[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) › 16.273 # Skandapurana 16.273 Skandapurāṇa 16.273 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.273.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi śaṃḍatīrthamanuttamam .. sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unexcelled Śaṇḍatīrtha, / which calms all sins and grants the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.2) tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ priye .. purā paṃcaśirā āsīdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. 2 .. > I shall declare its origin; listen with single-minded focus, O dear one. / Formerly, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, was five-headed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.3) śirastasya mayā chinnaṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare .. tatra gaṃdhavatī jātā brahmaṇaḥ sā ca śoṇitaiḥ .. 3 .. > His head was cut off by me for a certain cause; / there the Gandhavatī arose, and that was from Brahmā's blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.4) tatrodgatā mahātālāstena tālavanaṃ smṛtam .. atha karatale lagnaṃ kapālaṃ brahmaṇo mama .. 4 .. > There great palm trees grew up; therefore it is known as Tālavana; / then the skull of Brahmā clung to the palm of my hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.5) śarīraṃ kṛṣṇatāṃ yātaṃ mama caiva vṛṣasya ca .. atha tīrthānyanekāni gatohaṃ pāpaśaṃkayā .. 5 .. > The body of mine and also of the bull became black; / then, in dread of the sin, I went to many sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.6) na kvacidvrajate pāpaṃ tataḥ prabhāsamāgataḥ .. kṣetre tatra mayā dṛṣṭā prācī devī sarasvatī .. 6 .. > Nowhere did the sin depart; then I came to Prabhāsa; / there in the sacred field I saw the goddess Prācī Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.7) tatra me vṛṣabhaḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭo jalamadhyataḥ .. tatkṣaṇācchvetatā prāpto muktohamapi hatyayā .. 7 .. > There my bull entered the middle of the water to bathe; / at that moment he attained whiteness, and I too was freed from the killing \[of the brahmin\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.8) karamadhye ca me lagnaṃ kapālaṃ patitaṃ tadā .. kapālamocanaścāsau liṃgarūpī sthito'bhavat .. 8 .. > And the skull clinging to the middle of my hand then fell off; / and it, as Kapālamocana, remained in the form of a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.9) tatrāpi yo dadecchrāddhaṃ prācīdevyāstu saṃnidhau .. mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ caiva tṛptaṃ kulaśataṃ tathā .. 9 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there too, in the presence of the goddess Prācī, / on the mother's and the father's side, a hundred generations are gratified, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.10) bhavecca tasya tṛptistu yāvatkalpāstu saptatiḥ .. māsa āśvayuje devi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī .. tatra dadyāttu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimāśritaḥ .. 7.1.273.10 .. > and their gratification shall last for as long as seventy kalpas. / In the month of Āśvayuja, O goddess, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / whoever gives a śrāddha there, having taken refuge in Dakṣiṇāmūrti, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.11) yathāvittopacāreṇa supātre ca yathāvidhi .. yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu tṛptāḥ syuste pitāmahāḥ .. 11 .. > according to one's wealth and ritual accessories, to a worthy recipient according to the rule, / for as long as a thousand yugas his ancestors shall be gratified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.12) annasuvarṇadānaṃ ca dadhikaṃbalameva ca .. tatra deyaṃ vidhānena sarvapāpopaśuddhaye .. 12 .. > A gift of food and gold, and curd and a blanket, / is to be given there according to the rule for the purification of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.13) kṛṣṇarūpī vṛṣo devi yadā śvetatvamāgataḥ .. śaṃḍatīrthamitikhyātaṃ tena trailokyapūjitam .. 13 .. > When the bull of black form attained whiteness, O goddess, / it was therefore renowned as Śaṇḍatīrtha, worshipped in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.273.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.273) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃḍatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trisaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 273 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-third chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Śaṇḍatīrtha,” 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.16.273.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273) · Pramāṇa