[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) › 16.25 # Skandapurana 16.25 Skandapurāṇa 16.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sa gandharvastadā devi ārirādhayiṣurbhavam .. somavāravrataṃnāma papraccha munisattamam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O goddess, that gandharva, wishing to propitiate Bhava, / asked the best of sages about the vow named Somavāravrata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.2) .. gandharva uvāca .. .. kathaṃ somavrataṃ kāryaṃ vidhānaṃ tasya kīdṛśam .. kasminkāle ca tatkāryaṃ sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 2 .. > The gandharva said: / “How is the Monday vow to be performed? What is its procedure? / And at what time is it to be observed? Tell me everything in detail.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.3) .. gośṛṃga uvāca .. .. sādhusādhu mahāprājña sarvasattvopakārakam .. yanna kasyacidākhyātaṃ tadadya kathayāmi te .. 3 .. > Gośṛṅga said: / “Excellent, excellent, O greatly wise one! Beneficial to all living beings, / that which has not been declared to anyone, I shall declare to you today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.4) sarvarogaharaṃ divyaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam .. somavāravrataṃnāma sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 4 .. > It dispels all diseases, is divine, and bestows all perfections; / it is named the Somavāravrata, and grants the fruits of all desires.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.5) sarvakālikamādeyaṃ varṇānāṃ śubhakārakam .. nārī naraiḥ sadā kāryaṃ dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā phalodayam .. 5 .. > It should be undertaken at all times, bringing welfare to all varnas. / It should always be observed by women and men, whether or not its fruition is seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.6) brahmaviṣṇvādibhirdevaiḥ kṛtametanmahāvratam .. punastu somarājena dakṣaśāpahatena ca .. 6 .. > This great vow was performed by the gods, beginning with Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / and then again by Somarāja, who had been struck down by Dakṣa's curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.7) ārādhito'nena śaṃbhuḥ śaṃbhudhyānapareṇa tu .. tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ somarājasya bhaktitaḥ ..7 .. > Śambhu was worshipped by him by means of this, intent as he was on meditating on Śambhu. / Thereupon Mahādeva was pleased by Somarāja's devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.8) tenoktaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si pratiṣṭhāstho niraṃtaram .. 8 .. > He said: 'If you are pleased, remain constantly installed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.9) yāvaccaṃdraśca sūryaśca yāvattiṣṭhaṃti bhūdharāḥ .. tāvanme sthāpitaṃ liṃgamumayā saha tiṣṭhatu .. 9 .. > As long as the moon and the sun, and as long as the mountains remain, / so long let the liṅga established by me remain together with Umā.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.10) sthāpitaṃ tu tadā tena prārthayitvā maheśvaram .. ātmanāmāṃkitaṃ kṛtvā tato rogairvyamucyata.. 7.1.25.10 .. > Then, having petitioned Maheśvara, it was established by him, / marking it with his own name; thereupon he was freed from diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.11) tataḥ śuddhaśarīro'sau gaganastho virājate .. 11 .. > Then, his body purified, he shines brightly situated in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.12) tadāprabhṛti ye kecitkurvaṃti bhuvi mānavāḥ .. te'pi tatpadamāyāṃti vimalāṃgāśca somavat .. 12 .. > From that time forward, whatever human beings on earth perform it, / they too attain that realm, their bodies spotless like the Moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.13) atha kiṃ bahunoktena vidhānaṃ tasya kīrttaye .. yasminkasmiṃśca māse vā śukle somasya vāsare .. .. 13.. > Now, what need of speaking at length? I shall describe its ritual procedure: / in whatever month, during the bright fortnight, on a Monday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.14) daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ purā brāhme kṛtvā snānaṃ samācaret .. svadharmavihitaṃ karma kṛtvā sthāne manorame .. 14 .. > having first used a tooth-stick during the brāhma-muhūrta, one should perform ritual ablution. / Having performed the rites prescribed by one's own duty, in a charming place, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.15) susame bhūtale śuddhe nyasya kumbhaṃ suśobhitam .. cūtapallavavinyaste caṃdanena sucitrite .. 15 .. > upon very level, pure ground, placing an auspiciously adorned pot, / set with mango shoots and beautifully painted with sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.16) śvetavastraparīdhāne sarvābharaṇabhūṣite .. ādau pātre tu saṃnyasya ādhārasahitaṃ śivam .. .. 16 .. > dressed in white garments and adorned with all ornaments, / having first placed Śiva together with his support in a vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.17) aṣṭamūrtyaṣṭakaṃ dikṣu somanāthaṃ saśaktikam .. umayā sahitaṃ tatra śvetapuṣpaiśca pūjayet .. 17 .. > one should worship Somanātha together with his Śakti in the directions with the group of eight forms, / accompanied by Umā, with white flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.18) vividhaṃ bhakṣyabhojyaṃ ca phalaṃ vai bījapūra kam .. anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa sarvaṃ tatraiva kārayet .. 18 .. > With various foods to chew and eat, and citron fruits, / one should carry out everything right there, with this very mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.19) oṃ namaḥ paṃcavaktrāya daśabāhutrinetriṇe .. śvetaṃ vṛṣabhamārūḍha śvetābharaṇabhūṣita .. 19 .. > 'Oṃ, homage to the five-faced, ten-armed, three-eyed one! / O you who mount the white bull, adorned with white ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.20) umādehārddhasaṃyukta namaste sarvamūrtaye .. anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa pūjāṃ homaṃ ca kārayet .. 7.1.25.20 .. > joined with half of Umā's body, homage to you, the embodiment of all!' / With this very mantra one should perform the worship and the fire-oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.21) kṛtvaivaṃ ca dine rātrau paśyaṃścaivaṃ svapennaraḥ .. darbhaśayyā samārūḍho dhyāyansomeśvaraṃ haram .. 21 .. > Having done this by day, during the night a man should sleep while contemplating thus, / mounted on a bed of darbha grass, meditating on Hara, Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.22) evaṃ kṛte'ṣṭādaśānāṃ kuṣṭhānāṃ nāśanaṃ bhavet .. dvitīye somavāre tu karaṃjaṃ dantadhāvanam .. 22 .. > When this is done, the destruction of the eighteen kinds of leprosy occurs. / On the second Monday, a karañja tooth-stick \[is to be used\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.23) devaṃ saṃpūjayetsūkṣmaṃ jyeṣṭhāśaktisamanvitam .. śatapatraiḥ pūjayitvā madhu prāśya yathāvidhi .. 23 .. > One should worship the subtle deity accompanied by the power Jyeṣṭhā; / having worshipped with lotuses and tasted honey according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.24) nāraṃgaṃ tatra dattvā tu śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret .. evaṃ kṛte dvitīye tu golakṣaphalamāpnuyāt .. 24 .. > and offering an orange there, one should perform the rest as before. / When this is done on the second \[Monday\], one obtains the fruit of a hundred thousand cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.25) somavāre tṛtīye tu apāmārgasamudbhavam .. daṃtakāṣṭhādikaṃ kṛtvā trinetraṃ ca prapūjayet .. 25 .. > On the third Monday, having made a tooth-stick / from the apāmārga plant and the like, one should worship the three-eyed one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.26) phalaṃ ca dāḍimaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet .. rajanyāmaṃguraṃ prāśya siddhiyuktaṃ tu pūjayet .. 26 .. > One should offer a pomegranate fruit and worship with jasmine flowers; / having tasted an sprout at night, one should worship \[him\] endowed with Siddhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.27) caturthe somavāre tu kāṣṭhamaudumbaraṃ smṛtam .. pūjayettatra gaurīśaṃ sūkṣmayā sahitaṃ tathā .. 27 .. > On the fourth Monday, the wood is stated to be that of the udumbara tree; / there one should worship the Lord of Gaurī together with Sūkṣmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.28) nārikelaphalaṃ dadyāddamanena prapūjayet .. śarkarāṃ prāśayedrātrau jāgaraṃ caiva kārayet .. 28 .. > One should offer a coconut and worship with damana \[leaves\]; / one should taste sugar at night and keep a vigil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.29) pañcame somavāre tu pūjayecca gaṇādhipam .. vibhūtyā sahitaṃ devaṃ kundapuṣpaiḥ prapūjayet.. 29 .. > On the fifth Monday, one should worship the lord of the gaṇas; / one should worship the deity accompanied by Vibhūti with kunda flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.30) āśvatthaṃ dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca arghyaṃ vai drākṣayā tathā .. mocaṃ ca prāśayedrātrāvaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 7.1.25.30 .. > An aśvattha tooth-stick \[is used\], and the water-offering is made with grapes; / and one should taste a plantain at night; one obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.31) ṣaṣṭhe somasya vāre tu surūpaṃ nāma pūjayet .. karpūraṃ prāśayettatra bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ .. 31 .. > On the sixth Monday, one should worship the one named Surūpa; / endowed with supreme devotion, one should taste camphor there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.32) saptame somavāre tu dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca mallikā .. sarvajñaṃ pūjayettatra dīptayā sahitaṃ tathā .. 32 .. > On the seventh Monday, the tooth-stick is of mallikā; / there one should worship the Omniscient One, together with Dīptā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.33) jambīraṃ ca phalaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet .. lavaṅgaṃ prāśayettatra tasyānantaphalaṃ bhavet .. 33 .. > One should offer a lime fruit and worship with jasmine flowers; / one should taste clove there; its fruit is endless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.34) aṣṭame somavāre tu amoghāyutamīśvaram .. kadalīphalakenārghyaṃ marubakena pūjayet .. rātrau tu prāśayeddugdhamagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet .. 34 .. > On the eighth Monday, \[one should worship\] Īśvara accompanied by Amoghā; / one should offer the water-offering with a plantain fruit and worship with marubaka; / at night one should consume milk; one obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.35) gaṃgāsnāne kṛte samyakkoṭidhā yatphalaṃ smṛtam .. daśahemasahasrāṇāṃ kurukṣetre ravergrahe .. 35 .. > Whatever fruit is remembered as being multiplied ten-millionfold upon making a proper ablution in the Gaṅgā, / \[or by the gift\] of ten thousand \[pieces\] of gold at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.36) brāhmaṇe vedaviduṣe yaddattvā phala māpnuyāt .. tatpuṇyaṃ koṭiguṇitamasminnācarite vrate .. 36 .. > whatever fruit one obtains by giving to a brahmin learned in the Vedas, / that merit is multiplied ten-millionfold when this vow is performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.37) gajānāṃ tu śate datte lakṣe ca rathavājinām.. tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ somavāravrate kṛte .. 37 .. > Whatever fruit \[comes\] when a hundred elephants and a hundred thousand chariot-horses are given, / that fruit is multiplied ten-millionfold when the Monday vow is performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.38) guggulordhūpanaṃ kṛtvā koṭiśo yatphalaṃ labhet .. tatpuṇyaṃ tu bhavettasya somavāravrate kṛte .. 38 .. > Whatever fruit one obtains ten-millionfold by burning guggulu incense, / that merit belongs to him when the Monday vow is performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.39) sarvaiśvaryasamāyuktaḥ śivatulyaparākramaḥ .. rudraloke vasettāvadbrahmaṇaḥ pralayāvadhi .. 39 .. > Endowed with all sovereignty, with prowess equal to Śiva's, / he dwells in the realm of Rudra until the dissolution of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.40) saṃprāpte navame vāre kuryādudyāpanaṃ śubham .. yathā bhavati gandharva tathā vakṣyāmi te'dhunā .. 7.1.25.40 .. > When the ninth Monday arrives, one should perform the auspicious concluding rite. / O Gandharva, I shall now tell you how it is performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.41) maṃḍalaṃ maṃḍapaṃ kuṇḍaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam .. toraṇāni ca catvāri kuṇḍaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .. 41 .. > A circle, a pavilion, and a sacrificial pit adorned with banners and flags, / and four archways, having made a sacrificial pit according to the rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.42) madhye vediḥ prakarttavyā caturasrā suśobhanā .. niṣpādya maṃḍalaṃ tatra madhye padmaṃ prakalpayet .. 42 .. > an altar should be constructed in the middle, four-cornered and very beautiful. / Having drawn a maṇḍala there, one should fashion a lotus in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.43) kalaśānaṣṭadigbhāge sahiraṇyānpṛthakpṛthak .. sthāpayitvā tu śaktistā vāmādyāḥ pūrvataḥ kramāt.. 43 .. > Having placed pots in the eight directions, separately, each with gold, / \[and having invoked\] those powers, Vāmā and the others, in order starting from the east, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.44) karṇikāyāṃ tu padmasya śrīsomeśaṃ mahāprabham.. pratimārūpasaṃpannaṃ hemajaṃ śaktisaṃyutam .. 44 .. > upon the pericarp of the lotus, \[one should install\] the glorious Someśa, the great lord, / fashioned as an image made of gold, endowed with his power, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.45) rukmaśayyāsamārūḍhaṃ manonmanyā samanvitam .. hemapātrādike pātre madhunā paripūrite .. 45 .. > mounted upon a golden couch, accompanied by Manonmanī. / In a gold vessel or other vessel filled with honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.46) rukmaśayyāsamācchanne tatrasthaṃ pūjayetkramāt .. anaṃtādiśikhaṃḍyaṃtairnāmabhiḥ kramaśo'rcayet .. 46 .. > covered with a golden bed, one should worship him situated there in due order; / one should worship him successively with names beginning with Ananta and ending with Śikhaṇḍin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.47) gandhasragdhūpadīpaiśca naivedyaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. vastrālaṃkāratāṃbūlacchatracāmaradarppaṇam .. 47 .. > With scents, garlands, incenses, lamps, and various kinds of food-offerings, / garments, ornaments, betel, umbrella, chowrie, and mirror, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.48) dīpaghaṃṭāvitānaṃ ca paryaṃkaṃ ca satū likam .. someśvaraṃ samuddiśya deyaṃ paurāṇike gurau .. 48 .. > a lamp, a bell, a canopy, and a couch with a mattress— / dedicating them to Someśvara, they should be given to the Purāṇic guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.49) bhūṣayitvā tathā''cāryyaṃ homaṃ tatraiva kārayet .. balikarmāvasāne ca rātrau tatraiva jāgṛyāt .. 49 .. > Having thus adorned the ācārya, one should perform the fire-oblation right there; / and at the end of the offering-rite, one should keep a vigil right there at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.50) pañcagavyaṃ tataḥ pītvā dhyāyetsomeśvaraṃ hṛdi .. prabhāte tu tataḥ snātvā dhyāyettaṃ ca vidhānataḥ .. 7.1.25.50 .. > Then, having drunk the five products of the cow, one should meditate on Someśvara in one's heart. / In the morning, having bathed, one should meditate on him according to the prescribed rules. 50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.51) tato bhaktyā ca gaṃdharva kṣīrakhaṇḍādinirmmitam .. bhakṣyabhojyairanekaiśca bhojayedbrāhmaṇānatha .. 51 .. > Then with devotion, O Gandharva, he should feed the brahmins / with various foods and refreshments prepared with sweetmeats and milk. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.52) vastrayugmaṃ tato dattvā gāṃ ca dattvā visarjayet .. 52 .. > Then, having given a pair of garments and given a cow, he should dismiss them. 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.53) evaṃ cīrṇavrataḥ samyaglabhate puṇyamakṣayam .. dhanadhānyasamṛddhātmā putradārasamanvitaḥ .. 53 .. > One who has properly performed this vow attains imperishable religious merit, / enriched with wealth and grain, endowed with sons and a wife. 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.54) na kule jāyate tasya daridro duḥkhito'pivā .. aputro labhate putrānvandhyā putravatī bhavet .. 54 .. > In his family, no one is born poor or miserable; / one who has no son obtains sons, and a barren woman becomes a mother of sons. 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.55) kākavaṃdhyā tu yā nārī mṛtavatsā ca durbhagā .. kanyāprasūśca yā kāryamābhiretadviśeṣataḥ .. 55 .. > A woman who bears only one child, one whose children die, an unfortunate woman, / and one who gives birth only to daughters—this \[vow\] should especially be undertaken by them. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.56) evaṃ kṛte vidhāne tu dehapāte śivaṃ vrajet .. kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca .. bhuṃkte'sau vipulānbho gānyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 56 .. > When the rite has been performed thus, at the fall of the body he goes to Śiva. / For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas, / until the dissolution of all beings, he enjoys vast pleasures. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.57) iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ somavāravrataṃ kramāt .. gaccha śīghraṃ mahābhāga yatra someśvaraḥ sthitaḥ .. 57 .. > Thus the entire Monday vow has been declared to you in due order. / Go swiftly, O fortunate one, where Someśvara resides. 57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.58) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktaḥ saca gandharvaḥ putryā saha varānane .. sarvopahārasaṃyuktaḥ prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ .. 58 .. > Īśvara said: / Thus addressed, O fair-faced one, that Gandharva, together with his daughter / and equipped with all offerings, took refuge in Prabhāsa-kṣetra. 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.59) tatra someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā ānandāśrupariplutaḥ .. yātrākrameṇa saṃpūjya cakre somavrataṃ kramāt .. 59 .. > Beholding Someśvara there, overwhelmed with tears of joy, / having worshipped according to the procedure of the pilgrimage, he performed the Soma-vow in due order. 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.69) putryā saha mahābhāgastasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ.. sarvarogavināśaṃ ca sarvakāmasamṛddhidam.. dadau gandharvarājyaṃ ca bhaktiṃ caivātmanastathā .. 69 .. > Together with his daughter, that fortunate one \[worshipped him, and\] Maheśvara was pleased with him. / The destroyer of all diseases, the granter of the fulfillment of all desires, / he gave \[him\] the kingdom of the Gandharvas and devotion to himself. 69. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.25.69\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.25.69_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye someśvaramāhātmyavarṇane gandharvakanyāvṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 .. > Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, named 'The Narrative of the Gandharva's Daughter,' in the description of the māhātmya of Someśvara, in the first Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the venerable Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 25. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.25.1) — English, machine 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