[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) › 16.282 # Skandapurana 16.282 Skandapurāṇa 16.282 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.282.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tataḥ śrutvā ca śaryātirvalabhīsthāna saṃsthitaḥ .. vayasthaṃ cyavanaṃ śrutvā ānandodgatamānasaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then Śaryāti, residing at the place of Valabhī, having heard— / having heard that Cyavana was restored to youth, his mind filled with joy— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.2) prahṛṣṭaḥ senayā sārddhaṃ sa prāyādbhārgavāśramam .. cyavanaṃ ca sukanyāṃ ca hṛṣṭāṃ deva sutāmiva .. 2 .. > overjoyed, set out with his army for the hermitage of the descendant of Bhṛgu, / \[to see\] Cyavana and Sukanyā, who was delighted like a daughter of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.3) gato mahīpaḥ śaryātiḥ kṛtsnānaṃdamahodadhiḥ .. ṛṣiṇā satkṛtastena sabhāryaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. tatropaviṣṭaḥ kalyāṇīḥ kathāścakre mahāmanāḥ .. 3 .. > The king Śaryāti went, an ocean of complete bliss; / honoured by that seer, the lord of the earth along with his wife / sat there and engaged in auspicious conversations, being noble-minded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.4) athainaṃ bhārgavo devi hyuvāca parisāṃtvayan .. yājayiṣyāmi rājaṃstvāṃ saṃbhārānupakalpaya .. 4 .. > Then, O goddess, the Bhārgava addressed him consolingly: / 'O king, I will officiate at a sacrifice for you; prepare the sacrificial provisions.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.5) tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. cyavanasya mahādevi tadvākyaṃ pratyapūjayat .. 5 .. > Then the lord of the earth, Śaryāti, was exceedingly delighted, / O great goddess, and revered those words of Cyavana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.6) praśaste'hani yājñīye sarvakāmasamṛddhimat .. kārayāmāsa śaryātiryajñāyatanamuttamam .. 6 .. > On an auspicious day suitable for sacrifice, fulfilling all desires, / Śaryāti caused an excellent sacrificial pavilion to be erected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.7) tatraiva cyavano devi yājayāmāsa bhārgavam .. adbhutāni ca tatrāsanyāni tāni maheśvari .. 7 .. > Right there, O goddess, Cyavana, the Bhārgava, officiated as priest; / and there occurred wonders, O great goddess, which were \[remarkable\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.9) agṛhṇāccyavanaḥ somamaśvinordevayostadā .. tamindro vārayāmāsa mā gṛhāṇa tayorgraham .. 8... .. indra uvāca .. .. ubhāvetau na somārhau nāsatyāviti me matiḥ .. bhiṣajau devatānāṃ hi karmaṇā tena garhitau .. 9 .. > Cyavana then took the soma draught for the two gods, the Aśvins; / Indra prevented him: 'Do not take a cup for those two!' / Indra said: / 'These two are not worthy of soma, the two Nāsatyas—such is my view. / For they are the physicians of the gods, despised on account of that occupation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.10) .. cyavana uvāca .. .. mā'vamaṃsthā mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavarcasau .. yau cakratuśca māmadya vṛṃdārakamivājaram .. 7.1.282.10 .. > Cyavana said: / 'Do not disrespect these two great-souled ones, endowed with beauty, wealth, and radiance, / who today have made me ageless like a god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.11) samatvenānyadevānāṃ kathaṃ vai nekṣate bhavān.. aśvināvapi devendra devau viddhi paraṃtapa .. 11 .. > Why indeed do you not look upon them as equal to the other gods? / Know the Aśvins also to be gods, O lord of gods, O scorcher of foes!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.12) .. indra uvāca .. .. cikitsakau karmakarau kāmarūpasamanvitau .. loke caraṃtau martyānāṃ kathaṃ somamihārhataḥ .. 12 .. > Indra said: / 'As healers, menial workers, shapeshifters, / wandering about in the world of mortals, how do they deserve soma here?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.13) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. etadeva yadā vākyamāmreḍayati vāsavaḥ .. anādṛtya tataḥ śakraṃ grahaṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ .. 13 .. > Īśvara said: / When Vāsava repeated that very same statement, / the Bhārgava disregarded Śakra and took up the cup. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.14) grahīṣyaṃtaṃ tataḥ somamaśvinoḥ sattamaṃ tadā .. samīkṣya balabhiddeva idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 14 .. > Seeing that the best of beings was about to take soma for the two Aśvins, / the god Balabhid then uttered this speech: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.15) ābhyāmarthāya somaṃ tvaṃ grahīṣyasi yadi svayam .. vajraṃ te prahariṣyāmi ghorarūpamanuttamam .. 15 .. > 'If you yourself take soma for the sake of these two, / I will strike you with my fierce, peerless thunderbolt!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.16) evamuktaḥ svayamindramabhivīkṣya sa bhārgavaḥ .. jagrāha vidhivatsomamaśvibhyāmuttamaṃ graham .. 16 .. > Thus addressed, looking straight at Indra, the Bhārgava / took up according to rule the excellent cup of soma for the two Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.17) tato'smai prāharatkopādvajramiṃdraḥ śacīpatiḥ .. tasya praharato bāhuṃ staṃbhayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ .. 17 .. > Then Indra, the husband of Śacī, hurled his thunderbolt at him in anger; / as he was striking, the Bhārgava paralysed his arm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.18) staṃbhayitvātha cyavano juhuve mantrato'nalam .. kṛtyārthī sumahātejā devaṃ hiṃsitumudyataḥ .. 18 .. > Having paralysed \[it\], Cyavana then made an offering into the fire with mantras; / seeking an act of destruction, having exceedingly great splendour, he prepared to strike down the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.19) tatra kṛtyodbhavo yajñe munestasya tapobalāt .. madonāma mahāvīryo mahākāyo mahāsuraḥ .. 19 .. > There arose in that sacrifice, from that sage's power of austerity, a destructive spirit / named Mada, of great prowess, of gigantic body, a great asura, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.20) śarīraṃ yasya nirdeṣṭumaśakyaṃ ca surāsuraiḥ .. tasya pramāṇaṃ vapuṣā na tulyamiha vidyate .. 7.1.282.20 .. > whose body gods and asuras were unable even to measure; / there existed no equal to the size of his physical form here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.21) tasyāsyaṃ cābhavedghoraṃ daṃṣṭrā durdarśanaṃ mahat .. hanurekaḥ sthitastasya bhūmāveko divaṃ gataḥ .. 21 .. > His mouth was dreadful, fearsome to behold with large fangs; / one of his jaws rested on the earth, and one reached to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.22) catasraścāpi tā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃśatam .. itare tvasya daśanā babhūburdaśayojanāḥ ..22 .. > His four fangs each measured a hundred yojanas, / while his other teeth were ten yojanas \[long\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.23) prākārasadṛśākārā mūlāgrasamadarśanāḥ .. nāmnā parvatasaṃkāśāścāyutāyutayojanāḥ .. 23 .. > resembling city ramparts in shape, uniform from root to tip, / resembling mountains by description, ten thousand yojanas \[in extent\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.24) netre raviśaśiprakhye bhruvāvaṃtakasannibhe .. lelihajjihvayā vaktraṃ vidyuccalitalolayā .. vyāttānano ghoradṛṣṭirgrasanniva jagadbalāt .. 24 .. > His eyes were like the sun and moon; his brows resembled the God of Death; / he licked his mouth with a flickering tongue moving like lightning; / with gaping jaws and a dreadful gaze, he was as if forcibly devouring the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.25) sa bhakṣayiṣyansaṃkruddhaḥ śatakratumupādravat .. mahatā ghoranādena lokāñchabdena chādayan .. 25 .. > Intent on devouring \[him\], enraged, he rushed at Śatakratu, / covering the worlds with a sound, with a great, dreadful roar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.282.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.282) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye cyavanena nāsatyayajñabhāgapratirodhakavajra mocanodyataśakranāśāya kṛtyodbhavamadanāmakamahā'surotpādanavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 282 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-second chapter, titled 'The Description of the Account of the Creation of the Great Asura Named Mada through a Destructive Rite to Slay Śakra Who Was Preparing to Hurl His Thunderbolt Obstructing the Sacrificial Portion of the Nāsatyas by Cyavana,' in the Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya, in the First Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.282.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282) · Pramāṇa