurudeva 1575, Sanskrit - [Aparājitapṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.aparajitaprccha.167.3) — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit - [Sanatkumārasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sanatkumara.31.3) — Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.7.5) — Sanskrit - [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p49) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.24) · Pramāṇa