[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) › 16.283 # Skandapurana 16.283 Skandapurāṇa 16.283 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.283.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā ghoravadanaṃ madaṃ devaḥ śatakratuḥ .. āyāṃtaṃ bhakṣayiṣyantaṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Seeing that Mada with a terrible mouth approaching, about to devour him, / with his jaws open like the God of Death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.2) bhayātstaṃbhitarūpeṇa lelihānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. praṇato'bravīnmahādevi cyavanaṃ bhayapīḍitaḥ .. 2 .. > frightened by his paralysed state, while \[the monster\] licked his lips again and again, / afflicted by fear, \[Indra\] bowed down and addressed Cyavana, O great goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.3) somārhāvaśvināvetāvadyaprabhṛti bhārgava .. bhaviṣyataḥ sarvametadvacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi te .. 3 .. > 'From this day forward, these two Aśvins shall be worthy of soma, O Bhārgava; / it will all be so—I speak the truth to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.4) mā te mithyā samārambho bhavatvatha tapodhana .. jānāmi cāhaṃ viprarṣe na mithyā tvaṃ kariṣyasi .. 4 .. > Let your undertaking not prove in vain, O rich in austerity; / and I know, O brahmin seer, that you will not act in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.5) somārhāvaśvināvetau yathaivādya tvayā kṛtau .. bhūya eva tu te vīryaṃ prakāśediti bhārgava .. 5 .. > These two Aśvins are worthy of soma, just as they have been made by you today; / but \[it was done\] so that your prowess might shine forth even more, O Bhārgava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.6) sukanyāyāḥ pituścāsya loke kīrtirbhavediti .. ato mayaitadvihitaṃ tadvīryasya prakāśanam .. tasmātprasādaṃ kuru me bhavatvetadyathecchasi .. 6 .. > and so that the father of Sukanyā might gain fame in the world; / therefore this revelation of your prowess was brought about by me. / Therefore show favour to me; let this happen just as you desire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.7) evamuktasya śakreṇa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ .. manyurvyupāramacchīghraṃ mānaścaiva sureśituḥ .. 7 .. > When the great-souled Cyavana was thus addressed by Śakra, / his anger subsided quickly, and so too did the pride of the ruler of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.8) madaṃ ca vyabhajaddevi pāne strīṣu ca vīryavān .. akṣeṣu mṛgayāyāṃ ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. tathā madaṃ vinikṣipya śakraṃ saṃtarpya ceṃdunā .. 8 .. > And the powerful one divided Mada, O goddess, which he had created before, / again and again into liquor, women, dice, and hunting; / having thus distributed Mada and having satisfied Śakra with soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.9) aśvibhyāṃ sahitānsarvānyājayitvā ca taṃ nṛpam .. vikhyāpya vīryaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu varavarṇini .. 9 .. > and having officiated at the sacrifice for that king along with all \[the gods\] including the two Aśvins, / making his prowess renowned across all worlds, O fair-complexioned one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.10) sukanyayā mahāraṇye kṣetre'sminvijahāra saḥ .. tasyaitaddevi saṃyuktaṃ cyavaneśvaranāmabhṛt .. 7.1.283.10 .. > he roamed about with Sukanyā in the great forest in this sacred field. / Connected with him, O goddess, is this \[shrine\] bearing the name Cyavaneśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.11) liṃgaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ cyava nena pratiṣṭhitam .. pūjayettaṃ vidhānena so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ..11.. > a liṅga removing great sins, installed by Cyavana. / Whoever worships it according to rule obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.12) tasmāccandramasastīrthamṛṣayaḥ paryupāsate .. vaikhānasākhyā ṛṣayo vālakhilyāstathaiva ca .. 12 .. > Therefore seers wait upon Candramas' sacred ford, / namely the seers called Vaikhānasa and likewise the Vālakhilyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.13) atrāśvine māsi naraḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. śrāddhaṃ kuryādvidhānena brāhmaṇānbhojayetpṛthak .. koṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya bhavennai'vātra saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > If a man performs a śrāddha here according to rule, especially on the full-moon day in the month of Āśvina, / and feeds brahmins individually, / his fruit will be equal to ten million sacred fords; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.14) ya imāṃ śṛṇuyāddevi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm .. samastajanmasaṃbhūtātpāpānmukto bhavennaraḥ .. 14 .. > Whoever listens to this sin-destroying story, O goddess, / shall become freed from the sins born of all his lifetimes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.283.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.283) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..283 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-third chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Cyavaneśvara', in the first \[part\], the Glory of Prabhāsa Field, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsa Section, in the compilation of eighty-one thousand \[verses\] in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.283.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283) · Pramāṇa