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# Skandapurana 16.280

Skandapurāṇa 16.280

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.280.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.1)

īśvara uvāca..  
tato gacchenmahādevi cyavaneśvaramuttamam..  
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Cyavaneśvara; / the liṅga situated right there destroys all sins. (1)  
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### [16.280.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.2)

yatra śaryātinā dattā sukanyā sā maharṣaye ..  
yatra saṃstaṃbhitaṃ sainyamānāhārttamathākarot .. 2 ... (ānāha – jaṭhara ādhmānam)

> Where Sukanyā was given to the great seer by Śaryāti; / where \[Cyavana\] paralyzed the army and then afflicted it with constipation. (2)  
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### [16.280.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.3)

eṣa śaryātiyajñasya deśo devi prakāśate ..  
prabhāsakṣetramadhye tu sākṣātpātakanāśanaḥ .. 3 ..

> O goddess, this region of Śaryāti's sacrifice shines forth / in the midst of Prabhāsa sacred field, directly destroying sins. (3)  
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### [16.280.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.4)

sākṣāttatrābhajatsomamaśvibhyāṃ saha kauśikaḥ ..  
cukopa bhārgavaścaiva mahendrāya mahātapāḥ .. 4 ..

> There Kauśika directly shared Soma along with the two Aśvins, / and the Bhārgava of great austerity became angry with Mahendra. (4)  
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### [16.280.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.5)

saṃstaṃbhayāmāsa ca taṃ vāsavaṃ cyavanaḥ prabhuḥ ..  
sukanyāṃ cāpi bhāryāṃ sa rājaputrīmavāptavān .. 5 .. ..

> Lord Cyavana immobilized that Vāsava, / and he obtained Sukanyā, the king's daughter, as his wife. (5)  
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### [16.280.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.6)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
kathaṃ viṣṭaṃbhitastena bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ ..  
kimarthaṃ bhārgavaścāpi kopaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ .. 6 ..

> The goddess said: / How was the venerable Pākaśāsana immobilized by him? / For what reason did the Bhārgava of great austerity become angry? (6)  
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### [16.280.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.7)

nāsatyau ca kathaṃ brahmankṛ tavānsomapāyinau ..  
tatsarvaṃ ca yathāvṛttamākhyātu bhagavānmama .. 7 ..

> And how did he make the two Nāsatyas drinkers of Soma, O lord? / May the Lord explain all of that to me as it occurred. (7)  
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### [16.280.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.8)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
bhṛgormaharṣeḥ putro'bhūccyavano nāma nāmataḥ ..  
sa prabhāsaṃ samāsādya tapastepe mahāmuniḥ .. 8 ..

> Īśvara said: / The great seer Bhṛgu had a son named Cyavana by name; / he reached Prabhāsa, and that great sage performed austerity. (8)  
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### [16.280.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.9)

sthāṇubhūto mahātejā vīrasthāne ca bhāmini ..  
atiṣṭhatsuciraṃ kālamekadeśe varānane .. 9 ..

> Becoming like a pillar, of great splendour, in the posture of a hero, O passionate lady, / he stood for a very long time in one spot, O fair-faced one. (9)  
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### [16.280.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.10)

sa valmīko'bhavattatra latābhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ ..  
kālena mahatā devi samākīrṇaḥ pipīlakaiḥ .. 7.1.280.10 ..

> There he became an anthill covered all around with creepers; / after a long time, O goddess, he was overrun by ants. (10)  
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### [16.280.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.11)

sa tathā saṃvṛto dhīmānmṛtpiṃḍa iva sarvataḥ ..  
tapyate sma tapo ghoraṃ valmīkena samāvṛtaḥ .. 11 ..

> Covered thus like a lump of clay on all sides, the wise one, / enclosed by the anthill, practiced severe austerity. (11)  
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### [16.280.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.12)

athāsya yātakālasya śaryātirnāma pārthivaḥ ..  
tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena śrīsomeśadidṛkṣayā ..  
ājagāma mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 12 ..

> Now as this time passed, a king named Śaryāti, / in the course of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, wishing to see glorious Someśa, / came to the great sacred field of Prabhāsa, which destroys sins. (12)  
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### [16.280.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.13)

tasya strīṇāṃ sahasrāṇi catvāryāsanparigrahāḥ ..  
ekaiva tu sutā śubhrā sukanyānāma nāmataḥ .. .. 13 ..

> His wives taken in marriage were four thousand \[in number\]; / but he had only one radiant daughter, Sukanyā by name. (13)  
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### [16.280.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.14)

sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ..  
caṃkramyamāṇā valmīkaṃ bhārgavasya samāsadat .. 14 ..

> Surrounded by her female companions, adorned with all ornaments, / wandering about, she approached the anthill of the Bhārgava. (14)  
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### [16.280.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.15)

sā caiva sudatī tatra paśyamānā manoramān ..  
vanaspatīnvicinvaṃtī vijahāra sakhīvṛtā .. 15 ..

> And she of beautiful teeth, gazing at delightful / forest trees and gathering \[flowers\] there, sported surrounded by friends. (15)  
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### [16.280.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.16)

rūpeṇa vayasā caiva surāpānamadena ca ..  
babhaṃja vanavṛkṣāṇāṃ śākhāḥ parama puṣpitāḥ .. 16 ..

> Through her beauty, youth, and the intoxication of drinking liquor, / she broke the richly blossomed branches of the forest trees. (16)  
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### [16.280.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.17)

tāṃ sakhīrahitāmekāmekavastrāmalaṃkṛtām ..  
dadarśa bhārgavo dhīmāṃścaraṃtīmiva vidyutam .. 17 ..

> The wise Bhārgava saw her, separated from her friends, alone, / dressed in a single garment and adorned, moving like lightning. (17)  
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### [16.280.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.18)

tāṃ paśyamāno vijane sa reme paramadyutiḥ ..  
kṣāmakaṇṭhaśca brahmarṣistapobalasamanvitaḥ .. 18 ..

> Beholding her in the solitary place, he of supreme splendour was delighted; / and the brahmin seer, whose throat was emaciated, was endowed with the power of austerity. (18)  
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### [16.280.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.19)

tāmabhāṣata kalyāṇīṃ sā cāsya na śṛṇoti vai ..  
tataḥ sukanyā valmīke dṛṣṭvā bhārgavacakṣuṣī .. 19 ..

> He spoke to that auspicious lady, but she did not hear him; / then Sukanyā, having seen the two eyes of the Bhārgava in the anthill, (19)  
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### [16.280.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.20)

kautūhalātkaṇṭakena buddhimohabalātkṛtā ..  
kinnu khalvidamityuktvā nirbibhedāsya locane .. 7.1.280.20 ..

> out of curiosity, overpowered by the force of deluded thinking, / saying 'What indeed is this?', pierced his two eyes with a thorn. (20)  
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### [16.280.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.21)

akudhyatsa tayā viddho netre paramamanyumān ..  
tataḥ śaryātisainyasya śakṛnmūtre samāvṛṇot .. 21 ..

> Pierced by her in both eyes, he became angry, filled with supreme wrath; / then he obstructed the feces and urine of Śaryāti's army. (21)  
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### [16.280.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.22)

tato ruddhe śakṛnmūtre sainyamānāhaduḥkhitam ..  
tathāgatamabhibhekṣya paryatapyata pārthivaḥ .. 22 ..

> Then, with feces and urine obstructed, the army was afflicted with constipation; / having observed it reduced to such a condition, the king was deeply distressed. (22)  
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### [16.280.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.23)

taponityasya vṛddhasya roṣaṇasya viśeṣataḥ ..  
kenāpakṛtamadyeha bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ ..  
jñātaṃ vā yadi vā'jñātaṃ tadidaṃ brūta mā ciram.. 23 ..

> 'Who here today has wronged the great-souled Bhārgava, / who is constant in austerity, aged, and particularly prone to anger? / Whether known or unknown, speak this without delay!' (23)  
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### [16.280.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.24)

tatrocuḥ sainikāḥ sarve na vidmo'pakṛtaṃ vayam ..  
sarvopāyairyathākāmaṃ bhavānsamadhigacchatu .. 24 ..

> There all the soldiers said: 'We do not know of any offence; / may your majesty discover it by every means according to your desire.' (24)  
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### [16.280.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.25)

tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālaḥ sāmnā cogreṇa ca svayam ..  
paryapṛcchatsuhṛdvargaṃ pratyajānanna caiva te .. 25 ..

> Then that protector of the earth questioned his group of friends himself, both gently and sternly; / but they too did not know.  
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### [16.280.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.26)

ānāhārttaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā tatsainyaṃ saṃmukhoditam..  
pitaraṃ duḥkhitaṃ cāpi sukanyaivamathābravīt .. 26 ..

> Then, seeing that army distressed with constipation and standing before him, / and also her father sorrowful, Sukanyā said:  
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### [16.280.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.27)

mayā tāteha valmīke dṛṣṭaṃ sarvamabhijvalat ..  
uddyotavadavijñānāttanmayā viddhamantikāt .. 27 ..

> "Father, here in an anthill I saw something blazing brightly all around / like a light. Out of ignorance, I pierced it up close."  
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### [16.280.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.28)

etacchrutvā tu śaryāti rvalmīkaṃ kṣipramabhyagāt..  
tatrāpaśyattapovṛddhaṃ vayovṛddhaṃ ca bhārgavam .. 28 ..

> Hearing this, Śaryāti went quickly to the anthill; / there he saw the descendant of Bhṛgu, aged in austerity and advanced in years.  
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### [16.280.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.29)

athāvadatsvasainyārthaṃ prāṃjaliḥ sa mahīpatiḥ ..  
ajñānādbālayā yatte kṛtaṃ tatkṣaṃtumarhasi .. 29 ..

> Then that king, with joined palms, spoke for the sake of his army: / "You ought to forgive what was done out of ignorance by the young girl."  
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### [16.280.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.30)

tato'bravīnmahīpālaṃ cyavano bhārgavastadā ..  
rūpaudāryasamāyuktāṃ lobhamohasamāvṛtām .. 7.1.280.30 ..

> Then the descendant of Bhṛgu, Cyavana, said to the protector of the earth: / "\[Your daughter,\] endowed with beauty and generosity, \[though now\] overcome with greed and delusion—  
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### [16.280.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.31)

tāmeva pratigṛhyāhaṃ rājanduhitaraṃ tava ..  
kṣamiṣyāmi mahīpāla satyametadbravīmi te .. 31 ..

> only after accepting that daughter of yours, O king, / will I forgive \[you\], O protector of the earth. This I say to you in truth."  
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### [16.280.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.32)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
ṛṣervacanamājñāya śaryātiravicārayan..  
dadau duhitaraṃ tasmai cyavanāya mahātmane .. 32 ..

> Īśvara said: / Learning the seer's word, Śaryāti, without hesitating, / gave his daughter to that great-souled Cyavana.  
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### [16.280.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.33)

pratigṛhya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ bhagavānprasasāda ha ..  
prāpte prasāde rājā tu sasainyaḥ puramāvrajat .. 33 ..

> And having accepted that maiden, the blessed one was pleased. / When favor was obtained, the king went to his city together with his army.  
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### [16.280.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.34)

sukanyāpi patiṃ labdhvā tapasvinamaninditam ..  
nityaṃ paryacaratprītyā tapasā niyamena ca .. 34 ..

> Sukanyā too, having gained an unblemished ascetic as her husband, / constantly served him with love, austerity, and observance.  
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### [16.280.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.35)

agnīnāmatithīnāṃ ca śuśrūṣuranasūyayā ..  
samārādhayata kṣipraṃ cyavanaṃ sā śubhānanā .. 35 ..

> Attentive to the fires and guests, without jealousy, / that fair-faced woman quickly gratified Cyavana.  
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### [16.280.280](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.280)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 280 ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and eightieth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Cyavaneśvara', in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.280.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.122.23) — Sanskrit

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