[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) › 16.284 # Skandapurana 16.284 Skandapurāṇa 16.284 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.284.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi sukanyāsara utamam .. yatrāśvinau nimagnau tau cyavanena sahāṃbike .. samānarūpo hyabhavaccyavano yatra so'śvinā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Sukanyāsaras, / where those two Aśvins plunged together with Cyavana, O Ambikā, / and where Cyavana came to have a form identical to that of the Aśvins. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.284.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284.2) yatra prāptavatī kāmaṃ sukanyā varavarṇinī .. saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam .. tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 2 .. > Where Sukanyā, of fair complexion, obtained her desire / through the power of bathing in the pool; therefore it is known as Kanyāsaras. / A virtuous woman who bathes there, especially on the third \[lunar day\], // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.284.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284.3) saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgaṃ na cāpnuyāt .. daridro vikalo dīno nāṃdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ .. 3 .. > shall not suffer the ruin of her household for seven thousand births; / nor shall her husband ever be poor, deformed, wretched, or blind. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.284.284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284.284) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye sukanyāsaromāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 284 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-fourth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Sukanyāsaras in 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.16.284.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.284) · Pramāṇa