[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) › 16.28 # Skandapurana 16.28 Skandapurāṇa 16.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. ityāścaryamidaṃ deva tvattaḥ sarvaṃ mayā śrutam .. mahimānaṃ maheśasya vistareṇa samudbhavam .. sāṃprataṃ somanāthasya yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 1 .. > The Goddess said: / All this wonder, O Lord, has been heard by me from you, / the greatness originating from Maheśa in full detail. / Now you ought to tell properly of Somanātha: 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.2) vidhinā kena dṛśyosau yātrā kāryā kathaṃ nṛbhiḥ .. kasminkāle mahādeva niyamāścaiva kīdṛśāḥ .. 2 .. .. > By what rite is he to be visited? How should the pilgrimage be performed by men? / At what time, O Mahādeva, and what are the observances? 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. hemante śiśire vāpi vasante vātha bhāmini .. yadā ca jāyate cittaṃ vittaṃ vā parva vā bhavet .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / In late autumn, winter, or spring, O radiant lady, / and whenever the inclination arises, or funds are available, or a festival day occurs, 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.4) tadaiva yātrā karttavyā bhāvastatraiva kāraṇam .. kṛtvā tu niyamaṃ kaṃcitsvagṛhe varavarṇini .. 4 .. > just then the pilgrimage should be undertaken; the inner attitude alone is the cause there. / Having undertaken some observance in his own house, O woman of excellent complexion, 4. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.5) praṇamya manasā rudraṃ kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ yathāvidhi .. sthānaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vāgyataḥ susamāhitaḥ .. 5 .. > bowing mentally to Rudra and performing a śrāddha according to the rules, / circumambulating the home, silent and well-composed, 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.6) niyato niyatāhāro gaccheccaiva tataḥ pathi .. kāmakrodhau parityajya lobhamohau tathaiva ca .. 6 .. > self-restrained and regulated in diet, one should then set out on the path, / abandoning desire and anger, as well as greed and delusion, 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.7) īrṣyāmatsaralaulyaṃ ca yātrā kāryā tato nṛbhiḥ .. tīrthānugamanaṃ puṇyaṃ yajñebhyo'pi viśiṣyate .. 7 .. > envy, malice, and fickle longing—thus should the pilgrimage be performed by men. / The pious journey to a sacred ford is superior even to sacrifices. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.8) agniṣṭomādiyajñaiśca iṣṭvā vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ .. tattatphalamavāpnoti tīrthānugamanena yat .. 8 .. > Whatever fruit one attains through sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma / that are performed with generous priestly gifts, that very fruit one obtains through the journey to a sacred ford. 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.9) kaleryugaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāpya pāpasamanvitam .. nānyenā'sminnupāyena dharmmaḥ svargaśca labhyate .. vinā yātrāṃ mahādevi someśasya na saṃśayaḥ .. 9 .. > Having reached the terrible Kali age full of sin, / righteousness and heaven are attained in this \[age\] by no other means / except for a pilgrimage to Someśa, O great goddess; there is no doubt. 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.10) ye kurvaṃti narā yātrāṃ śuciśraddhāsamanvitāḥ .. kalau yuge kṛtārthāste ye tvanye te nirarthakāḥ .. 7.1.28.10 .. > The men who undertake the pilgrimage endowed with purity and faith / are fulfilled in purpose in the Kali age, while those who do otherwise are in vain. 10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.11) yathāmahodadhestulyo na cānyo'sti jalāśayaḥ .. tathā prābhāsikātkṣetrātsamaṃ tīrthaṃ na vidyate .. 11 .. > Just as there is no reservoir of water equal to the great ocean, / so there is no sacred ford equal to the field of Prabhāsa. 11. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.12) anupoṣya trirātrāṇi tīrthānyanabhigamya ca .. adattvā kāṃcanaṃ gāśca daridronāma jāyate .. 12 .. > Without fasting for three nights, without visiting sacred fords, / and without giving gold and cows, a man is born poor. 12. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.13) yanyagamyāni tīrthāni durgāṇi viṣamāṇi ca .. manasā tāni gamyāni sarvatīrthagatīpsunā .. 13 .. > Sacred fords that are inaccessible, difficult, and impassable / should be reached with the mind by one who desires the goal of all sacred fords. 13. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.14) yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam .. vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .. 14 .. > He whose hands, feet, and mind are well controlled, / and who possesses learning, austerity, and renown, enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. 14. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.15) niyato niyatāhāraḥ snāna. jāpyaparāyaṇaḥ .. vratopavāsanirataḥ sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .. 15 .. > Self-restrained, regulated in diet, devoted to ritual bathing and muttered prayer, / intent on vows and fasts, he enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. 15. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.16) akrodhanaśca deveśi satyaśīlo dṛḍhavrataḥ .. ātmopamaśca bhūteṣu sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .. 16 .. > Free from anger, O goddess of gods, truthful in character, firm in vows, / and regarding all beings as oneself, he enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. 16. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.17) kurukṣetrāditīrthāni rathagamyāni yāni tu .. tānyeva brāhmaṇo yāyādānadoṣo na teṣu vai .. 17 .. > As for sacred fords such as Kurukṣetra that can be reached by chariot, / a brahmin may go to those alone; no carriage-fault attaches to them. 17. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.18) ye sādhavo dhanopetāstīrthānāṃ smaraṇe ratāḥ .. tīrthe dānācca yogācca teṣāmabhyadhikaṃ phalam .. 18 .. > Those virtuous people endowed with wealth who are devoted to the remembrance of sacred fords, / through gift and spiritual union at a sacred ford, obtain a superior fruit. 18. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.19) ye daridrā dhanairhīnāstīrthānugamaneratāḥ.. teṣāṃ yajñaphalāvāptirvināpi dhanasaṃcayaiḥ ..19.. > Those who are poor and destitute of wealth, \[yet\] devoted to traveling to a sacred ford, / obtain the fruit of a sacrifice even without accumulations of wealth. 19. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.20) sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ sarvāśramanivāsinām .. tīrthaṃ tu phaladaṃ jñeyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 7.1.28.20 .. > For all classes and for residents of all stages of life, / a sacred ford is known to grant fruit; no doubt should be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.21) kāryāṃtareṇa yo gatvā snānaṃ tīrthe samācaret .. na ca yātrāphalaṃ tasya snānamātraṃ phalaṃ bhavet .. 21 .. > He who goes on account of another business and performs ritual ablution at a sacred ford / does not obtain the fruit of a pilgrimage; his fruit is only that of the ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.22) tīrthānugamanaṃ padbhyāṃ tapaḥparamihocyate .. tadeva kṛtvā yānena snānamātraphalaṃ labhet .. 22 .. > Going on foot to a sacred ford is called supreme austerity in this world; / but having done that with a conveyance, one would obtain only the fruit of ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.23) yasyānyaḥ kurute śaktyā tīrthayātrāṃ tatheśvari .. svakīyadravyayānābhyāṃ phalaṃ tasya caturguṇam .. 23 .. > When one enables another according to his ability to make a pilgrimage to a sacred ford, O goddess, / with his own wealth and conveyance, his fruit is fourfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.24) tīrthānugamanaṃ kṛtvā bhikṣāhārā jiteṃdriyāḥ.. prāpnuvaṃti mahādevi tīrthe daśaguṇaṃ phalam .. 24 .. > Those who, having journeyed to a sacred ford, subsist on alms with controlled senses, / obtain a tenfold fruit at the sacred ford, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.25) chatropānadvihīnastu bhikṣāśī vijiteṃdriyaḥ .. mahāpātakajairghorairvipraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 25 .. > Without umbrella and shoes, eating alms, with senses fully subdued, / a brahmin is freed from dreadful sins born of mortal sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.26) na bhaikṣaṃ parapākaṃ tu na ca bhaikṣyaṃ pratigraham .. somapānasamaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ tasmādbhaikṣaṃ samācaret .. 26 .. > Alms are not food cooked by another, nor are alms an acceptance of gifts; / alms are equal to the drinking of Soma; therefore one should subsist on alms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.27) loke'smindvividhaṃ tīrthaṃ svaccha ndairnirmmitaṃ tathā .. svayaṃbhūtaṃ prabhāsādyaṃ nirmitaṃ daivataiḥ kṛtam .. 27 .. > In this world a sacred ford is twofold: created naturally \[or\] made; / self-manifest, such as Prabhāsa and others, and made, which is fashioned by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.28) svayaṃbhūte mahātīrthe svabhāve ca mahattare .. tasmiṃstīrthe pratigṛhya kṛtāḥ sarve pratigrahāḥ .. 28 .. > In a self-manifest great sacred ford, which by its own nature is greater, / if one accepts \[gifts\], all forms of gift-acceptance have been committed in that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.29) pratigrahanivṛttasya yātrādaśaguṇaṃ phalam .. tena dattāni dānāni yajñairdevāḥ sutarpitāḥ .. 29 .. > For one who abstains from accepting gifts, the fruit of the pilgrimage is tenfold; / by him gifts are given, and the gods are well gratified through sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.30) yena kṣetraṃ samāsādya nivṛttiḥ paramā kṛtā .. vastulaulyāddhi yaḥ kṣetre pratigraharucistathā .. 7.1.28.30 .. > by whom, having reached the sacred field, supreme abstention has been observed. / But he who, out of greed for material things in the sacred field, takes pleasure in accepting gifts— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.31) naiva tasya paroloko nāyaṃ loko durātmanaḥ .. atha cetpratigṛhṇāti brāhmaṇo vṛttidurbalaḥ .. daśāṃśamarjitāddadyādevaṃ tatra na hīyate .. 31 .. > for that wicked soul there is neither the other world nor this world. / But if a brahmin, feeble in livelihood, accepts a gift, / he should give a tenth part of what is earned; thus he does not fall there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.32) vipraveṣaṃ samāsthāya śūdro bhūtvā pratigraham .. tṛṇakāṣṭhasamaṃ vāpi pratigṛhya patatyadhaḥ .. 32 .. > A śūdra who adopts the guise of a brahmin and, having accepted a gift / even as small as grass or wood, falls into the depths— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.33) kumbhīpākādikeṣvevaṃ mahānarakakoṭiṣu .. yāvadiṃdrasahasrāṇi caturddaśa varānane ..33.. > into Kumbhīpāka and the like, among crores of great hells, / for the duration of fourteen Indras, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.34) tasmānnaiva pratigrāhyaṃ kimanyairbrāhmaṇairapi .. dviprakārasya tīrthasya kṛtasyāpyakṛtasya ca .. 34 .. > Therefore, gifts should certainly not be accepted, how much less by other brahmins! / In a sacred ford of either kind, whether made or unmade, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.35) svakīyabhāvasaṃyuktaḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ phalamaśnute .. labhate ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ sa yaḥ parānnena gacchati .. 35 .. > endowed with one's own proper disposition, one enjoys the full fruit. / He who travels on another's food obtains a sixteenth part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.36) aśaktasya tathāṃdhasya paṃgoryāyāvarasya ca .. vihitaṃ kāraṇāyānamacchidre brāhmaṇe kutaḥ .. 36 .. > For the disabled, for the blind, for the lame, and for the wandering ascetic, / travel by conveyance for a valid reason is prescribed; whence \[could it be allowed\] for an unblemished brahmin? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.37) snānakhādanapānaiśca voḍhṛbhyastīrthasevakaḥ .. dadatsakalamāpnoti phalaṃ tīrthasamudbhavam .. 37 .. > A pilgrim of a sacred ford who provides ritual ablution, food, and drink / to his carriers attains the complete fruit arising from the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.38) na ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ yatnena labdhārthaṃ yadi yacchati .. paṃcamāṃśamatho vāpi dadyāttatra dvijātiṣu .. 38 .. > If with effort he does not give a sixteenth part of his acquired wealth, / he should give even a fifth part among the twice-born there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.39) devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca mātāpitrośca kāmataḥ .. puṇyadaḥ samavāpnoti tadevāṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam .. 39 .. > Bestowing merit willingly on deities, gurus, / and parents, he obtains eightfold that very fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.40) snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam .. puṇyaṃ deyaṃ tu sarvatra nāpuṇyaṃ dīyate kvacit .. 7.1.28.40 .. > Ritual ablution, gifting, silent prayer, burnt offering, Vedic study, worship of deities— / merit should be given everywhere; demerit is never given anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.41) pitaraṃ mātaraṃ tīrthe bhrātaraṃ suhṛdaṃ gurum .. yamuddiśya nimajjeta dvādaśāṃśaṃ labheta saḥ .. 41 .. > A father, a mother, a brother, a friend, or a guru— / designating whom one plunges at a sacred ford, that person receives a twelfth part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.42) kuśaistu pratimāṃ kṛtvā tīrthavāriṣu majjayet .. yamuddiśya mahādevi aṣṭabhāgaṃ labheta saḥ .. 42 .. > Having made an effigy out of kuśa grass, one should plunge it into the waters of the sacred ford; / designating whom, O great goddess, that person receives an eighth share. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.43) mahādānāni ye viprā gṛhṇanti jñānadurbalāḥ .. vṛkṣāste dvijarūpeṇa jāyaṃte brahmarākṣasāḥ .. 43 .. > Those brahmins weak in wisdom who accept great gifts / become trees, \[or\] are born as brahmarākṣasas in the form of twice-borns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.44) na vedabalamāśritya pratigraharucirbhavet .. ajñānādvā pramādādvā dahate karma netarat .. 44 .. > One should not take pleasure in accepting gifts relying on the power of the Veda; / whether from ignorance or negligence, karma burns \[him\], nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.45) citikāṣṭhaṃ tu vai spṛṣṭvā yajñayūpaṃ tathaiva ca .. vedavikrayiṇaṃ spṛṣṭvā snānameva vidhīyate .. 45 .. > Having touched funeral wood, and likewise a sacrificial post, / or having touched one who sells the Veda, only a ritual ablution is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.46) ādeśaṃ paṭhate yastu ādeśaṃ tu dadāti yaḥ .. dvāvetau pāpakarmāṇau pātālatalavāsinau .. 46 .. > He who recites a command, and he who gives a command— / both of these evildoers become dwellers in the depths of Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.47) ādeśaṃ paṭhate yastu saṃjighṛkṣuḥ pratigraham .. tīrthe caiva viśeṣeṇa brahmaghnaḥ saiva netaraḥ .. sthito vai nṛpaterdvāri na kuryādvedavikrayam .. 47 .. > He who recites a command wishing to seize an acceptance of gifts, / especially at a sacred ford, is indeed a killer of a brahmin and none other. / Standing at a king's gate, one must not sell the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.48) hatvā gāvo varaṃ māṃsaṃ bhakṣayīta dvijādhamaḥ .. varaṃ jīvansamaṃ matsyairna kuryādvedavikrayam .. brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 48 .. > Better that the lowest of the twice-born should kill cows and eat their flesh, / better that he should live like fish, than that he sell the Veda; / a sin equal to the murder of a brahmin has never been nor will ever be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.49) varaṃ kuryācca taddevi na kuryādvedavikrayam .. tīrthe caiva viśeṣeṇa mahākṣetre tathaiva ca .. 49 .. > Better that he do even that, O goddess, than sell the Veda, / especially at a sacred ford, and likewise in a great sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.50) dīyamānaṃ tu vai dānaṃ yastyajettīrthasevakaḥ .. tīrthaṃ karoti tīrthaṃ ca sa punāti ca pūrvajān .. 7.1.28.50 .. > A pilgrim of a sacred ford who refuses a gift being offered / makes the sacred ford truly sacred and purifies his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.51) yadanyatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tīrthe tadyāti lāghavam.. na tīrthakṛtamanyatra kvacideva vyapohati .. 51 .. > A sin committed elsewhere is mitigated at a sacred ford; / a sin committed at a sacred ford cannot be removed anywhere at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.52) tailapātramivātmānaṃ yo rakṣettīrthasevakaḥ .. sa tīrthaphalamaskannaṃ vipraḥ prāpnoti saṃyataḥ .. ... 52 .. > A pilgrim of a sacred ford who guards himself like a vessel of oil— / that self-controlled brahmin obtains the unspilled fruit of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.53) yasyayasyātti pakvānnamalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu .. tīrthagastasya tasyārdhaṃ snātasya viniyacchati .. 53 .. > Whosesoever cooked food he eats, whether little or much, / to that person he, having bathed while residing at the sacred ford, gives half \[his fruit\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.54) yo na kliṣṭopi bhikṣeta brāhmaṇa stīrthasevakaḥ .. satyavādī samādhisthaḥ sa tīrthasyopakārakaḥ .. 54.. > A brahmin pilgrim of a sacred ford who does not beg even when distressed, / truthful in speech, absorbed in contemplation, is a benefactor of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.55) kṛte yuge puṣkarāṇi tretāyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tathā .. dvāpare tu kurukṣetraṃ prābhāsikaṃ kalauyuge .. 55 .. > In the Kṛta age it is Puṣkara, in the Tretā likewise Naimiṣa, / in the Dvāpara indeed Kurukṣetra, and in the Kali age Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.56) tiṣṭhedyugasahasraṃtupādenaikena yaḥ pumān .. prabhāsayātrāmeko vā samaṃ bhavati vā na vā .. 56 .. > A man who would stand on one foot for a thousand ages, / and one who makes a single pilgrimage to Prabhāsa—whether they are equal or not \[is questioned\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.57) etatkṣetraṃ samāgatya madhyabhāge varānane .. yānāni tu parityajya bhāvyaṃ pādacarairnaraiḥ..57.. > Having arrived at this sacred field, O fair-faced lady, in its central region, / leaving behind conveyances, men must travel on foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.58) luṭhitvā loṭhanīṃ tatra luṭhitā yatra devatāḥ .. tato nṛtyanhasangāyanbhūtvā kārpaṭikā kṛtiḥ .. gacchetsomeśvaraṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā cādau kaparddinam.. 58 .. > Having rolled on the Loṭhanī where the deities rolled, / then dancing, laughing, singing, assuming the attire of a pilgrim, / one should go to the god Someśvara, having first seen Kapardin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.59) īdṛśaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ someśvaronmukham .. nityaṃ tuṣyaṃti pitaro garjaṃti ca pitā mahāḥ .. 59 .. > Seeing such a person standing turned toward Someśvara, / ancestors are constantly pleased, and grandfathers shout with joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.60) asmākaṃ vaṃśajo devaṃ prasthitastāraṇāya naḥ .. gatvā someśvaraṃ devi kuryādvapanamāditaḥ .. 7.1.28.60 .. > “Born in our lineage, he has set out toward the god to deliver us!” / Having gone to Someśvara, O goddess, one should first shave the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.61) tīrthopavāsaḥ karttavyo yathāvadvai nibodha me .. nāsti gaṃgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti kratusamā gatiḥ ..61.. > Fasting at the sacred ford should be observed properly; understand from me: / there is no sacred ford equal to Gaṅgā; there is no destination equal to a Vedic sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.62) gāyatrīsadṛśaṃ jāpyaṃ homo vyāhṛtibhiḥ samaḥ .. aṃtarjale tathā nāsti pāpaghnamaghamarṣaṇāt ..62.. > There is no recitation equal to the Gāyatrī, no fire oblation equal to \[that with\] the vyāhṛtis; / and in the water there is nothing that destroys sin equal to the Aghamarṣaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.63) ahiṃsāsadṛśaṃ puṇyaṃ dānātsaṃcayanaṃ param .. tapaścānaśanānnāsti tathā tīrthaniṣevaṇāt ..63.. > There is no merit equal to non-violence; giving is superior to accumulating; / there is no austerity equal to fasting, and likewise none equal to resorting to a sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.64) tīrthopavāsāddeveśi adhikaṃ nāsti kiñcana .. pāpānāṃ copaśamanaṃ satāmīpsitakārakam .. 64 .. > O Queen of the gods, there is nothing greater than fasting at a sacred ford; / it pacifies sins and grants what the virtuous desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.65) upavāso vinirddiṣṭo viśeṣāddevatāśraye .. brāhmaṇasya tvanaśanaṃ tapaḥ paramihocyate .. 65 .. > Fasting is especially prescribed in the sanctuary of a deity; / fasting is said to be the supreme austerity for a brahmin in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.66) ṣaṣṭhakālāśanaṃ śūdre tapaḥ proktaṃ paraṃ budhaiḥ .. varṇasaṃkarajātānāṃ dinamekaṃ prakīrtitam .. 66 .. > Eating at the sixth mealtime is declared by the wise to be the supreme austerity for a śūdra; / for those born of mixed castes, \[a fast of\] one day is proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.67) ṣaṣṭhakālātparaṃ śūdrastapaḥ kuryādyathā kvacit .. rāṣṭrahānistadā jñeyā rājñaścopadravo mahān .. 67 .. > If a śūdra should ever perform austerity beyond \[eating at\] the sixth mealtime, / ruin of the kingdom and great calamity for the king must then be understood \[to follow\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.68) śūdrastu ṣaṣṭhakālāśī yathāśaktyā tapaścaret .. na darbhānuddharecchūdro na pibetkāpilaṃ payaḥ .. 68 .. > A śūdra, eating at the sixth mealtime, should practice austerity according to his ability. / A śūdra must not gather darbha grass, nor drink the milk of a brown cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.69) madhyapatre na bhuñjīta brahmavṛkṣasya bhāmini .. noccaretpraṇavaṃ maṃtraṃ puroḍāśaṃ na bhakṣayet .. 69 .. > O lovely woman, he must not eat from the central leaf of the Brahmā tree \[palāśa\]; / he must not utter the praṇava mantra, nor partake of the sacrificial cake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.70) na śikhāṃ nopavītaṃ ca nocca retsaṃskṛtāṃ giram .. na paṭhedvedavacanaṃ trairātraṃ na hi sevayet .. 7.1.28.70 .. > He should have neither a tuft of hair nor a sacred thread, nor speak Sanskrit speech; / he must not recite the word of the Veda, and he must not practice a three-night fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.71) namaskāreṇa śūdrasya kriyāsiddhirbhaveddhruvam .. niṣiddhācaraṇaṃ kurvanpitṛbhiḥ saha majjati .. 71 .. > Success in rites for a śūdra surely comes through mere salutation. / One who practices what is forbidden sinks down along with his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.72) yenaikādaśasaṃkhyāni yaṃtritānīṃdriyāṇi vai .. sa tīrthaphalamāpnoti naro'nyaḥ kleśabhāgbhavet .. 72 .. > A man by whom the eleven sense-organs are truly restrained / obtains the fruit of the sacred ford; any other man merely partakes of distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.73) yacca tīrthe pitṛśrāddhaṃ snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. hitakārī ca bhūtebhyaḥ so'śnīyāttīrthajaṃ phalam .. 73 .. > One who performs śrāddha to the ancestors and takes a ritual ablution at the sacred ford, / and works for the benefit of living beings, he will enjoy the fruit born of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.74) dharmadhvajī sadā lubdhaḥ paradārarato hi yaḥ .. karoti tīrthagamanaṃ sa naraḥ pātakī bhavet.. 74 .. > A hypocrite, one who is ever greedy, or one devoted to another’s wife / who makes a pilgrimage to a sacred ford—that man becomes a sinner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.75) evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi yātrāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. tīrthopavāsaṃ kṛtvādau śraddhāyukto dṛḍhavrataḥ .. 75 .. > Knowing this, O great goddess, one should undertake the pilgrimage according to the rules, / having first fasted at the sacred ford, endowed with faith and firm in vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.76) bhojanaṃ naiva kurvīta yadī ccheddhitamātmanaḥ .. parānnaṃ naiva bhuñjīta taddine brāhmaṇaḥ kvacit ..76.. > If one desires one’s own welfare, one should not eat; / a brahmin must never eat food from another on that day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.77) hastyaśvarathayānāni bhūmigokāṃcanādikam .. sarvaṃ tatparigṛhṇīyādbhojanaṃ na samācaret .. 77 .. > Vehicles such as elephants, horses, and chariots, land, cows, gold, and the like— / he may accept all that, but he must not take a meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.78) āmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhuñjato dadato'pi vā .. tīrthopavāsaṃ kurvīta tasmāttatra varānane .. 78 .. > The merit is a hundredfold from raw food, whether eating it or giving it. / Therefore, O fair-faced woman, one should fast at the sacred ford there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.79) vratī ca tīrthayātrī ca vidhavā ca viśeṣataḥ .. parānnabhojane devi yasyānnaṃ tasya tatphalam .. 79 .. > For one who is observing a vow, for a pilgrim to a sacred ford, and especially for a widow, / when eating another's food, O goddess, the fruit belongs to the owner of the food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.80) vidhavā caiva yā nārī tasyā yātrāvidhiṃ bruve .. kuṃkumaṃ candanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ ca srajastathā .. 7.1.28.80 .. > And for a woman who is a widow, I shall declare the rules of pilgrimage: / saffron, sandalwood, betel, and garlands; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.81) raktavastrāṇi sarvāṇi śayyā prāstaraṇāni ca .. aśiṣṭaiḥ saha saṃbhāṣo dvivāraṃ bhojanaṃ tathā .. 81 .. > all red garments, beds and mattresses, / conversation with uncultured people, and eating twice \[a day\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.82) puṃsāṃ pradarśanaṃ caiva hāsyaṃ tamasi varjayet .. saśabdopānahau caiva nṛtyaṃ gatiṃ ca varjayet .. 82 .. > showing herself to men, laughing in the dark, / noisy shoes, dancing, and \[frivolous\] movement she must avoid; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.83) dhāraṇaṃ caiva keśānāmaṃjanaṃ ca vilepanam .. asatījanasaṃsargaṃ pāṃḍityaṃ ca parityajet .. 83 .. > keeping long hair, applying collyrium and ointments, / associating with unchaste women, and showing off learning she must abandon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.84) nityaṃ snānaṃ ca kurvīta śvetavastrāṇi dhārayet .. yatiśca brahmacārī ca vidhavā ca viśeṣataḥ .. 84 .. > She should take a ritual ablution daily and wear white garments. / An ascetic, a student of the Veda, and especially a widow: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95) tāṃbūlaṃ madhu māṃsaṃ ca surāpānasamaṃ viduḥ .. eteṣāṃ varjjanāddevi samyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 95 .. > they consider betel, honey, and meat to be equal to drinking liquor. / By avoiding these, O goddess, one obtains the full fruit of pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_1) .. devyuvāca .. .. tapāṃsi kāni kathyante kṣetre prābhā sike naraiḥ .. kāni dānāni dīyante keṣu tīrtheṣu vā katham .. 86 .. > The Goddess said: / What austerities are declared by men in the sacred field of Prabhāsa? / What gifts are given, at which sacred fords, and in what manner? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_2) .. īśvara uvāca.. .. tapaḥ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ jñānamiṣyate .. dvāpare yajanaṃ dhanyaṃ dānamekaṃ kalau yuge ..87.. > The Lord said: / Austerity was supreme in the Kṛta age; knowledge is desired in the Tretā; / in the Dvāpara, sacrifice was blessed; giving alone is \[supreme\] in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_3) tapastapyanti munayaḥ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādikam .. gatvā prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ lokāścānye kṛte yuge ..88.. > Sages and other people in the Kṛta age, having gone to the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / practiced austerities such as the kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa, and others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_4) kalau dānāni dīyante brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi .. prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapasāṃ prāpyate phalam .. 89 .. > In the Kali age, gifts are given to brahmins according to the rules. / Reaching the sacred field of Prabhāsa, the fruit of austerities is obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_5) tulāpuruṣabrahmāṇḍapṛthivīkalpapādapāḥ .. hiraṇya kāmadhenuśca gajavājirathāstathā .. 7.1.28.90 .. > The Weighing of a Man, the Cosmic Egg, the Earth, the Wish-Granting Trees, / the Golden Cow of Desires, and likewise elephants, horses, and chariots; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_6) ratnadhenuhiraṇyāśvasaptasāgara eva ca .. mahābhūtaghaṭo viśvacakrakalpalatābhidhaḥ .. 91 .. > the Jewel Cow, the Golden Horse, and the Seven Oceans, / the Pot of Great Elements, and the ones named the Universal Wheel and the Wish-Granting Creeper: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_7) prabhāse nṛpatirdadyā nmahādānāni ṣoḍaśa .. dhānyaratnaguḍasvarṇatilakārpāsaśarkarāḥ .. 92 .. > a king should give these sixteen great gifts at Prabhāsa. / Grain, jewels, jaggery, gold, sesame, cotton, sugar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_8) sarpirlavaṇarūpyākhyā daśaite parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ .. guḍājyadadhimadhvaṃbusalila kṣīraśarkarāḥ .. ratnākhyāśca svarūpeṇa daśaitā dhenavo matāḥ .. 93 .. > clarified butter, salt, and silver—these are recorded as the ten mountain \[gifts\]. / Jaggery, clarified butter, curds, honey-water, fresh water, milk, sugar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_9) teṣāmekatamaṃ dānaṃ tīrthetīrthe pṛthakpṛthak .. pradeyānyekavāraṃ vā sarasvatyabdhi saṃgame .. 94 .. > One of these gifts should be given at each sacred ford separately, / or all together at once at the confluence of the Sarasvatī and the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.95\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.95_10) sarvasvaṃ cātividuṣe gṛhaṃ vā saparicchadam .. bahvalpamapi viprebhyo dātavyaṃ priyamelake ..95.. > One's entire property to a very learned man, or a house with furnishings, / much or even little, should be given to brahmins at Priyamelaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.96) yatra tīrthe labhelliṃgaṃ tīrthaṃ ca vimalodakam.. tatrāgnikāryaṃ kṛtvādau viśiṣṭaṃ dānamiṣyate ..96.. > At whatever sacred ford one finds a liṅga and a sacred ford with pure water, / having first performed the fire rite there, an excellent gift is commended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.97) tarpaṇaṃ pitṛdevānāṃ śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ sadakṣiṇam .. tīrthetīrthe ca godānaṃ niyataḥ prakṛto vidhiḥ .. .. 97 .. > The libation to the ancestors and gods, śrāddha, a gift with a sacrificial fee, / and the gift of a cow at each sacred ford is the fixed, natural rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.98) viśiṣṭakhyātaliṃgeṣu vṛṣadānaṃ vidhīyate .. snānaṃ vilepanaṃ pūjāṃ devatānāṃ samācaret .. 98 .. > At renowned, distinguished liṅgas, the gift of a bull is prescribed. / One should perform ritual ablution, anointing, and worship of the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.99) jagatīṃ cārcayedbhaktyā tathā caivopalepayet .. prāsādaṃ dhavalaṃ saudhaṃ kārayejjīrṇamuddharet .. 99 .. > One should worship the terrace with devotion, and likewise smear it \[with cow dung\]. / One should whitewash the palace temple and restore what is dilapidated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.100) puṣpavāṭīṃ snānakūpaṃ nirmalaṃ kārayedvratī .. brāhmaṇānāṃ bhūridānaṃ devapūjākarāya ca .. 7.1.28.100 .. > The vow-observer should make a flower garden and a pure well for bathing, / \[and make\] lavish gifts to brahmins and to the one who performs the deity's worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.101) sarvatra devayātrāyāṃ vidhireṣa pravarttate .. tīrthamabhyuddharejjīrṇaṃ mārjayetkathayetphalam .. 101 .. > In every pilgrimage to the gods, this rule applies: / one should restore a ruined sacred ford, clean it, and proclaim its fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.102) prasiddhe ca mahādānaṃ madhyame caiva madhyamam .. godānaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu suvarṇamatha niṣkrayaḥ .. hiraṇyadānaṃ sarveṣāṃ dānānāmeva niṣkṛtiḥ .. 102 .. > At a famous \[ford\], a great gift; at a middling one, a middling gift; / the gift of a cow at all sacred fords; or gold as a substitute: / the gift of gold is indeed the substitute for all gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.103) evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā labhate janmanaḥ phalam .. tīrtheṣu dānaṃ vakṣyāmi yeṣu yaddīyate tithau .. 103 .. > Having done this with devotion, a man obtains the fruit of his birth. / I shall describe the gifts at the sacred fords, and which \[gift\] is given on which lunar day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.104) prabhāse pratipaddānaṃ dātavyaṃ kāṃcanaṃ śubham .. dvitīyāyāṃ tathā vastraṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ ca medinīm .. ..104 .. > At Prabhāsa, on the first lunar day, an auspicious gift of gold should be given; / on the second, cloth; and on the third, land. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.105) caturthyāṃ dāpayeddhānyaṃ paṃcamyāṃ kapilāṃ tathā .. ṣaṣṭhyāmaśvaṃ ca saptamyāṃ mahiṣīṃ tatra dāpayet .. 105.. > On the fourth lunar day, one should give grain, and on the fifth, a tawny cow; / on the sixth, a horse, and on the seventh, one should give a female buffalo there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.106) aṣṭamyāṃ vṛṣabhaṃ dattvā nīlaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyutam .. navamyāṃ tu gṛhaṃ dadyāccakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ gadāṃ tathā .. 106 .. > On the eighth, having given a dark bull endowed with auspicious marks, / on the ninth, one should give a house, as well as a discus, a conch, and a mace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.107) daśamyāṃ sarvagaṃdhāṃśca ekādaśyāṃ ca mauktikam .. dvādaśyāṃ suvratennādyaṃ pravālaṃ vidhivattathā .. 107 .. > On the tenth, all kinds of perfumes, and on the eleventh, a pearl; / on the twelfth, O lady of good vows, food, and coral according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.108) striyo deyāstrayodaśyāṃ bhūtāyāṃ jñānado bhavet.. amāvāsyāmanuprāpya sarvadānāni dāpayet .. 108 .. > On the thirteenth, women should be given; on the fourteenth, one should bestow knowledge; / on reaching the new-moon day, one should give all gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.109) evaṃ dānaṃ pradattvā tu daśa kṛtvaḥ phalaṃ labhet .. 109 .. > Having thus given a gift, one obtains ten times the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.110) .. devyuvāca .. .. bhaktidānavihīnā ye prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ .. snānamantravihīnāśca vada teṣāṃ tu kiṃ phalam .. .. 7.1.28.110 .. > The goddess said: / Those who come to the sacred field of Prabhāsa devoid of devotion and gifts, / and devoid of ritual ablution and mantras—tell \[me\], what is their fruit? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.111) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sadhanā nirddhanā vāpi samaṃtrā maṃtravarjitāḥ .. prabhāse nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ sarve yāṃti śivālayam .. 111 .. > Īśvara said: / Whether rich or poor, with mantras or without mantras, / all who meet death in Prabhāsa go to the abode of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.112) ye maṃtrahīnāḥ puruṣā dharmahīnāśca ye mṛtāḥ .. teṣāmekaṃ vimānaṃ tu dadāmi sumahatpriye .. 112 .. > Those men who die devoid of mantras and devoid of dharma, / to them, O beloved, I give one very great aerial chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.113) snānadānānurūpyeṇa prāpnuvaṃti paraṃ padam .. kecitsnānaprabhāvena keciddānena mānavāḥ .. 113 .. > According to their ritual ablution and gifts, men attain the supreme state: / some through the power of ritual ablution, some through gifts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.114) kecilliṃgapraṇāmena kecilliṃgārccanena ca .. keciddhyānaprabhāvena kecidyogaprabhāvataḥ .. 114 .. > some through prostration to the liṅga, some through worship of the liṅga; / some through the power of meditation, some through the power of yoga; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.115) kecinmaṃ trasya jāpyena kecicca tapasā śubhe .. tīrthe saṃnyasanaiḥ kecitkecidbhaktyanusārataḥ ..115 .. > some through the chanting of mantras, and some through austerity, O auspicious lady; / some through renunciation at the sacred ford, and some according to their devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.116) ete cānye ca bahava uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ .. sarve śivapuraṃ yāṃti vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ .. 116 .. > These and many others—the highest, the lowest, and the middling— / all go to the city of Śiva in aerial chariots resembling the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.117) triśūlāṃkitahastāśca sarve ca vṛṣavāhanāḥ .. divyāpsarogaṇākīrṇāḥ krīḍaṃte matprabhāvataḥ .. 117 .. > With hands marked by tridents, and all riding bulls, / surrounded by hosts of divine apsarases, they disport themselves through my power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.118) evaṃ bhaktyanusāreṇa dadāmi phalamavyayam.. alepakaṃ prabhāsaṃ tu dharmādharmairna lipyate .. 118 .. > Thus, according to their devotion, I give imperishable fruit. / Prabhāsa is unblemished; it is not tainted by dharma or adharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.119) dharmaṃ caraṃtyadharmaṃ vā śivaṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 119 .. > Whether they practice dharma or adharma, they go to Śiva, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.120) janmaprabhṛti yo devi naro netravivarjitaḥ .. mama kṣetre mṛtaḥ so'pi rudraloke mahīyate .. 7.1.28.120 .. > O goddess, even a man who has been blind since birth, / if he dies in my sacred field, is honored in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.121) janmaprabhṛti yo devi śravaṇābhyāṃ vivarjitaḥ .. prabhāse nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ sa bhavenmatparigrahaḥ .. 121 .. > O goddess, he who has been deaf since birth, / if he meets death in Prabhāsa, becomes my own. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.122) athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi tīrthānāṃ sparśane vidhim .. mantreṇa maṃtritaṃ tīrthaṃ bhavetsaṃnihitaṃ tathā .. ...122 .. > Now, therefore, I shall declare the rule for touching the sacred fords: / consecrated with a mantra, the sacred ford becomes present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.123) prathamaṃ cālabhettīrthaṃ praṇavena jalaṃ śuci .. avagāhya tataḥ snāyādadhyātmamantrayogataḥ .. 123 .. > First, one should touch the pure water of the sacred ford with the syllable Oṃ; / then, plunging in, one should bathe in conjunction with the spiritual mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.124) oṃnamo devadevāya śitikaṇṭhāya daṃḍine .. rudrāya vāmahastāya cakriṇe vedhase namaḥ .. 124 .. > “Oṃ, salutation to the God of gods, the dark-throated one, the staff-bearer, / to Rudra, whose hand is auspicious, the discus-wielder, the creator, salutation! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.125) sarasvatī ca sāvitrī vedamātā vibhāvarī .. saṃnidhānaṃ kuruṣvātra tīrthe pāpa praṇāśini .. sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ maṃtra eṣa udāhṛtaḥ .. 125 .. > Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī, Mother of the Vedas, Night: / make your presence here in this sacred ford, O destroyer of sins!” / This mantra is declared for all the sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.126) ityuccārya namaskṛtvā snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. upavāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāttasminnahani suvrate .. 126 .. > Having uttered this and bowed, one should perform the ritual ablution according to rule; / then, O lady of good vows, one should observe a fast on that day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.127) sā tithirvarṣamekaṃ tu upoṣyā bhaktitatparaiḥ .. 127 .. > That lunar day should be fasted on for one year by those intent on devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.128) .. devyuvāca .. .. kasmiṃstīrthe naraiḥ pūrvaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāgataiḥ .. snānaṃ kāryaṃ mahādevi tanme vistarato vada .. 128 .. > The goddess said: / At which sacred ford should ritual ablution first be performed by men who have arrived at the sacred field of Prabhāsa? / O great god, tell me that in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.129) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. haṃta te saṃpravakṣyāmi ādyaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham .. pūrvaṃ yatra naraiḥ snānaṃ kriyate tacchṛṣuṣva me .. 129 .. > Īśvara said: / Well, I shall tell you of the first sacred ford of great splendor, / where ritual ablution is performed first by men; hear that from me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.28.129\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28.129_11) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye tīrthayātrā vidhānavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 .. > Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Rules for Pilgrimage to Sacred Fords', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.28.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kedārakalpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.kedarakalpa.8.5) — Sanskrit - [Śūdradharmatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudradharmatattva.6.2-3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1591, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.6.3-2.p1.7) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit - [Tīrthenduśekhara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthendusekhara.1.p57) — Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.28) · Pramāṇa