[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) › 16.307 # Skandapurana 16.307 Skandapurāṇa 16.307 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.307.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sāṃbādityācca pūrveṇa kiñcidāgneyasaṃsthitaḥ .. aparanārāyaṇonāma yasmānnāsti paro bhuvi .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / East of Sāmbāditya, situated slightly towards the southeast, / is the one named Apara-Nārāyaṇa, than whom none is higher on earth. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.307.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.2) sa tu sāṃbasya deveśi sūryo viṣṇusvarūpavān .. aparāṃ mūrtimāsthāya viṣṇurūpo varaṃ dadau .. 2 .. > O ruler of the gods, the sun, having the form of Viṣṇu, / assumed a second form, having the form of Viṣṇu, and granted a boon to Sāmba. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.307.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.3) tenāpareti nāmnā vai khyāto viṣṇuḥ purā'bhavat .. phālgunāmalapakṣe tu ekādaśyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. 3 .. > Therefore, Viṣṇu became famous in ancient times under the name 'Apara' ('the Other'). / Properly, on the eleventh lunar day in the bright fortnight of Phālguna, // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.307.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.4) pūjayetpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ tatra sūryasvarūpiṇam .. mukto bhavati pāpebhyaḥ sarvakāmaiḥ samṛdhyate .. 4 .. > one should worship the lotus-eyed one there, who has the form of the sun. / He is freed from sins and prospers with all desired objects. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.307.307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.307) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātsye'paranārāyaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 307 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of the Māhātmya of Apara-Nārāyaṇa," in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of 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.16.307.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307) · Pramāṇa