[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) › 16.29 # Skandapurana 16.29 Skandapurāṇa 16.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. agnitīrthaṃ tato gacchetsāgarasya taṭe śubhe .. yatrā'sau vāḍavo muktaḥ sarasvatyā varānane .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go to Agnitīrtha on the auspicious shore of the ocean, / where that submarine fire was released by Sarasvatī, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.2) dakṣiṇe somanāthasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. tīrthaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ padmakaṃ nāma nāmataḥ .. 2 .. > To the south of Somanātha is the sacred ford known in the three worlds, / named Padmaka by name, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.3) dhanvaṃtaraśate proktaṃ someśājjalamadhyagam.. kuṇḍaṃ pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ śatahastapramāṇataḥ .. tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta vigāhya nidhimaṃbhasām .. 3 .. > At a distance of a hundred bows from Someśa, situated within the water, / is the pool destroying sin, declared to be a hundred cubits in measure; / having plunged into the storehouse of waters, one should perform ritual ablution there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.4) ādau kṛtvā tu vapanaṃ someśvarasamīpataḥ .. śaṃkaraṃ manasā dhyāyankeśāṃstatra parityajet .. samuttārya tataḥ keśānbhūyaḥ snānaṃ samācaret .. 4 .. > having first performed shaving near Someśvara; / meditating on Śaṃkara in one’s mind, one should cast off one's hair there; / having removed the hair, one should then perform ritual ablution again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.5) yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ manuṣyo vṛttikarśitaḥ .. tadeva parvatasute sarvaṃ keśeṣu tiṣṭhati .. 5 .. > Whatever sin a man commits, afflicted by livelihood, / that entirely stays in the hair, O daughter of the mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.6) tasmātsarvaprayatnena keśāṃstatra vinikṣipet .. tadeva somanāthāgre kṛtvā tu dviguṇaṃ phalam.. 6 .. > Therefore, with every effort, one should cast off hair there; / doing that in front of Somanātha, the fruit is doubled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.7) agnitīrthasamīpasthaṃ kaparddidvāramadhyagam .. tatraiva dviguṇaṃ jñeyamanyatraikaguṇaṃ smṛtam .. 7 .. > Near Agnitīrtha, located within Kapardidvāra— / right there it is known to be twofold, while elsewhere it is remembered as single. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.8) kṣurakarma na śastaṃ syādyoṣitāṃ tu varānane .. sabhartṛkāṇāṃ tatraiva vidhiṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇuṣva me .. 8 .. > Tonsure is not commended for women, O fair-faced lady, / whose husbands are alive; hear from me the rule for them right there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.9) sarvānkeśānsamuddhṛtya cchedayedaṃguladvayam .. tato devānvidhānena tarppayetpitṛdevatāḥ..9.. > Gathering all the hair, one should cut off two finger-breadths; / then, according to rule, one should make libations to the gods and the ancestral deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.10) muṇḍanaṃ copavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ .. 7.1.29.10 .. > Shaving and fasting—this is the rule at all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.11) gaṃgāyāṃ bhāskare kṣetre mātāpitrorgurau mṛte .. ādhāne somapāne ca vapanaṃ saptasu smṛtam .. 11 .. > At the Gaṅgā, at Bhāskarakṣetra, upon the death of mother, father, or guru, / at the laying of sacred fires, and at the drinking of soma—shaving is remembered in these seven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.12) aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ yaḥ samācaret .. nāsau tatphalamāpnoti vapanādyacca labhyate .. 12 .. > He who performs a thousand thousands of horse sacrifices / does not obtain the fruit that is gained through shaving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.13) vinā mantreṇa yastatra devi snānaṃ samācaret .. samāpnoti kvacicchreyo muktvaikaṃ parvavāsaram.. 13 .. > He who performs ritual ablution there without a mantra, O goddess, / rarely obtains welfare, except on a single day of conjunction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.14) vinā maṃtraṃ vinā parva kṣurakarma vinā naraiḥ .. kuśāgreṇāpi deveśi na spraṣṭavyo mahodadhiḥ .. .. 14 .. > Without a mantra, without a day of conjunction, without the act of shaving, / the great ocean must not be touched by men even with the tip of a kuśa blade, O ruler of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.15) evaṃ snātvā vidhānena dattvā'rghyaṃ ca mahodadhau .. saṃpūjya puṣpagaṃdhaiśca vastraiḥ puṇyānulepanaiḥ .. 15 .. > Having thus bathed according to rule, and having offered water to the great ocean, / having worshipped it with flowers, perfumes, garments, and auspicious ointments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.16) hiraṇmayaṃ yathāśaktyā nikṣipettatra kaṃkaṇam .. 16 .. > one should throw into it a golden bracelet according to one’s means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.17) evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānaṃ tu sparśayellavaṇodadhim .. mantreṇānena deveśi tataḥ sāṃnidhyatāṃ vrajet .. 17 .. > Having thus performed the rite, one should touch the salt ocean / with this mantra, O ruler of gods; then one attains presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.18) oṃ namo viṣṇuguptāya viṣṇurūpāya te namaḥ .. sāṃnidhye bhava deveśa sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi .. 18 .. > "Oṃ, homage to Viṣṇu-gupta, homage to you whose form is Viṣṇu! / O Lord of Gods, be present in the ocean, in the salt water!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.19) agniśca reto mṛḍayā ca deho retodhā viṣṇuramṛtasya nābhiḥ .. etadbruvanpārvati satyavākyaṃ tato'vagāhettu patiṃ nadīnām .. 19 .. > "Agni is the semen, and by the Gracious One \[Śiva\] is the body; Viṣṇu holds the semen, the navel of nectar." / Speaking this true utterance, O Pārvatī, one should then plunge into the lord of rivers \[the ocean\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.20) oṃ namo ratnagarbhāya mantreṇānena bhāmini .. kaṃkaṇaṃ prakṣipettatra tataḥ snāyādyadṛcchayā ..7.1.29.20.. > "Oṃ, homage to Ratnagarbha (the jewel-wombed)!" With this mantra, O lovely woman, / one should cast the bracelet there, and then bathe at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.21) tataśca tarpayeddevānmanuṣyāṃśca pitāmahān.. tilamiśreṇa toyena samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ..21.. > And then one should offer libations to the gods, the men, and the ancestors / with water mixed with sesame seeds, fully endowed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.22) ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kurute naraḥ.. sakṛtsnātvā vyapoheta sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi..22.. > Whatever sin a man commits across a hundred thousand births, / having bathed just once in the ocean of salt water, he dispels it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.23) vṛṣabhastatra dātavyaḥ pravṛtte kṣurakarmaṇi.. ātmaprakṛtidānaṃ ca pītavastraṃ tathaiva ca..23.. > A bull should be given there when the shaving ritual begins, / and a gift of one's own constitution, as well as yellow cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.24) anena vidhinā tatra samyaksnānaṃ samācaret .. sparśayedvāḍavaṃ tejaścānyathā doṣabhāgbhavet .. 24 .. > According to this procedure, one should perform the ritual ablution properly there. / One should touch the submarine fire (vāḍava tejas); otherwise, one would incur fault. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.25) varaḥ śāpaśca tasyāyaṃ purā datto yathā dvijaiḥ ... 25 .. > For this boon and curse were formerly given to it by the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.26) .. devyuvāca .. .. kutra kutra mahādeva jalasnānādviśudhyati .. kimarthaṃ sāgare doṣaḥ prāpyate kautukaṃ mahat .. 26 .. > The Goddess said: / "Everywhere, O Mahādeva, one is purified by bathing in water. / For what reason is fault incurred in the ocean? This is a great wonder! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.27) yatra gaṃgādayaḥ sarvā nadyo viśrāṃtimāgatāḥ .. yatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ śete yatra lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ sthitā .. 27 .. > Where all rivers such as the Gaṅgā have found their resting place, / where Viṣṇu himself lies, where Lakṣmī herself resides— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.28) kimarthaṃ varaśāpaṃ tu tasya dattaṃ dvijaiḥ purā .. sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi mahānme saṃśayo'tra vai .. 28 .. > why was a boon and a curse given to it formerly by the brahmins? / Tell me everything in detail; indeed, great is my doubt in this matter." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.29) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. dīrghasatraṃ purā devi prārabdhaṃ surasattamaiḥ .. prabhāsaṃ tīrthamāsādya samyakchraddhā samanvitaiḥ .. 29 .. > Īśvara said: / "Formerly, O goddess, a long sacrificial session was begun by the foremost of the gods, / who had arrived at the Prabhāsa tīrtha, fully endowed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.30) tataḥ satrāvasāne tu dattvā dānamanekadhā .. sarvasvaṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinām .. 7.1.29.30 .. > Then, at the conclusion of the sacrificial session, having bestowed varied gifts / and their entire property upon the foremost brahmins residing in the Prabhāsa sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.31) tāvadanye dvijāstatra dakṣiṇārthaṃ samāgatāḥ .. deśīyāstatra vāstavyāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 31 .. > meanwhile other brahmins arrived there for the sake of sacrificial fees— / local inhabitants there, by the hundreds and thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.32) prārthanābhaṅgabhītāśca tato devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. praṇaṣṭāstānsurāndṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇāścānuvavrajuḥ .. 32 .. > And terrified of disappointing their supplication, the gods along with Indra then / vanished. Seeing those gods \[flee\], the brahmins pursued them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.33) khecaratvaṃ purā devi hyāsīdagrabhuvāṃ mahat .. tena yāṃti drutaṃ sarve yatra yatra surālayāḥ .. 33 .. > Formerly, O goddess, the firstborn \[brahmins\] possessed the great power of flying through the air; / by that means, they all went swiftly wherever the gods' abodes were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.34) evaṃ sarvatragāmitvaṃ teṣāṃ vīkṣya divaukasaḥ .. praviṣṭāḥ sāgaraṃ bhītā ūcurvākyaṃ ca taṃ punaḥ .. 34 .. > Seeing their ability to go everywhere in this manner, the dwellers of heaven, / frightened, entered the ocean and spoke these words to it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.35) śaraṇaṃ te vayaṃ prāptā brāhmaṇebhyo bhayaṃ gatāḥ .. nāsti vittaṃ ca dānārthaṃ tasmādrakṣa mahodadhe .. 35 .. > 'We have sought your refuge, seized with fear of the brahmins. / There is no wealth left for giving; therefore, protect us, O great ocean! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.36) ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve samāptavaradakṣiṇāḥ .. ekato bhayabhītasya prāṇinaḥ prāṇarakṣaṇam.. viśeṣataśca devānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ bahupuṇyadam.. 36 .. > On one side are all the sacrifices with the boons and sacrificial fees complete; / on the other side is the saving of the life of a creature terrified with fear. / In particular, the protection of the gods bestows great merit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.37) .. samudra uvāca .. .. brāhmaṇebhyo na bhīḥ kāryā kathaṃcitsurasattamāḥ .. ahaṃ vo rakṣayiṣyāmi praviśadhvaṃ mamodare .. 37 .. > The Ocean said: / 'No fear of the brahmins should be had in any way, O foremost of the gods! / I will protect you; enter inside my belly.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.38) tataste vibudhāḥ sarve tasya vākyena harṣitāḥ .. praviṣṭā gahvarāṃ kukṣiṃ tasyaiva bhaya varjjitāḥ .. 38 .. > Then all those deities, delighted by its word, / free from fear, entered the deep belly of that very \[ocean\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.39) samudro'pi mahatkṛtvā nijarūpaṃ ca bhūriśaḥ .. jalajāñjīvasaṃghātāndhṛtvā tīrasamīpataḥ .. 39 .. > The ocean, too, having expanded its own form greatly, / gathered hosts of living water-creatures near the shore. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.40) tataścakra upāyaṃ sa brāhmaṇānāṃ nipātane .. matsyānāmāmiṣaṃ paktvā mahānnena ca gopitam .. 7.1.29.40 .. > Then it devised a stratagem for the ruin of the brahmins: / having cooked the flesh of fish, it concealed it with great quantities of rice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.41) athovāca dvijānsarvānpraṇipatya kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ viprā muhūrttaṃ mama sāṃpratam.. 41 .. > Then, having bowed down with joined palms, it spoke to all the twice-born: / 'Bestow your favor, O brahmins, upon me for a moment now! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.42) ātithyagrahaṇādeva dīnasya praṇatasya ca .. yuṣmadarthaṃ mayā samyagetatpākaṃ samāvṛtam .. kriyatāṃ bhojanaṃ bhūyo gaṃtavyamanu nākinām .. 42 .. > Just by accepting hospitality from one who is humble and bowed down \[you will do so\]. / For your sake, this meal has been properly prepared by me. / Let the meal be eaten, and then you may go after the deities.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.43) atha te brāhmaṇā matvā samudraṃ śraddhayānvitam .. bāḍhamityeva taṃ procya bubhujuḥ svarṇabhājane .. 43 .. > Then those brahmins, believing the ocean to be full of faith / and saying to it, 'Very well,' ate from golden vessels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.44) na vyajānaṃta tanmāṃsaṃ guptaṃ svādu kṣudhārdditāḥ .. 44 .. > Tormented by hunger, they did not recognize that hidden meat, which was delicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.45) tatastṛptāśca te viprā brāhmaṇā vigatakṣudhaḥ .. āśīrvādaṃ daduḥ sarve brāhmaṇāḥ śaṃsita vratāḥ .. 45 .. > Then, satisfied and freed from hunger, those wise brahmins, / all of praised vows, gave their blessing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.46) bhojanāṃto brāhmaṇānāṃ prāṇāṃtaḥ kṣatrajanmanām .. āśīviṣāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ kopo jñeyo mṛtāvadhiḥ .. prerayāmāsa devānvai gamyatāmityuvāca tān ..46.. > \[Saying,\] 'Brahmins' \[wrath\] ends with food, kṣatriyas' \[wrath\] ends with life, / while the anger of venomous snakes is known to last until death,' / it spurred on the gods indeed, saying to them: 'Depart!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.47) tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā gacchaṃtaḥ śīghragā viyat .. gacchatastāṃstato dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇāstatra vaṃditā .. 47 .. > Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, went swiftly through the sky. / Seeing them going, the brahmins who had been saluted there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.48) dakṣiṇārthaṃ samutpetuḥ surānuddiśya pṛṣṭhataḥ .. 48 .. > flew up in pursuit of the gods for the sake of sacrificial gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.49) tataḥ prapatitā bhūmau dvijāste sahasā punaḥ .. abhakṣyabhakṣaṇātte vai brāhmaṇā māṃsabhakṣaṇāt.. 49 .. > Then those twice-born fell suddenly down to the earth again, / indeed because of eating uneatable food, because of eating meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.50) niṣkṛtiṃ tāṃ parijñāya samudrasya ruṣānvitāḥ .. daduḥ śāpaṃ mahādevi raudraṃ raudravapurddharāḥ .. 7.1.29.50 .. > Realizing that deed of the ocean, filled with wrath, / assuming terrifying forms, they uttered a terrible curse, O great goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.51) yasmādabhakṣyaṃ māṃsaṃ vai brāhmaṇānāṃ paraṃ smṛtam .. tvayopahṛtamasmākaṃ suguptaṃ bhakṣyasaṃyutam .. 51 .. > 'Since meat, which is strictly remembered as inedible for brahmins, / was served to us by you, well-hidden and mixed with edible food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.52) ekataḥ sarvamāṃsāni matsyamāṃsaṃ tathaikataḥ .. ekataḥ sarvapāpāni paradārāstathaikataḥ .. 52 .. > on one side are all meats, and the meat of fish on the other; / on one side are all sins, and another man's wife on the other! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.53) evaṃ vayaṃ vijānanto yadi māṃsasya dūṣaṇam .. tathāpi vaṃcitāḥ sarve aparīkṣitakāriṇaḥ .. 53 .. > Even though we knew thus the fault of meat, / nevertheless we were all deceived, having acted without examination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.54) yasmātpāpamate krūraṃ tvayā vai vañcitā vayam .. māṃsasya bhakṣaṇāttasmādapeyastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 54 .. > Since we were deceived by you of sinful and cruel mind / into eating meat, therefore you shall become undrinkable! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.55) aspṛśyastvaṃ dvijeṃdrāṇāmanyeṣāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ bhuvi .. tavodakena ye marttyāḥ kariṣyaṃti kubuddhayaḥ .. 55 .. > You shall be untouchable for the foremost of brahmins and for other men on earth. / Those mortals of evil intellect who, with your water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.56) snānaṃ te narakaṃ ghoraṃ prayāsyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. kṛtaghnānāṃ ca ye lokā ye lokāḥ pāpakarmiṇām .. 56 .. > perform a ritual ablution shall go to a dreadful hell, without a doubt. / And whatever realms belong to the ungrateful, whatever realms belong to evil-doers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.57) tāṃstavodaka saṃsparśāllapsyaṃte mānavā bhuvi .. 57 .. > those will men on earth attain from touching your water!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.58) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evaṃ śaptaḥ samudrastairbrāhmaṇairvaravarṇini .. tato varṣasahasraṃ tu hyaspṛśyaḥ saṃbabhūva ha .. 58 .. > Īśvara said: / "Cursed in this manner by those brahmins, O woman of excellent complexion, / it then became untouchable for a thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.59) tatastrāsākulo bhūtvā sarvāṃstānidamabravīt .. devakāryamidaṃ viprā mayā kṛtamabuddhinā .. 59 .. > Then, overwhelmed with terror, it said this to them all: / 'This act of the gods was done by me without thought, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.60) bubhūṣatā paraṃ dharmaṃ śaraṇāgatasaṃbhavam .. kāmātkrodhādbhayāllobhādyastyajeccharaṇāgatam .. 7.1.29.60 .. > desiring the supreme dharma that arises from \[protecting\] one who has sought refuge. / He who, out of desire, anger, fear, or greed, abandons one who has sought refuge—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.61) satyādvāpi sa vijñeyo mahāpātakakārakaḥ .. yuṣmadbhītyā samāyātāḥ svargiṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama .. 61 .. > even if out of regard for truth, he should be known as one committing a great sin. / Out of fear of you, the gods of heaven came to me for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.62) te mayā rakṣitāḥ samyagyathāśaktyā hyupāyataḥ .. śoṣayiṣye'hamātmānaṃ yasmācchaptaḥ prakopataḥ .. 62 .. > They were protected by me properly, to the best of my ability, by an expedient. / Since I have been cursed out of fierce anger, I shall dry myself up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.63) bhavadbhirnotsahe sthātuṃ janasparśavinākṛtaḥ .. evamuktvā tato devi samudraḥ saritāṃpatiḥ .. ātmānaṃ śoṣayāmāsa duḥkhena mahatā sthitaḥ ..63.. > "Deprived of the touch of human beings, I cannot bear to exist." / Having spoken thus, O Goddess, the ocean, the lord of rivers, / remaining in great sorrow, began to dry himself up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.64) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sthalākāraṃ mahārṇavam .. śanaiḥśanaiḥ prapaśyaṃto bhayena mahatā'nvitāḥ .. 64 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, seeing the great ocean / gradually taking the form of dry land, were seized with great fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.65) ūcurgatvā tu lokeśaṃ devadevaṃ pitāmaham .. asmatkṛte dvijaiḥ śaptaḥ sāgaro brāhmaṇottamaiḥ .. 65 .. > Going to the lord of the world, the grandfather, the god of gods, they said: / "For our sake, the ocean was cursed by the twice-born, the best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.66) sa śoṣayati cātmānaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ .. samudrājjalamādāya pravarṣaṃti balāhakāḥ .. 66 .. > Filled with great grief, he is drying himself up. / Taking water from the ocean, the clouds rain down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.67) tataḥ saṃjāyate sasyaṃ sasyādyajñā bhavaṃti ca .. yajñaiḥ saṃjāyate tṛptiḥ sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām .. 67 .. > From that grain is produced, and from grain sacrifices come to be; / by sacrifices satisfaction arises for all the dwellers of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.68) evaṃ tasya vināśena nāśo'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati .. tasmāttvaṃ rakṣa taṃ gatvā yathā śoṣaṃ na gacchati .. 68 .. > Thus, by his destruction, our own destruction will occur. / Therefore, go and protect him, so that he does not dry up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.69) yathā tuṣyaṃti viprāste tathā nītirvidhīyatām .. 69 .. > Let a policy be devised such that those brahmins are pleased." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.70) devānāṃ vacanādbrahmā gatvā sāgarasannidhau .. samudrārthe yayāce tānbrāhmaṇānkṣetravāsinaḥ .. 7.1.29.70 .. > At the word of the gods, Brahmā went into the presence of the ocean / and entreatied those brahmins dwelling in the sacred field on behalf of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.71) .. brahmovāca .. .. prasādaḥ kriyatāmasya sāgarasya dvijottamāḥ .. yathā pavitratāṃ yāti madvākyātkriyatāṃ tathā .. 71 .. > Brahmā said: / "O best of the twice-born, let favor be shown to this ocean! / Act in accordance with my word so that he attains purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.72) pradāsyati sa yuṣmabhyaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca .. 72 .. > He will give you jewels of various kinds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.73) yūyaṃ bhaviṣyathātyaṃtaṃ bhūmidevā iti kṣitau .. nāmnā madvacanānnūnaṃ satyametanmayoditam .. 73 . > On earth you shall firmly become renowned as 'gods on earth' / by name through my word; this that I have spoken is indeed true." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.74) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. nānyathā kartumicchāmastava vākyaṃ jagatpate .. na ca mithyā''tmano vākyaṃ pramāṇaṃ cātra vai bhavān .. 74 .. > The brahmins said: / "O Lord of the universe, we do not wish to set aside your word, / nor is our own word false; and you indeed are the authority here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.76) tanno vākyātsuraśreṣṭha hitaṃ vā yadi vāhitam .. paraṃ syājjagatāṃ śreyaḥ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām .. tathā kuru jagannātha asmākaṃ hitakāraṇam .. 76 .. > Therefore, O best of gods, whether it be beneficial or harmful according to our word, / let there be the supreme welfare of the worlds and of all the heaven-dwellers. / Act in such a manner, O Lord of the universe, as to bring about our welfare." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.76\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.76_1) athovāca nadīnāthaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ.. mā śoṣaya tvamātmānaṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ śṛṇuṣva me .. 76 .. > Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the world, said to the lord of rivers: / "Do not dry yourself up; listen to my beneficial words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.77) nānyathā śakyate karttuṃ dvijānāṃ vacanaṃ hi tat .. brāhmaṇāḥ kupitā nūnaṃ bhasmīkuryuḥ svatejasā .. 77 .. > That word of the twice-born cannot indeed be undone. / If angered, the brahmins could surely reduce \[the world\] to ashes by their own splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.78) devānkuryuradevāṃśca tasmāttānnaiva kopayet .. yasmādeva tava sparśastridhā medhyo bhaviṣyati .. 78 .. > They could turn gods into non-gods; therefore one should never anger them. / For this reason, contact with you shall be purifying in three ways: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.79) parvakāle ca saṃprāpte nadīnāṃ ca samāgame .. setubaṃdhe tathā siṃdhau tīrtheṣvanyeṣu saṃyutaḥ .. 79 .. > when a festival time has arrived, at the confluence of rivers, / at the bridge \[of Rāma\], likewise at the Indus, and in connection with other sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.80) ityevamādisarveṣu madhye'nyatra na karmaṇi .. yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ tava toyasya sparśādeva bhaviṣyati ..7.1.29.80.. > In all such cases and the like, \[your touch is purifying\], but not in rituals at any other time. / Whatever fruit is obtained in all sacred fords, whatever fruit in all sacrifices, / that very fruit shall arise merely from touching your water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.81) gayāśrāddhe tu yatpuṇyaṃ gograhe maraṇena ca .. tatphalaṃ tava toyasya sparśādeva bhaviṣyati .. 81 .. > Whatever merit lies in an ancestral offering at Gayā, or through dying in defense of cattle, / that very fruit shall arise merely from touching your water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.82) apeyastvaṃ tathā bhāvi svādamātreṇa kevalam .. gaṃḍūṣamapi pītaṃ ca toyasyāśubhanāśanam .. 82 .. > You shall likewise be undrinkable merely by taste; / yet even a mouthful of water drunk destroys misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93) bhaviṣyati nṛṇāṃ loke tava saukhyavivarddhanam .. pitṝṇāṃ tava toyena yaḥ kariṣyati tarpaṇam .. pūrvoktena vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 93 .. > It will promote well-being for men in the world. / Whoever performs the water-offering to the ancestors with your water / according to the previously stated rite—hear the meritorious fruit for him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_2) yāvattvaṃ tiṣṭhase loke yāvaccadrārkatārakāḥ .. tavodakāmṛtaistṛptāstāvatsthāsyaṃti pūrvajāḥ .. 84 .. > As long as you remain in the world, and as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure, / so long will his ancestors remain satisfied with your waters resembling nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_3) māghe māsi ca yaḥ snāyānnairaṃtaryeṇa bhāvitaḥ .. pauṃḍarīkaphalaṃ tasya divasedivase bhavet .. 89 .. > And whoever, filled with devotion, bathes continually in the month of Māgha, / shall obtain the fruit of a Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice day after day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_4) yātrāyāmathavānyatra parvakāle śaśigrahe .. atra snāsyati yaḥ samyaksāgare lavaṇāṃbhasi .. aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpsyati mānavaḥ .. 86 .. > Whether on a pilgrimage or elsewhere, on a festival day or during an eclipse of the moon, / the man who properly bathes here in the ocean of salt water / shall attain the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_5) śrīsomeśasamudrasya aṃtare ye mṛtā narāḥ .. pāpino'pi gamiṣyaṃti svargaṃ nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ .. 87 .. > Those men who die in the area between illustrious Someśa and the ocean, / even if they are sinners, shall go to heaven, their impurities shaken off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_6) evaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā tava madvacanādvibho .. prayacchasva dvijeṃdrāṇāṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca .. 88 .. > Thus it shall always be for you, O lord, by my word. / Bestow jewels of various kinds upon the chiefs of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_7) tena tuṣṭā varaṃ bhūyaḥ pradāsyaṃti tavepsitam .. 89 .. > Pleased by that, they will in turn grant you your desired boon." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_8) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā bāḍhamityeva sāgaraḥ .. brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suratnāni dadau śraddhā samanvitaḥ ..7.1.29.90.. > Īśvara said: / Hearing the words of the Grandfather, the ocean said 'So be it,' / and, endowed with faith, gave fine jewels to the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_9) brāhmaṇairbrahmaṇo vākyamaśeṣaṃ samanuṣṭhitam .. kṣurakarma tathā kṛtvā snānaṃ sarve'pi cakrire .. 91 .. > The brahmins carried out the word of Brahmā in full. / Having undergone the rite of tonsure, all of them took their ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_10) evaṃ pavitratāṃ prāptastīrthatvaṃ lava ṇodadhiḥ .. tasya madhye mahādevi liṃgānāṃ paṃcakoṭayaḥ .. 92 .. > In this way the salt ocean attained sanctity and the status of a sacred ford. / Within it, O great Goddess, are fifty million liṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.93\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.93_11) asminmanvaṃtare devi adṛśyāḥ sāgare kṛtāḥ .. agnikuṇḍaṃ ca tatraiva tathānyatpadmakaṃ saraḥ ..93 .. > In this Manvantara, O Goddess, they were made invisible in the ocean; / and right there is a fire altar, as well as another lake named Padmaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.94) madhye tu prāvṛtaṃ sarvamasminmanvaṃtare priye .. cakramainākayormadhye diśi dakṣiṇamucyate .. 94 .. > Everything in the middle, however, is concealed in this Manvantara, O beloved. / Between Cakra and Maināka, in the southern direction it is declared: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.95) śātakumbhamaye kumbhe dhanuṣāyutavistṛte .. .. tatra kuṃbhasya madhyastho vaḍavānalasaṃjñitaḥ .. 95 .. > in a jar made of gold, ten thousand bow-lengths in width, / dwelling in the middle of that jar is the one named the submarine fire (Vaḍavānala). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.96) sūcīvaktro mahākāyaḥ sa jalaṃ pibate sadā .. etadaṃtaramāsādya agnitīrthaṃ pracakṣate .. 96 .. > Having a mouth like a needle and an immense body, it constantly drinks the water. / Reaching this interior, it is known as Agnitīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.97) tasya madhye mahāsāraṃ vāḍavaṃ yatra vai mukham .. śrīsomeśāddakṣiṇato dhanvaṃtaraśatāvadhi .. uttarānmānasātpūrvaṃ yāvadeva kṛtasmaram .. 97 .. > In the middle of it is the mighty essence where the submarine mouth is, / extending for a distance of one hundred bow-lengths south of illustrious Someśa, / and to the east from northern Mānasa as far as Kṛtasmara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.98) etadgopyaṃ varārohe na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit .. brahmaghnopi viśudhyeta śrutvaitannātra saṃśayaḥ .. 98 .. > This is a secret, O fair-hipped lady; it should not be given to just anyone. / Even one who has killed a brahmin would be purified upon hearing this; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.99) evaṃ śāpo varo dattaḥ sāgarasya yathā dvijaiḥ .. pūrvaṃ ruṣṭaistatastuṣṭaistatsarvaṃ kathitaṃ mayā ..99 .. > Thus, how the curse and the boon were given to the ocean by the twice-born / who were first angered and then pleased—all of that has been told by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.29.99\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29.99_12) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye samudasyāpeyatākāraṇa varṇanaṃnāmaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..29.. > Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, entitled "Description of the Reason for the Ocean's Undrinkability," in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, 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.16.29.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Devīrahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.devirahasya.81.71) — Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.7.579_206) — Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.4.p27) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.11.p1) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.29) · Pramāṇa