[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) › 16.278 # Skandapurana 16.278 Skandapurāṇa 16.278 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.278.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.1) ..īśvara uvāca.... tato gacchenmahādevi śūlasthānamiti śrutam.. devikāyāstaṭe ramye bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram .. 1 .. > The Lord said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the renowned place called Śūlasthāna, / to the Sun who repels thieves, on the charming bank of the Devikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.2) yatrātapattapo ghoraṃ vālmīkirmunipuṃgavaḥ .. vālmīkināmā viprarṣiryatra siddho mahāmuniḥ .. 2 .. > where Vālmīki, the best of sages, practiced fierce austerity, / where the great sage, the brahmin-seer named Vālmīki, attained perfection, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.3) yatra saptarṣayo muṣṭāstenaiva muninā priye .. tasyaiva paścime bhāge marīcipramukhā dvijāḥ .. 3 .. > where the Seven Seers, the twice-born headed by Marīci, / were robbed by that very sage on its western side, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.4) .. devyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ tu siddho vālmīkiḥ kathaṃ caurye'karonmanaḥ .. kathaṃ saptarṣayo muṣṭā etanme vada śaṃkara .. 4 .. > The goddess said: / How did Vālmīki attain perfection? And why did he set his mind on robbery? / How were the Seven Seers robbed? Tell me this, O Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.5) .. īśvara uvāca.. .. āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo devi nāmnā khyātaḥ śamīmukhaḥ .. gārhasthye vartamānasya tasya putro vyajāyata .. vaiśākha iti nāmnā'sau raudrakarmā vyajāyata .. 5 .. > The Lord said: / Formerly, O goddess, there was a brahmin renowned by the name Śamīmukha. / While he was leading the householder life, a son was born to him; / born with the name Vaiśākha, he became one of cruel deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.6) muktvaikāṃ guruśuśrūṣāṃ nānyatkiṃcidasau dvijaḥ .. akarocchobhanaṃ karma divāprabhṛti nityaśaḥ .. 6 .. > Except for service to his guru alone, that twice-born performed no other / auspicious action whatsoever, from morning onwards and constantly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.7) atha kālena mahatā pitarau tasya tau priye .. vārddhakyabhāvamāpannau bhartavyau tasya vihvalau .. 7 .. > Then, after a long time, my beloved, his two parents / reached old age, trembling and in need of support from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.8) sa nityaṃ padavīṃ gatvā muṣṭvā lokānsvaśaktitaḥ .. dravyamādāya pitarau bhāryāṃ cāpi pupoṣa ca .. 8 .. > Going out daily to the road and robbing people according to his might, / he took their wealth and supported his parents and his wife as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.9) kasyacittvatha kālasya tena mārgeṇa gacchataḥ .. saptarṣīṃśca tadāpaśyattīrthayātrāparāyaṇān .. 9 .. > Then, at a certain time, as he was going along that road, / he saw the Seven Seers devoted to a pilgrimage to holy fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.10) tāndṛṣṭvā yaṣṭimudyamya bhartsayanpa ruṣākṣaraiḥ .. vākyairuvāca tānsarvāṃstiṣṭhadhvamiti bhūriśaḥ .. 7.1.278.10 .. > Seeing them, he raised his staff, threatening them with harsh words, / and said to them all, repeatedly shouting, "Halt!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.11) atha te munayaḥ śāṃtāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ .. samāḥ śatrau ca mitre ca roṣarāgavivarjitāḥ .. 11 .. > Then those peaceful sages, to whom a clod of earth, a stone, and gold were alike, / who were equal toward enemy and friend, free from anger and passion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.12) asmākaṃ darśanaṃ cāsya saṃbhāṣyamṛṣibhiḥ saha .. saṃjātaṃ niṣphalaṃ mā syādityuvācāṃgirā vacaḥ .. 12 .. .. > \[spoke amongst themselves\]. "Our sight and conversation with the seers / must not become fruitless for him," thus spoke the words of Aṅgiras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.13) .. aṃgirā uvāca .. .. bhobhostaskara me vākyaṃ śṛṇuṣvāvahitaḥ kṣaṇāt .. ātmanastu hitārthāya satyaṃ caiva vadāmyaham .. tava kaḥ poṣyavargo'sti tacca sarvaṃ vadasva me .. 13 .. > Aṅgiras said: / "Listen to my words with an attentive mind for a moment, O thief. / For your own benefit, I am telling you the truth: / Who makes up your family of dependents? Tell me all of that." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.14) .. taskara uvāca .. .. syātāṃ me pitarau vṛddhau bhāryaikā'patyavarjjitā .. ekā dāsī hyahaṃ ṣaṣṭho nānyadastyadhikaṃ mune .. 14 .. > The thief said: / "There are my aged parents, one wife without offspring, / one female servant, and myself as the sixth. There is no one else, O sage." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.15) .. aṃgirā uvāca .. .. gatvā pṛcchasva tānsarvānpuṣṭānpāpārjitairdhanaiḥ.. ahaṃ karomi pāpāni sarve yūyaṃ tu bhakṣakāḥ ..15.. > Aṅgiras said: / "Go and ask all of them who are nourished with wealth acquired through sin: / 'I commit sins, but you are all the consumers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.16) tatpāpaṃ bhavitā kasya kathayaṃtviti me laghu .. tathaiva gatvā papraccha pitarau tāvathocatuḥ ..16.. > whose sin will that be? Let them tell me quickly.'" / Having gone there just so, he questioned his parents. Then they said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.17) .. mātāpitarāvūcatuḥ.. .. ekaḥ pāpāni kurute phalaṃ bhuṃkte mahā janaḥ .. bhoktāro vipramucyaṃte kartā doṣeṇa lipyate ..17.. > The mother and father said: / "One person commits sins, but a great crowd enjoys the fruit. / The consumers are released; the agent is tainted by the fault. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.18) yaḥ karotyaśubhaṃ karma kuṭuṃbārthaṃ tu maṃdadhīḥ.. ātmā na vallabhastasya nūnaṃ puṃsaḥ supāpinaḥ .. 18 .. > The dull-witted person who performs an inauspicious deed for the sake of his family / certainly does not hold his own self dear, being a great sinner." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.19) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tayoḥ sa vacanaṃ śrutvā punarbhītamanāstadā .. tayostu saṃnatiṃ kṛtvā pitarau punarabravīt.. 19 .. > Īśvara said: / Having heard their words, his mind was frightened again at that time. / Having bowed to them, he spoke once more to his parents: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.20) yuvābhyāṃ hitamevāhaṃ yatkaromyaśubhaṃ kvacit .. tasyāṃśaṃ bhujyate kiṃcidyuvābhyāṃ vā na vocyatām ..7.1.278.20.. > "Whatever inauspicious deed I commit anywhere is only for the welfare of you both. / Is some portion of it enjoyed by you two, or not? Let it be told." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.21) .. pitarāvūcatuḥ .. .. pūrve vayasi putra tvamāvābhyāṃ pālya eva hi .. uttare tu vayaṃ pālyāḥ samyakputra tvayā punaḥ .. 21 .. > The parents said: / "In earlier age, O son, you were indeed to be maintained by us; / but in the later age, we are again properly to be maintained by you, O son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.22) itaretaradharmo'yaṃ nirdiṣṭaḥ padmayoninā .. āvābhyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ karma yuṣmadarthaṃ śubhāśubham .. bhokṣyāmo vayameveha tatsarvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. .22 .. > This reciprocal duty has been ordained by the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\]. / Whatever auspicious or inauspicious deed was done by us for your sake, / all of that we alone shall experience here; there is no doubt of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.23) atha tvamapi yadvatsa prakaroṣi śubhāśubham .. bhokṣyase sakalaṃ tadvatsvayaṃ nānyaḥ paratra ca ..23.. > So too, child, whatever auspicious or inauspicious deed you perform, / you yourself shall experience all of that in like manner in the next world, not anyone else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.24) avaśyaṃ svayamaśnāti kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham. tasmānnareṇa kartavyaṃ śubhaṃ karma vipaścitā .. 24 .. > One inevitably experiences the auspicious or inauspicious deed done by oneself. / Therefore, an auspicious deed ought to be performed by a wise man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.25) cauryaṃ vātha kṛṣiṃ vātha kusīdaṃ vātha putraka .. vāṇijyamathavā preṣyaṃ kṛtvā'smākaṃ ca bhojanam .. aharniśaṃ tvayā deyaṃ na doṣo'smāsu putraka .. 25 .. > Whether by theft, by farming, by usury, O son, / or by trade, or by servant-work—having done it, food / must be given to us day and night by you. There is no fault in us, O child." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.26) tābhyāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato bhāryāmabhāṣata . tadeva vākyaṃ sā'vocadyatproktaṃ gurubhiḥ purā .. tato vairāgyamāpanno vaiśākho munisattamaḥ .. 26 .. > Having heard that statement from the two of them, he then spoke to his wife. / She spoke the very same words that had been said before by his parents. / Then Vaiśākha, the best of sages, fell into renunciation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.27) garhayannevamātmānaṃ bhūyobhūyaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ .. dhiṅmāṃ duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ pāpakarmarataṃ sadā .. 27 .. > Thus reproaching himself again and again, exceedingly distressed: / "Fie upon me, a doer of wicked deeds, constantly delighting in sinful action, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.28) vivekena parityaktaṃ satsaṃgena vivarjitam .. yaḥ karoti naraḥ pāpaṃ na sevayati paṃḍitān .. na cātmā vallabhastasya etanme vartate hṛdi .. 28 .. > abandoned by discernment, bereft of good company! / The man who commits sin and does not serve the wise / does not love his own self; this remains firmly in my heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.29) evaṃ vikalpahṛdayo gatvā sa ṛṣisannidhau .. uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā gamyatāmiti sādaram .. .. 29 .. > With his heart thus troubled, going into the presence of the seers, / he spoke with gentle words, saying with respect, "Please go on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.30) vṛsī pragṛhyatāmeṣā tathaiva ca kamaṇḍaluḥ .. valkalāni ca cīrāṇi mṛgacarmāṇyaśeṣataḥ .. 7.1.278.30 .. > Let this seat of darbha-grass be taken, and likewise the water-pot, / and the bark garments, rags, and deer skins in their entirety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.31) kṣamyatāmaparādho me dīnasya kṛpaṇasya ca .. satsaṃgena viyuktasya mūrkhasya munisattamāḥ .. 31 .. > Let my offense be forgiven, \[wretched\] as I am, miserable and poor, / deprived of the company of the good, foolish, O best of sages! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.32) adyaprabhṛti nivṛttaḥ karmaṇo'syāhameva ca .. raudrasya sunṛśaṃsasya sādhubhirgarhitasya ca .. tasmātkathayatāsmākaṃ nivṛttiṃ cāsya karmaṇaḥ..32.. > From this day forth, I have turned away from this deed / which is terrible, very cruel, and censured by the virtuous. / Therefore, tell me how to turn away from this deed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.33) yena yuṣmatprasādena pāpānmokṣamahaṃ vraje.. upavāso'tha mantro vā niyamo vātha saṃyamaḥ..33.. > so that by your grace I may attain release from sin— / whether by fasting, a mantra, an observance, or self-restraint." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.34) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. .. sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vatsa tattvamekamanāḥ śṛṇu.. saṃgṛhya kīrtayiṣyāmastvayā''khyeyaṃ na kasyacit..34.. > The seers said: / "Well asked by you, child! Listen to the reality with single-minded attention. / We shall explain it concisely; it must not be told by you to anyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.35) tena japtena pāpatmanmokṣaṃ prāpsyasi niścitam.. jhāṭaghoṭastvayā kīrttyo mantro'yaṃ caturakṣaraḥ..35.. > Through muttering it, O sinful soul, you will certainly obtain liberation. / This four-syllable mantra must be recited by you: 'jhāṭa-ghoṭa'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.36) sarvapāpaharo nṛṇāṃ svargamokṣaphalapradaḥ.. sa tadaivaṃ hi taiḥ prokto vaiśākho munipuṃgavaiḥ .. tasthau jāpyaparo nityaṃ gatāste munipuṃgavāḥ .. 36 .. > It removes all sins for humans and bestows the fruit of heaven and liberation." / Having been told thus by those bull-like sages, / Vaiśākha remained constantly intent on recitation, and those bull-like sages departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.37) tasyaivaṃ japato devi devikāyāstaṭe śubhe .. aniśaṃ guru bhaktasya samādhiḥ samapadyata .. 37 .. > As he was thus reciting continuously on the auspicious bank of the Devikā, O goddess, / absorption arose for him who was devoted to the guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.38) kṣutpipāsā tadā naṣṭā śuddhimāyātkalevaram .. 38 .. > Then hunger and thirst vanished, and his body attained purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.39) maṃtre tīrthe dvije deve daivajñe bheṣaje gurau .. yādṛśī bhāva nā yasya siddhirbhavati tādṛśī .. 39 .. > In a mantra, a sacred ford, a brahmin, a deity, an astrologer, a medicine, and a guru, / of whatever nature a person's faith is, such is their perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.40) nirmalo'yaṃ svabhāvena paramātmā yathā hitaḥ .. upādhisaṃgamāsādya vikāraṃ sphaṭiko yathā.. 7.1.278.40 .. > Just as the Supreme Self is pure by nature and beneficent, / yet undergoes transformation through contact with limiting adjuncts, like a crystal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.41) yathā ca bhramarī vaṃdhyā labdhvā jīvamaṇuṃ kvacit .. svasthāne sthāpya taṃ dhyāyedbhramarī dhyānasaṃyutā .. 41 .. > and just as a barren female wasp, having found a tiny living worm somewhere, / placing it in her own abode, meditates upon it with concentrated thought, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.42) sa tu taddhyānasaṃvṛddho jīvo bhavati tādṛśaḥ .. anyayonyudbhavo vāpi tathā nidarśanaṃ satām..42.. > and that living being, grown through meditation upon it, becomes just like that, / even if born in another womb—such is the illustration of the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.43) ādiṣṭo guruṇā yaśca vikalpaṃ yadi gacchati.. nāsau siddhimavāpnoti maṃdabhāgyo yathā nidhim.. !.. 43 .. > And if someone instructed by a guru falls into doubt, / he does not obtain perfection, just as an unfortunate man fails to find a treasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.44) evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi samatītāni bhūriśaḥ.. tasya jāpyaparasyaiva amṛtatvaṃ gatasya ca .. 44 .. > In this way, many thousands of years passed away / for him who was intent on muttering and who had attained immortality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.45) tataḥ kālakrameṇaiva valmīkena sa veṣṭitaḥ .. yenāsau sarvato vyāpto na ca taṃ sa bubodha vai .. 45 .. > Then, in the course of time, he was surrounded by an anthill, / by which he was covered on all sides, and he did not notice it at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.46) kasyacittvathakālasya munayaste samāgatāḥ .. taṃ pradeśaṃ tu saṃprekṣya sahāyyamitaretaram.. ūcuḥ parasparaṃ sarve dattvā caiva karaiḥ karam ..46.. > Then after some time, those sages arrived. / Beholding that region, joining together in mutual support, / and placing hand in hand, they all said to one another: 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.47) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. atrāsau taskaraḥ prāpto vaiśākho dāruṇākṛtiḥ .. yena sarve vayaṃ muṣṭā asmi nsthāne samāgatāḥ .. 47 .. > The seers said: / "Here that robber arrived, Vaiśākha of cruel form, / by whom we were all plundered when we assembled at this place." 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.48) evaṃ saṃjalpamānāste śuśruvuḥ śabdamuttamam .. valmīkamadhyato vyaktaṃ tataste kautukānvitāḥ .. 48 .. > As they were conversing in this manner, they heard a wonderful sound / clearly coming from within an anthill; thereupon, filled with curiosity, 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.49) akhanaṃstatra valmīkaṃ kuśībhiḥ parvatopamam .. 49 .. > they dug open that mountain-like anthill there with spades. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.50) atha te dadṛśustatra viśākhaṃ munisattamāḥ .. japaṃtamasakṛnmatraṃ tameva caturakṣaram .. 7.1.278.50 .. > Then, O best of sages, they saw Viśākha there, / repeatedly chanting that very same four-syllabled mantra. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.51) taṃ samādhigataṃ jñātvā bheṣajairyogasaṃmataiḥ .. mamarduḥ sarvato viprāstatra suptatanau bhṛśam .. 51 .. > Recognizing that he had attained absorption (samādhi), the brahmins vigorously rubbed / his dormant body all over with medicines approved by yoga. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.52) tato'bravīdṛṣrīnsarvānsvamarthaṃ gṛhyatāṃ dvijāḥ .. yuṣmadīyaṃ gṛhītaṃ yatpā penākṛtabuddhinā .. 52 .. > Then he said to all the seers: "O twice-born ones, take back your property / that was seized by me, a sinner of unrefined intellect! 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.53) gamyatāṃ tīrthayātrāyāṃ sarve muktā mayā dvijāḥ .. vācyau me pitarau gatvā tathā bhāryā dvijottamāḥ .. 53 .. > Go on your pilgrimage to the sacred fords; all of you, O twice-born ones, are released by me. / Having gone, O best of brahmins, tell my parents and my wife: 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.54) sarva saṃgaparityakto viśākhaḥ samapadyata .. darśanaṃ kāṃkṣate naiva bhavadbhistu yathā purā .. 54 .. > Viśākha has become one who has renounced all attachment; / he no longer desires to see you as before." 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.55) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. bahuvarṣāṇyatītāni tavātra vasato mune .. sarve te nidhanaṃ prāptā ye cānye te kuṭuṃbinaḥ .. 55 .. > The seers said: / "Many years have passed while you have dwelled here, O sage. / All those family members of yours, and others as well, have met their death. 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.56) vayaṃ cirātsamāyātāḥ sthāne'sminmunisattamāḥ .. sa tvaṃ siddhimanuprāpto maṃtrādasmādasaṃśayam .. 56 .. > We, best of sages, have returned to this place after a long time. / You have surely attained perfection (siddhi) from this mantra, without a doubt. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.57) yasmāttvaṃ maṃtramekāgro dhyāyanvalmīkamāśritaḥ .. tasmādvālmīkināmā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi mahītale .. 57 .. > Because you, single-minded in meditating on the mantra, took shelter within an anthill (valmīka), / therefore you will be known on earth by the name Vālmīki. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.58) svacchaṃdā bhāratī devī jihvāgre te bhaviṣyati .. kṛtvā rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyaṃ tato mokṣaṃ gamiṣyasi.. 58 .. > The goddess Bhāratī will dwell at the tip of your tongue at will. / Having composed the poem Rāmāyaṇa, you will then attain liberation." 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.59) viśākha uvāca .. gṛhyatāṃ dvijaśārdūlāḥ prasannā gurudakṣiṇām.. yenāhamanṛṇo bhūtvā karomi sumahattapaḥ .. 59 .. > Viśākha said: / "O tigers among the twice-born, being pleased, accept a teacher's fee, / so that, freed from debt, I may perform great austerity." 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.60) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. eṣā no dakṣiṇā vipra yastvaṃ siddhimupāgataḥ .. sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā kṛtakṛtyā vayaṃ mune .. 7.1.278.60 .. > The seers said: / "This is our fee, O brahmin: that you have attained perfection. / With your soul fulfilled in all desires, O sage, we have achieved our purpose. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.61) varaṃ varaya bhūyastvaṃ yaste manasi vartate .. 61 .. > Choose a boon further, whatever is in your mind." 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.62) .. vālmīkiruvāca .. .. bhavaṃto yadi tuṣṭā me yadi deyo varo mama .. kathyatāṃ tarhi me śīghraṃ ko devo hyatra saṃsthitaḥ .. devikāyāstaṭe ramye sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ .. 62 .. > Vālmīki said: / "If you are pleased with me, if a boon is to be given to me, / then tell me quickly: which god resides here / on the charming bank of the Devikā, granting the fruit of all desires?" 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.63) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. śṛṇuṣvaikamanā vipra yo devaścātra saṃsthitaḥ .. paśya niṃbamimaṃ vipra bahuśākhāpravistaram .. 63 .. > The seers said: / "Listen with single-minded attention, O brahmin, to which god resides here: / behold this neem tree, O brahmin, with its widespread branches! 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.64) asya mūle sthitaḥ sūryyaḥ kalpādau brahmaṇoṃ'śajaḥ .. tamārādhaya yattesāvasya sthānasya devatā .. 64 .. > At its root Sūrya resides, born from a portion of Brahmā at the beginning of the kalpa. / Worship him diligently, for he is the deity of this place. 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.65) sūryakṣetraṃ samākhyātamidaṃ gavyūtimātrakam .. atra sthāne sthitā yepi teṣāṃ svargo dhruvaṃ bhavet .. 65 .. > This is declared to be a sacred field of Sūrya measuring only a gavyūti. / Even those who simply dwell in this place will surely attain heaven. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.66) adyaprabhṛti viprendra mūlasthānamiti śrutam .. sthānaṃ sūryasya viprendra kāryā cātra tvayā sthitiḥ .. .. 66 .. > From this day forth, O best of brahmins, this is celebrated as Mūlasthāna, / the abode of Sūrya, O best of brahmins; and you must make your dwelling here. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.67) adyaprabhṛti vipreṃdra tīrthametanmahītale .. gamiṣyati parāṃ khyātiṃ devikātaṭamāśritam .. 67 .. > From this day forth, O best of brahmins, this sacred ford on earth / situated on the bank of the Devikā will attain supreme renown. 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.68) vayaṃ muṣṭā yato vipra mūlasthāne purā sthitāḥ .. mūlasthāneti vai nāma loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. 68 .. > Since we were plundered in the past while staying at the root of the tree (mūlasthāne), O brahmin, / it will become renowned in the world by the very name Mūlasthāna. 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.69) atra ye mānavā bhaktyā snānaṃ sūryasya saṃgame .. uttare tu kariṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti triviṣṭapam .. 69 .. > Those men who take a ritual ablution with devotion here at the northern confluence / of Sūrya will go to heaven. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.70) tarpaṇaṃ tilamiśreṇa jalena dvijasattamāḥ .. gayāśrāddhasamā tuṣṭiḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca bhaviṣyati .. 7.1.278.70 .. > When they perform libation with water mixed with sesame seeds, O best of twice-born ones, / the satisfaction of their ancestors will equal that of a śrāddha at Gayā. 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.71) atra ye mānavā bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ dāsyaṃti sattamāḥ .. śākamūlaphalairvāpi samyakchraddhāsamanvitāḥ .. 71 .. > Those excellent men who offer a śrāddha here with devotion, / even with vegetables, roots, or fruits, endowed with full faith, 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.72) teṣāṃ yāsyaṃti pitaro mokṣaṃ naivātra saṃśayaḥ .. 72 . > their ancestors will attain liberation; of this there is no doubt. 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.73) api kīṭapataṃgā ye pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo mṛgāḥ .. tṛṣārtā jalasaṃsparśādyāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 73 .. > Even insects, moths, birds, beasts, and deer / afflicted by thirst will attain the highest state through contact with the water. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.74) vayameva sadātrasthāḥ śrāvaṇe māsi sattama .. paurṇamāsyāṃ bhaviṣyāmastava snehādasaṃśayam .. 74 .. > We ourselves will always be present here in the month of Śrāvaṇa, O best of men, / on the full moon day, out of affection for you, without a doubt. 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.75) tasminnahani yastoyaiḥ pitṝnsaṃtarpayiṣyati .. tasyāṣṭādaśakuṣṭhāni kṣayaṃ yāsyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 75 .. > For whoever satisfies the ancestors with water on that day, / their eighteen kinds of leprosy will instantly be eradicated: 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.76) kapālodumbarākhyeṃdramaṇḍalākhyavicarcikāḥ .. ṛṣyacarmaikakiṭibhasidhmālasavipādikāḥ .. 76 .. > the ones named kapāla, udumbara, and indramaṇḍala, and vicarcikā; / ṛṣyacarma, ekakuṣṭha, kiṭibha, sidhma, alasa, and vipādikā; 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.77) dadrusitā rucisphoṭaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sakākaṇam .. pāmā carmadalaṃ ceti kuṣṭhānyaṣṭādaśaiva tu .. 77 .. > dadru, sitā, aruci, sphoṭa, puṇḍarīka, along with kākaṇa, / pāmā, and carmadala—these are the eighteen kinds of leprosy. 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.78) gamiṣyaṃti na saṃdeha ityuktvāṃtardadhuśca te .. ṛṣiḥ siṣeve ca raviṃ cakre rāmāyaṇaṃ tataḥ .. 78 .. > They will vanish, there is no doubt." Having spoken thus, they disappeared. / And the sage worshipped the sun and then composed the Rāmāyaṇa. 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.79) tasmātpaśyecca taṃ devaṃ sarvayajñaphalapradam .. śṛṇuyācca kathāṃ caināṃ sarvapātakanāśinīm .. 79 .. > Therefore, one should behold that god who grants the fruit of all sacrifices, / and one should listen to this story, which destroys all sins. 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.278.278](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278.278) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devikāmāhātmyamūlasthānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭasaptatyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..278.. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-eighth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of the Devikā and the Greatness of Mūlasthāna," in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 278 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.278.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.289.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.278) · Pramāṇa