[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) › 16.286 # Skandapurana 16.286 Skandapurāṇa 16.286 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.286.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi bālārkaṃ pāpanāśanam .. agastyāśramato devi uttare nātidūrataḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to Bālārka, the destroyer of sins, / which is not very far to the north from Agastya's hermitage, O goddess. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.286.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286.2) bāla eva tu yatrārkastapastepe purā priye .. tena bālārka ityetannāma khyātaṃ dharātale .. 2 .. > Since the Sun, while still a boy, performed austerities there of old, O beloved, / it became renowned by this name, 'Bālārka', on the surface of the earth. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.286.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā ravivāreṇa na kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ .. bālānāṃ rogajā pīḍā na saṃbhūyātkadācana .. 3 .. > Having seen it on a Sunday, a man does not become a leper; / afflictions caused by disease shall never befall his children. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.286.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286.286) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 286 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-sixth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Bālārka', 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.16.286.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.286) · Pramāṇa