[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) › 16.290 # Skandapurana 16.290 Skandapurāṇa 16.290 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.290.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kuberasthānamuttamam .. yatra siddhaḥ purā devi kubero dhanado'bhavat .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the supreme place of Kubera, / where of old Kubera attained perfection and became the giver of wealth, O goddess. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.2) brāhmaṇaścaurarūpeṇa tatra sthāne'vasatpurā .. sa ca me bhaktiyogena purā vai dhanadaḥ kṛtaḥ.. 2 .. > A brahmin who lived as a thief resided in that place long ago, / and he was made the giver of wealth of old through the practice of devotion to me. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ sa brāhmaṇo bhūtvā caurarūpo narādhamaḥ .. tanme kathaya deveśa dhanadaḥ sa yathā'bhavat .. 3 .. > The Goddess said: / How did that vilest of men, though born a brahmin, become a thief? / Tell me that, O Lord of the gods: how did he become the giver of wealth? // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasminnarthe mahādevi yadvṛttaṃ cauttameṃ'tare .. kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śivamāhātmyasūcakam .. 4 .. > Īśvara said: / In that matter, O great goddess, I shall relate all that occurred in the reign of Manu Uttama, / which illustrates the greatness of Śiva. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.5) kaścidāsīddvijo devi devaśarmeti viśrutaḥ .. prabhāsakṣetranilayo nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe'vasat .. 5 .. > There was a certain twice-born, O goddess, known by the name Devaśarman, / residing in Prabhāsa-kṣetra; he lived on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.6) putrakṣetrakalatrādivyāpāraikarataḥ sadā .. vihāyātha sa gārhasthyaṃ dhanārthaṃ lobha mohitaḥ .. pracacāra mahīmetāṃ sagrāmanagarāṃtarām .. 6 .. > Constantly devoted solely to the care of his sons, fields, and wife, / he then abandoned householdership, deluded by greed for the sake of wealth, / and wandered over this earth, across its villages and cities. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.7) bhāryā tasya vilolākṣī tasya gehādvinirgatā .. svacchaṃdacāriṇī nityaṃ nityaṃ cānaṃgamohitā .. 7 .. > His wife with restless eyes departed from his house, / living always as she pleased and constantly infatuated by lust. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.8) tasyāṃ kadācitputrastu śūdrājjāto vidhervaśāt .. duṣṭātmā'tīva nirmukto nāmnā duḥsaha ityataḥ .. 8 .. > By the power of fate, a son was born to her from a śūdra, / an extremely wicked soul, utterly unrestrained, called by the name Duḥsaha. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.9) so'tha kālena mahatā nāmakarmapravartitaḥ .. vyasanopahataḥ pāpastyakto bandhujanaistathā .. 9 .. > Then, as much time passed, he engaged in deeds suited to his name: / stricken with vices, sinful, and likewise abandoned by his kin. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.10) pūjopakaraṇaṃ dravyaṃ sa kasmiṃścicchivālaye .. bahudoṣāmukhe dṛṣṭvā hartukāmo'viśattataḥ... .. 7.1.290.10.. > Seeing the articles and wealth used for worship in a certain temple of Śiva / late at night, he entered, wishing to steal them. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.11) yāvaddīpo gataprāyo vartticchedo'bhavatkila .. tāvattena daśā dattā dravyānveṣaṇakāraṇāt .. 11 .. > Just as the lamp was almost extinguished and its wick burnt out, / he placed a fresh wick into it for the purpose of searching for the wealth. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.12) prabuddhaścotthitastatra devapūjākaro naraḥ .. ko'yaṃ koyamiti proccairvyāharatparighāyudhaḥ ..12.. > A man attending to the worship of the deity awoke and arose there; / armed with an iron bar, he shouted loudly: 'Who is this? Who is this?' // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.13) sa ca prāṇabhayānnaṣṭaḥ śūdrajaścāpi mūḍhadhīḥ .. vinindannātmano janma karma cāpi suduḥkhita..13.. > Fearing for his life, the foolish-minded son of a śūdra fled, / deeply grieving, reviling his own birth and deeds. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.14) purapālairhato'vanyāṃ mṛtaḥ kālādabhūcca saḥ.. gaṃdhāraviṣaye rājā khyāto nāmnā sudurmukhaḥ..14.. > He was struck down on the ground by the town guards and died in the course of time; / and he became a renowned king in the Gandhāra country named Sudurmukha. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.15) gītavādyaratastatra veśyāsu nirato bhṛśam.. prajopadravakṛnmūrkhaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ .. 15 .. > Devoted to singing and instrumental music there, intensely devoted to courtesans, / that foolish man harassed his subjects and was excluded from all religious duties. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.16) kintvarcayansadaivāsau liṃgaṃ rājyakramāgatam .. puṣpasragdhūpanaivedyagaṃdhādibhiramantravat ..16 .. > Yet he constantly worshipped the liṅga inherited through the royal succession, / without mantras, using garlands of flowers, incense, food offerings, perfumes, and the like. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.17) mukhyeṣu ca sadā kāle devatāyataneṣu ca .. dadyātsa bahulāndīpānvartibhiśca samujjvalān .. 17 .. > And on important occasions, in the temples of the deities, / he would always offer abundant lamps brightly blazing with wicks. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.18) kadācinmṛgayāsakto babhrāma sa ca vīryavān.. prabhāsa kṣetramāgātya pūrvasaṃskārabhāvitaḥ .. 18 .. > Once that valiant one, addicted to hunting, roamed about; / having arrived at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, impelled by past impressions, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.19) parairabhihato yuddhe nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. śivapūjāvidhānena vidhvastāśeṣapātakaḥ .. 19 .. > Slain in battle by his enemies on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, / his sins were entirely destroyed by the proper performance of worship to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.20) tato viśravasaścāsau putro'bhūdbhuvi viśrutaḥ .. yaḥ sa eva mahātejāḥ sarvayajñādhipo balī .. 7.1.290.20 .. > Then he became the son of Viśravas, renowned upon the earth, / the very one endowed with great splendor, mighty, and lord over all sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.21) kubera iti dharmātmā śrutaśīlasamanvitaḥ .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa nyaṃkumatyāśca pūrvataḥ .. 21 .. > named Kubera, righteous, endowed with sacred learning and good character. / And he installed a liṅga to the east of the Nyaṅkumatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.22) kauberātpaścime bhāge somanātheti viśrutam .. saṃpūjya ca yatheśānaṃ nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. stotreṇānena cāstauṣīdbhaktyā taṃ sarvakāmadam .. 22 .. > Having duly worshipped the lord known as Somanātha to the west of the place of Kubera / on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, / he praised him who grants all desires with devotion through this hymn: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.23) mūrtiḥ kvāpi maheśvarasya mahatī yajñasya mūlodayā tumbī tuṃgaphalāvatī ca śataśo brahmāṇḍakoṭistathā .. yanmānaṃ na pitāmaho na ca harirbrahmāṇḍamadhyasthito jānātyanyasureṣu kā ca gaṇanā sā saṃtataṃ vo'vatāt .. 23 .. > "In some place is that great form of Maheśvara, the prime origin of sacrifice, / like a bottle-gourd creeper bearing high fruits of hundreds of millions of cosmic eggs, / whose measure neither the Grandfather nor Hari situated within the cosmos knows— / what reckoning can there be among other gods?—may that \[form\] protect you continually! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.24) namāmyahaṃ devamajaṃ purāṇamu pendramindrāvararājajuṣṭam .. śaśāṃkasūryāgnisamānanetraṃ vṛṣendracihnaṃ pralayādihetum .. 24 .. > I bow to the unborn, ancient God, attended by Indra's younger brother and the king of gods, / whose eyes are the moon, the sun, and fire, whose emblem is the bull, the cause of universal dissolution and creation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.25) sarveśvaraikatribalaikabandhuṃ yogādhigamyaṃ jagato'dhivāsam .. taṃ vismayādhāramanaṃtaśaktiṃ jñānodbhavaṃ dhairyaguṇādhikaṃ ca .. 25 .. > the Lord of All, the single friend of the three worlds, attainable through yoga, the dwelling place of the universe, / the foundation of wonder, possessed of endless power, born of knowledge, exceedingly abundant in fortitude, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.26) pinākapāśāṃkuśaśūlahastaṃ kapardinaṃ meghasamānaghoṣam .. sakālakaṇṭhaṃ sphaṭikāvabhāsaṃ namāmi śaṃbhuṃ bhuvanaikanātham .. 26 .. > holding the Pināka, noose, goad, and trident in his hands, with matted hair, rumbling like a cloud, / having a dark throat, radiating like crystal—I bow to Śambhu, the sole lord of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.27) kapālinaṃ mālinamādidevaṃ jaṭādharaṃ bhīmabhujaṃgahāram .. prabhāsitāraṃ ca sahasramūrtiṃ sahasraśīrṣaṃ puruṣaṃ viśiṣṭam .. 27 .. > bearing a skull, garlanded, the primal god, wearing braided hair, adorned with dread serpents as necklaces, / shining brightly, possessing a thousand forms, a thousand heads, the supreme Puruṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.28) yadakṣaraṃ nirguṇamaprameyaṃ sajyotirekaṃ pravadaṃti saṃtaḥ .. dūraṃgamaṃ vedyamaniṃdyavandyaṃ sarveṣu hṛtsthaṃ paramaṃ pavitram .. 28 .. > whom the virtuous declare to be imperishable, devoid of qualities, immeasurable, self-luminous and one, / far-reaching, to be known, blameless and worthy of adoration, abiding in the hearts of all, supremely pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.29) tejonibhaṃ bālamṛgāṃkamauliṃ namāmi rudraṃ sphuradugravaktram .. kālendhanaṃ kāmadamastasaṃgaṃ dharmāsanasthaṃ prakṛtidvayastham .. 29 .. > I bow to Rudra, radiant as splendor, with the crescent moon upon his crest, having a fiercely blazing countenance, / the consumer of time, bestower of desires, free from attachment, seated upon the throne of dharma, situated in both primary matters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.30) atīndriyaṃ viśvabhujaṃ jitāriṃ guṇatrayātītamajaṃ nirīham .. tamomayaṃ vedamayaṃ cidaṃśaṃ prajāpatīśaṃ puruhūtamindram .. anāgataikadhvanirūpamādyaṃ dhyāyaṃti yaṃ yogavido yatīndrāḥ .. 7.1.290.30 .. > transcending the senses, all-embracing, conqueror of enemies, beyond the three guṇas, unborn, free from striving, / consisting of darkness, consisting of the Vedas, a portion of pure consciousness, lord of the Prajāpatis, Indra invoked by many, / having the primal form of the unstruck sound, whom the lords of ascetics skilled in yoga meditate upon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.31) saṃsārapāśacchiduraṃ vimuktaḥ punaḥ punastvāṃ praṇamāmi devam .. 31 .. > Severer of the bonds of worldly existence, being liberated, I bow again and again to You, O God! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.32) nirūpamāsyaṃ ca balaprabhāvaṃ na ca svabhāvaṃ paramasya puṃsaḥ .. vijñāyate viṣṇupitāmahādyaistaṃ vāmadevaṃ praṇamāmyaciṃtyam .. 32 .. > Neither the matchless appearance nor the power of strength, nor the true nature of the supreme Puruṣa / is understood by Viṣṇu, the Grandfather, and the rest; I bow to that inconceivable Vāmadeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.33) śivaṃ samārādhya tamugramūrttiṃ papau samudraṃ bhagavānagastyaḥ .. lebhe dilīpo'pyakhilāṃśca kāmāṃstaṃ viśvayoniṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye .. 33 .. > Having propitiated that Śiva of fierce form, the venerable Agastya drank the ocean; / Dilīpa too obtained all desires. I take refuge in him, the womb of the universe! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.34) devendravandyoddhara māmanāthaṃ śambho kṛpākāruṇikaḥ kila tvam .. duḥkhā'rṇave magnamumeśa dīnaṃ samuddhara tvaṃ bhava śaṃkaro'si .. 34 .. > O one worshipped by the lord of the gods, rescue me, a helpless one! O Śambhu, you are indeed compassionate and merciful! / Plunged in an ocean of sorrow, miserable, rescue me! Be my benefactor, for you are Śaṃkara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.35) saṃpūjayanto divi devasaṃghā brahmendrarudrā viharaṃti kāmam .. taṃ staumi naumīha japāmi śarvaṃ vande'bhivaṃdyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ ..35.. > Worshipping \[you\], hosts of gods in heaven, with Brahmā, Indra, and the Rudras, disport at will. / I praise him, I bow to him, here I repeat the name of Śarva; having taken refuge, I venerate the one worthy of veneration." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.36) stutvaivamīśaṃ virarāma yāvattāvatsa rudro'rkasahasratejāḥ .. dadau ca tasmai varadoṃ'dhakārirvaratrayaṃ vaiśravaṇāya devaḥ.. sakhyaṃ ca dikpālapadaṃ caturthaṃ dhanādhipatyaṃ ca divaukasāṃ ca .. 36 .. > As soon as he had thus praised the Lord and ceased, Rudra, possessing the brilliance of a thousand suns, / the god who was the enemy of Andhaka, bestower of boons, gave three boons to Vaiśravaṇa: / friendship \[with himself\], the fourth quarter-guardian rank, and sovereignty over the wealth of the celestials. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.37) yasmādatra tvayā samyaṅnyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. ārādhito'haṃ vidhivatkṛtvā mūrttiṃ mahīmayīm .. 37 .. > "Because I have been worshipped properly by you here on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, / having fashioned an earthen form according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.38) tasmāttavaiva nāmnā tatsthānaṃ khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati .. kuberanagaretyevaṃ mama prītipradāyakam .. 38.. > therefore that place will become famous by your very name / as 'Kubera-nagara', causing pleasure to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.39) tvayā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgamasmātsthānācca paścime .. umānāthasya vidhivatsomanātheti tatsmṛtam .. 39 .. > The liṅga of Umā's lord installed by you to the west of this place, / according to rule, is remembered as Somanātha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.40) śrīpaṃcamyāṃ vidhānena yastacca pūjayiṣyati .. saptapuruṣāvadhiryāvattasya lakṣmīrbhaviṣyati .. 7.1.290.40 .. > Whoever worships it properly on Śrīpañcamī / will have prosperity lasting up to seven generations." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.290.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.290) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye kuberanagarotpattikuberasthāpitasomanāthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..290.. > Thus ends the two hundred and ninetieth chapter, entitled 'The Origin of Kuberanagara and the Description of the Māhātmya of Somanātha Installed by Kubera', in the Nyaṅkumatī-māhātmya, within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, the first \[sub-section\] of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.290.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290) · Pramāṇa