[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) › 16.270 # Skandapurana 16.270 Skandapurāṇa 16.270 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.270.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi yatra prācī sarasvatī .. tatra sthāne sthitaṃ liṃgaṃ maṃkīśvaramiti śrutam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is. / In that place stands the liṅga known as Maṅkīśvara. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.2) tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm .. śṛṇu devi mahābhāge hyāścaryaṃ yadabhūtpurā .. 2 .. > I shall relate its origin, which destroys all sins. / Hear, O blessed goddess, what a wonder occurred formerly! 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.3) ṛṣirmaṃkaṇako nāma sa tepe paramaṃ tapaḥ .. prācīmetya yatāhāro nityaṃ svādhyāyatatparaḥ.. 3 .. > A seer named Maṅkaṇaka performed supreme austerity. / Coming to the eastward-flowing \[river\], with restrained food, he was constantly dedicated to sacred study. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.4) bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tasyātītāni bhāmini .. kasyacittvatha kālasya viddhādasya varānane .. 4 .. > Many thousands of years passed for him, O radiant woman. / But at some time, O fair-faced one, when he was pierced, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.5) karācchākaraso jātaḥ kuśāgreṇeti naḥ śrutam .. sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāścaryaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ..5.. > vegetable sap issued from his hand due to a blade of kuśa grass—so it is heard by us. / Seeing that great wonder, he was seized with supreme amazement. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.6) mene siddhiṃ parāṃ prāpto harṣānnṛtyamathākarot .. tasminsaṃnṛtyamāne ca jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam .. 6 .. > Believing he had attained the highest perfection, he then danced out of joy. / And as he danced, the universe of mobile and immobile beings 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.7) anarttata varārohe prabhāvāttasya vai muneḥ .. tato devā maheṃdrādyā brahmaviṣṇupurassarāḥ .. ūcustripurahaṃtāraṃ nāyaṃ nṛtyettathā kuru .. 7 .. > danced, O woman of shapely hips, through the power of that sage indeed. / Then the gods led by Mahendra, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at their head, / said to the slayer of Tripura: 'Act so that he does not dance! 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.8) calitāḥ parvatāḥ sthānātkṣubhito makarālayaḥ .. dharaṇī khaṇḍaśo deva vṛkṣāśca nidhanaṃ gatāḥ .. 8 .. > The mountains have moved from their place; the ocean is agitated; / the earth is in pieces, O god, and the trees have met destruction. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.9) utpathāśca mahānadyo grahā unmārgasaṃsthitāḥ .. trailokyaṃ vyākulībhūtaṃ yāvatprāpnoti saṃkṣayam ..9.. > The great rivers have gone astray, and the planets are wandering off course. / The three worlds have been confounded, and will soon meet destruction! 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.10) tāvannivārayasvainaṃ nānyaḥ śakto nivāraṇe .. 7.1.270.10 .. > Therefore restrain him; no other is capable of restraining \[him\].' 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.11) sa tatheti pratijñāya gatvā tasya samīpataḥ .. dvijarūpaṃ samāsthāya tamṛṣiṃ vākyamabravīt .. 11 .. > Saying 'So be it,' he approached him. / Assuming the form of a twice-born, he spoke these words to the seer: 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.12) ko harṣaviṣayaḥ kasmāttvayaitannṛtyate dvija .. tasmātkāryaṃ vadāśu tvaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ dvijaḥ .. 12 .. > 'What is this ground for joy? Why are you dancing thus, O twice-born? / Therefore speak quickly of the matter; the twice-born is filled with extreme curiosity.' 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.13) .. ṛṣiruvāca .. .. kiṃ na paśyasi me brahmankarācchākara saṃ cyutam.. ata eva hi me nṛtyaṃ siddho'haṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > The seer said: / 'Do you not see, O brahmin, the vegetable sap flowing from my hand? / This is why I am dancing; I have attained perfection, there is no doubt about this.' 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.14) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. aṃguṣṭhaṃ tāḍayāmāsa aṃgulyagreṇa bhāmini .. 14 .. > Īśvara said: / Hearing those words of his, the blessed destroyer of Tripura / struck his own thumb with the tip of a finger, O radiant one. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.15) tato vinirgataṃ bhasma tatkṣaṇāddhimapāṃḍuram .. athābravītprahasyainaṃ bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ .. 15 .. > Thereupon ashes issued forth instantly, white as snow. / Then, laughing, the blessed creator of beings said to him: 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.16) paśya meṃ'guṣṭhato brahmanbhūri bhasma vinirgatam .. na nṛtye'haṃ na me harṣastathāpi munisattama .. 16 .. > 'Look, O brahmin, copious ash has issued from my thumb! / Yet I do not dance, nor do I have joy, O best of sages.' 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.17) taddṛṣṭvā sumahāścaryaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. abravītprāṃjalirbhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā .. 17 .. > Seeing that very great wonder, he was seized with supreme amazement. / With joined palms, he spoke in a voice choked with joy: 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.18) nānyaṃ devamahaṃ manye .tvāṃ muktvā vṛṣabhadhvajam .. nānyasya vidyate śaktirīdṛśī dharaṇītale .. 18 .. .. > 'I consider no other god \[to exist\] besides you, whose emblem is the bull. / No one else possesses such power on the face of the earth.' 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.19) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. jñāto'smi muniśārdūla tvayā vedavidāṃ vara .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te nityaṃ yanmanasepsitam .. 19 .. > The Blessed One said: / 'I have been recognized by you, O tiger among sages, best among knowers of the Veda! / Choose a boon—may it be well with you—whatever your heart constantly desires.' 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.20) .. ṛṣiruvāca .. .. prasādāddevadevasya nṛtyena mahatā vibho .. yathā na syāttapohānistathā nītirvidhīyatām .. 7.1.270.20 .. > The seer said: / 'By the grace of the God of gods, O all-pervading lord, let a means be ordained / so that through this great dancing there may be no loss of austerity.' 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.21) .. śaṃbhuruvāca .. .. tapaste varddhatāṃ vipra matprasādātsahasradhā .. prācīmanviha vatsyāmi tvayā sārddhamahaṃ sadā .. 21 .. > Śambhu said: / 'May your austerity increase a thousandfold by my grace, O vipra! / Following the eastward-flowing \[river\], I shall constantly dwell here together with you. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.22) sarasvatī mahāpuṇyā kṣetre cāsminviśeṣataḥ .. sarasvatyuttare tīre yastyajedātmanastanum .. 22 .. > Sarasvatī is of great merit, and especially in this sacred field. / Whoever abandons his body on the northern bank of Sarasvatī, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.23) prācīne hyṛṣiśārdūla na cehāgacchate punaḥ .. āpluto vājimedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam .. 23 .. > on the eastern side, O tiger among sages, does not return here again. / Having bathed, one obtains the bountiful fruit of a horse-sacrifice. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.24) niyamaiścopa vāsaiśca śoṣayandehamātmanaḥ.. jalāhārā vāyubhakṣāḥ parṇāhārāśca tāpasāḥ .. tathā ca sthaṃḍilaśayā ye cānye niyatāḥ pṛthak ...24.. > Drying up their bodies by observances and fasts, / living on water, eating wind, subsisting on leaves—such ascetics— / and likewise those who sleep on the bare ground, and whatever other various restrained persons \[there may be\]— 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.25) ye snānamācariṣyaṃti tīrthe'sminniyamānvitāḥ .. te yāṃti paramāṃ siddhiṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padam .. 25 .. > those who perform ablutions in this sacred ford, endowed with observances, / attain the highest perfection, the supreme abode of Brahmā. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.26) asmiṃstīrthe tu yo dānaṃ truṭimātraṃ ca kāṃcanam .. dadāti dvijamukhyāya merutulyaṃ bhavetphalam ..26.. > And whoever gives even a particle of gold in this sacred ford / to an eminent twice-born, its fruit becomes equal to Mount Meru. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.27) asmiṃstīrthe tu ye śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃtīha mānavāḥ.. ekaviṃśatkulopetāḥ svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te dhruvam ..27.. > And whatever mortals perform an ancestral rite in this sacred ford, / they will surely go to heaven accompanied by twenty-one generations. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.28) pitṝṇāṃ vallabhaṃ tīrthaṃ piṃḍenaikena tarpitāḥ .. brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti suputreṇeha tāritāḥ .. 28 .. > This sacred ford is beloved by the ancestors; gratified by a single funeral cake, / delivered here by a good son, they will go to the world of Brahmā. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.29) bhūyaścānnaṃ prayacchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 29 .. > And they who continuously give food set out on the path of liberation. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.30) atra ye śubha karmāṇaḥ prabhāsasthāṃ sarasvatīm .. paśyaṃti tepi yāsyaṃti svargalokaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..7.1.270.30.. > Here, those of auspicious deeds who gaze upon Sarasvatī situated in Prabhāsa, / they too will go to the heavenly world, O best of the twice-born. 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.31) ye punastatra bhāvena narāḥ snānaparāyaṇāḥ .. brahmalokaṃ samāsādya te ramiṣyaṃti sarvadā .. 31 .. > Moreover, those people who are devoted to bathing there with faith, / having reached the world of Brahmā, they will rejoice forever. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.32) dadhi pradadyādyo'pīha brāhmaṇāya manoramam .. so'pyagnilokamāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān .. 32 .. > Whoever gives delightful curds to a brahmin here, / he too, having reached the world of Agni, enjoys exceedingly splendid pleasures. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.33) ūrṇāprāvaraṇaṃ yo'pi bhaktyā dadyāddvijottame .. so'pi yāti parāṃ siddhiṃ martyairanyaiḥ sudurlabhām .. 33 .. > Whoever also gives a woollen garment to an eminent twice-born with devotion, / he too attains supreme perfection, extremely hard to attain by other mortals. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.34) ye cātra malanāśāya viśeyurmānavā jalam .. gopradānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ sukhena phalamādiśet .. 34 .. > And those mortals who enter the water here for the destruction of impurities— / one may readily assign to them the fruit of giving a cow. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.35) bhāvena hi naraḥ kaścittatra snānaṃ samācaret .. sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 35 .. > If any person performs an ablution there with devotion, / freed from all sins, he is glorified in the world of Viṣṇu.' 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.36) tarpaṇātpiṃḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ .. svargaṃ prayāṃti pitaraḥ suputreṇeha tāritāḥ .. 36 .. > From libation and offering the funeral cake, even those dwelling in hells, / the ancestors, carried across by a good son here, go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.37) te labhaṃte'kṣayāṃllokā nbrahmaviṣṇvīśaśabditān .. bhūyastvannaṃ prayacchanti mokṣamārgaṃ labhaṃti te .. 37 .. > They attain imperishable worlds named after Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśa; / moreover, they grant food \[to their descendants\], and they attain the path to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.38) svarganiśreṇisaṃbhūtā prabhāse tu sarasvatī .. nāpuṇyavadbhiḥ saṃprāptuṃ puṃbhiḥ śakyā mahānadī .. 38 .. > The Sarasvatī, arising as a ladder to heaven in Prabhāsa, / this great river, cannot be attained by men devoid of merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.39) prācī sarasvatī caiva anyatraiva tu durlabhā .. viśeṣeṇa kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā .. 39 .. > Indeed, an eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is rare elsewhere, / \[found\] especially in Kurukṣetra, Prabhāsa, and likewise Puṣkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.40) prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya yonyattīrthaṃ hi mārgate .. sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya kūrpareṇa samācaret .. 7.1.270.40 .. > Whoever, having reached the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī, seeks another sacred ford, / casts away what is held in the hand and tries to act with the elbow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.41) kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā .. piṇyākeṃgudakenāpi piṃḍaṃ tatra dadāti yaḥ .. pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ bhūyātpitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati .. 41 .. > A ritual ablution on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight is always prescribed there; / whoever offers a funeral cake there, even with oil-cake or inguda-oil, / for him it will be inexhaustible for the ancestors, and he goes to the world of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.42) sarasvatīvāsasamā kuto ratiḥ sarasvatīvāsasamāḥ kuto guṇāḥ .. sarasvatīṃ prāpya gatā divaṃ narāḥ punaḥ smariṣyaṃti nadīṃ sarasvatīm .. 42 .. > Whence is there delight equal to dwelling by the Sarasvatī? Whence virtues equal to dwelling by the Sarasvatī? / Having reached the Sarasvatī, men who have gone to heaven will remember the river Sarasvatī again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.43) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. uktvaivaṃ bhagavāndevastatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. sāṃnidhyamakarottatra tataḥprabhṛti śaṃkaraḥ .. 43 .. > Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus, the blessed god vanished right there; / from that time forward, Śaṃkara took up his presence there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.44) atra gāthā purā gītā viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. snehārdreṇa ca cittena dharmaputraṃ prati priye .. 44 .. > In this regard, a song was formerly sung by all-powerful Viṣṇu, / with a heart wet with affection, addressed to the son of Dharma, O dear one: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.45) mā gaṃgāṃ vraja kauṃteya mā prayāgaṃ ca puṣkaram .. tatra gaccha kuruśreṣṭha yatra prācī sarasvatī .. 45 .. > “Do not go to the Gaṅgā, O son of Kuntī; do not go to Prayāga and Puṣkara; / go there, O best of the Kurus, where the Sarasvatī flows eastward.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.46) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. māhātmyaṃ ca sarasvatyā bhūyaḥ kiṃ śrotumicchasi .. 46 .. > All this has been told to you, which you asked of me, / as well as the māhātmya of Sarasvatī; what more do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.270.270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270.270) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prācīsarasvatīmaṃkīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 270 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Prācīsarasvatī and Maṅkīśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.270.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.270) · Pramāṇa