[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) › 16.285 # Skandapurana 16.285 Skandapurāṇa 16.285 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.285.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi punarnyaṃkumatīṃ nadīm .. tatra kṛtvā gayāśrāddhaṃ goṣpade tīrtha uttame .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go again to the Nyaṅkumatī river. / Having performed the Gayā-śrāddha there at the excellent tīrtha Goṣpada, // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.2) tataḥ paśyedvarāhaṃ tu tasmāddharigṛhaṃ vrajet .. tatra mātṛstu saṃpūjya snātvā sāgarasaṃgame .. 2 .. > one should then behold Varāha, and from there proceed to the abode of Hari. / Having worshipped the Mothers there, and having bathed at the confluence with the ocean, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.3) nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete tataḥ pūrvamanu vrajet .. agasterāśramaṃ divyaṃ kṣudhāharamitismṛtam .. 3 .. > where the Nyaṅkumatī meets the sea, one should then proceed eastward / to the divine hermitage of Agastya, known as Kṣudhāhara. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.4) yatrelvalaṃ ca vātāpiṃ saṃhṛtya bhagavānmuniḥ .. muktvā''padbhyo brāhmaṇāṃśca tebhyaḥ sthānaṃ tato dadau .. 4 .. > Where the venerable sage, having destroyed Ilvala and Vātāpi, / freed the brahmins from calamities and then granted that place to them. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.5) agastyāśramametaddhi agastipriyamuttamam .. nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe ramye sarvapātakanāśane .. 5 .. > This is indeed the hermitage of Agastya, dear to Agastya and most excellent, / on the delightful bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, which destroys all sins. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.6) .. devyuvāca .. .. agastineha vātāpiḥ kimarthamupaśāmitaḥ .. atra vai kiṃprabhāvaśca sa daityo brāhmaṇāṃtakaḥ .. kimarthaṃ codgato manyuragastestu mahātmanaḥ ..6.. > The Goddess said: > For what reason was Vātāpi destroyed here by Agastya? / What was the power of that Daitya who was the slayer of brahmins? / And why did the wrath of the great-souled Agastya arise? // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.7) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ilvalo nāma daityendra āsīdvai varavarṇini .. maṇimatyāṃ purā puryāṃ vātāpistasya cānujaḥ .. 7 .. > Īśvara said: > There was a lord of the Daityas named Ilvala, O fair-complexioned one, / in the city of Maṇimatī in ancient times, and Vātāpi was his younger brother. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.8) sa brāhmaṇaṃ tapoyuktamuvāca ditinaṃdanaḥ .. putra me bhagavannekamiṃdratulyaṃ prayacchatu ..8.. > That son of Diti said to a brahmin endowed with austerity: / 'O venerable one, grant me a son equal to Indra.' // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.9) tasminsa brāhmaṇo naicchatputraṃ dātuṃ tathāvidham .. cukrodha ditijastasya brāhmaṇasya tato bhṛśam .. 9 .. > When that brahmin did not wish to grant such a son to him, / the son of Diti then became exceedingly angry with that brahmin. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.10) prabhāsakṣetramāsādya sa daityaḥ pāpabuddhimān .. meṣarūpī ca vātāpiḥ kāmarūpo'bhavatkṣaṇāt .. 7.1.285.10 .. > Having arrived at Prabhāsa Field, that wicked-minded Daitya / had Vātāpi, who could change form at will, instantly assume the shape of a ram. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.11) saṃskṛtya bhojayettatra viprānsa ca jighāṃsati .. samā hvayati taṃ vācā gataṃ caiva tataḥ kṣayam .. 11 .. > He would cook him and feed him there to the brahmins, desiring to kill them; / and with his voice he would summon him who had gone to destruction. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.12) sa punardehamāsthāya jīvansma pratyadṛśyata .. tato vātāpirapi taṃ chāgaṃ kṛtvā susaṃskṛtam .. brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayitvā tu punareva samāhvayat .. 12 .. > Assuming his body once more, he would appear alive. / Then, having turned Vātāpi into a well-prepared goat, / and having fed him to a brahmin, he would call him again. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.13) sa tasya pārśvaṃ nirbhidya brāhmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ .. vātāpiḥ prahasaṃstatra niścakrāma dvijodarāt .. 13 .. > Tearing through the flank of that noble brahmin, / Vātāpi would emerge laughing from the belly of the twice-born. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.14) evaṃ sa brāhmaṇāndevi bhojayitvā punaḥpunaḥ .. vinirbhidyodaraṃ teṣāmevaṃ haṃti dvijānbahūn ..14.. > Having thus fed the brahmins again and again, O goddess, / and bursting their bellies, he would in this manner kill many twice-born. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.15) tato vai brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhayabhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ .. agasterāśramaṃ jagmuḥ kathayāmāsuragrataḥ .. 15 .. > Then indeed all the brahmins, terrified with fear, ran away; / they went to the hermitage of Agastya and spoke before him: // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.16) bhagavañchṛṇu no vākyamasmākaṃ tu bhayāvaham .. nimaṃtritāḥ sma sarve vā ilvalena vayaṃ prabho .. 16 .. > 'Venerable one, listen to our words, which bring fear upon us! / We have all been invited by Ilvala, O lord. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.17) asmākaṃ mṛtyurūpaṃ tadbhojanaṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ .. tadasmānrakṣa bhagavanviṣaṇṇāgatacetasaḥ .. 17 .. > That meal is death itself for us, without doubt. / Therefore, protect us, O venerable one, dejected and dismayed as we are!' // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.18) tataḥ prabhāsamāsādya yatra tau daityapuṃgavau .. brahmaghrau pāpaniratau dadarśa sa mahāmuniḥ .. 18 .. > Then, having reached Prabhāsa where those two prominent Daityas were, / the great sage saw the two murderers of brahmins engaged in sin. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.19) vātāpiṃ saṃskṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā meṣarūpaṃ mahāsuram .. uvāca dehi me bhojyaṃ bubhukṣā mama vartate .. 19 .. > Seeing that the great Asura Vātāpi had been prepared in the form of a ram, / he said: 'Give me food, for hunger is upon me.' // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.20) ityuktau svāgataṃ tatra cakrāte munaye tadā .. bhagavanbhojanaṃ tubhyaṃ dāsye'haṃ bahuvistaram .. kiyanmānastavāhārastāvanmānaṃ pacāmyaham .. 7.1.285.20 .. > Thus addressed, the two of them then bade welcome to the sage: / 'O venerable one, I will give you a meal of great abundance. / How large is your meal? I will cook as much.' // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.21) .. agastya uvāca .. .. annaṃ pacasva daityendra kiṃcittṛptirbhaviṣyati .. evamastviti daityendraḥ pakvamāha mahāmune ..21.. > Agastya said: > 'Cook the food, O lord of Daityas; there will be some satisfaction \[for me\].' / Saying 'So be it,' the lord of Daityas announced that it was cooked, O great sage: // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.22) āsyatāmāsanamidaṃ bhujyatāṃ svecchayā mune .. ityukto'ghoramaṃtraṃ sa japankalpāṃtakārakam .. dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ .. 22 .. > 'Please sit upon this seat, O sage, and eat at your pleasure.' / Thus addressed, repeating the Aghora mantra that brings about the end of an aeon, / the great sage approached the principal seat and sat down. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.23) taṃ paryaveṣaddaityeṃdra ilvalaḥ prahasanniva .. śatahastapramāṇena rāśimannasya so'karot .. 23 .. > The lord of Daityas, Ilvala, served him as if laughing; / he made a heap of food a hundred cubits in size. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.24) tato haṣṭamanā'gastyaḥ prāgrasatkavaladvayam .. rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahattadvadyadvatsāgaraśoṣaṇe .. 24 .. > Then, delighted in mind, Agastya swallowed two mouthfuls, / having assumed a vast form just as he did when drying up the ocean. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.25) samastameva tadbhojyaṃ vātāpiṃ bubhuje tataḥ .. bhuktavatyasuro hvānamakarottasya ilvalaḥ .. 25 .. > He then consumed all that food, \[which was\] Vātāpi. / When he had finished eating, the Asura Ilvala called out to him. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.26) tato'sau dattavānannamagastyasya mahātmanaḥ .. bhasmīcakāra sarvaṃ sa tadannaṃ ca sadānavam ..26.. > Then that one gave food to the high-souled Agastya; / and he reduced to ashes all that food along with the Dānava. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.27) ilvalaṃ krodhamuṣṭyā tu bhasmīcakre mahāmuniḥ .. tato hāhāravaṃ kṛtvā sarve daityā nanaṃśire .. 27 .. > The great sage reduced Ilvala to ashes with a fist of wrath. / Then, uttering cries of woe, all the Daityas perished. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.28) tato'gastyo mahātejā āhūya dvijapuṃgavān .. tatsthānaṃ ca dadau tebhyo daityrānāṃ dravyapūritam.. 28 .. > Then the immensely splendid Agastya, having summoned the excellent twice-born, / gave them that place, which was filled with the wealth of the Daityas. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.29) kṣudhā hṛtā tato devi tatrāgastyasya dānavaiḥ .. tena kṣudhā haraṃnāma sthānamāsīdvijanmanām .. 29 .. > Thus, O goddess, Agastya's hunger was removed there by the Dānavas; / because of that, it became a place for the twice-born named Kṣudhāhara. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.30) tasya paścimabhāge tu nātidūre vyavasthitam .. gaṃgeśvaramiti khyātaṃ gaṃgayā yatpratiṣṭhitam .. 7.1.285.30 .. > On its western side, situated not very far away, / is that which is known as Gaṅgeśvara, installed by Gaṅgā. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.31) vātāpibhakṣaṇepūrvamagastyena mahātmanā .. daityasaṃbhakṣaṇotpannasarvapātakaśuddhaye .. samāhūtā mahādevi gaṃgāpātakanāśinī .. 31 .. > Formerly, upon consuming Vātāpi, the high-souled Agastya, / in order to purify all the sin arising from eating the Daitya, / summoned Gaṅgā, the destroyer of sins, O great goddess. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.32) tato devi samā yātā gaṃgā pātakanāśinī .. śuddhiṃ cakāra tasyarṣestatra sthāne sthitā'bhavat ..32.. > Then, O goddess, Gaṅgā, the destroyer of sins, arrived; / she purified that seer and remained at that place. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.33) agastyasyā''śrame ramye nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpahe .. tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā abhakṣyodbhavapātakāt.. mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ snānadānajapādinā .. 33 .. > In Agastya's delightful hermitage, which removes the fear of sin for men, / by seeing Gaṅgeśvara there, through bathing, giving gifts, reciting mantras, and the like, / one is freed from the sin born of eating forbidden food; of this there is no doubt. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.285.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285.285) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye'gastyāśramagaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 285 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Agastyāśrama and Gaṅgeśvara in the Nyaṅkumatī-māhātmya', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.285.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.285) · Pramāṇa