[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) › 16.288 # Skandapurana 16.288 Skandapurāṇa 16.288 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.288.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi bālādityamiti śrutam .. agatsyasthānataḥ pūrve gavyūtidvitayena tu.. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to that which is renowned as Bālāditya, / two gavyūtis to the east of Agastya's place. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.288.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.2) sthānaṃ sapāṭikānāma tasyadakṣiṇataḥ sthitam .. gavyūtimātraṃ deveśi bālārka iti viśrutam .. 2 .. > South of that place named Sapāṭikā, / at a distance of a single gavyūti, O ruler of the gods, is that celebrated as Bālārka, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.288.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.3) yatra cārādhitā vidyā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .. saṃsthāpya liṃgatritayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tathā ravim .. 3 .. > where the sacred lore was mastered by the wise Viśvāmitra / after establishing a triad of liṅgas and consecrating the Sun. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.288.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.4) vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān . bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ .. 4 .. > He accomplished the mastery of the sacred lore and obtained perfection from the Sun; / hence that lord attained renown by the name Bālāditya. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.288.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.5) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhāskarapāpataskaram.. na dāridryamavāpnoti yāvajjīvati mānavaḥ .. 5 .. > Having beheld that Sun, who steals away sins, O goddess, / a mortal never encounters poverty as long as he lives. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.288.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.288) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 288 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-eighth 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.16.288.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288) · Pramāṇa