[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) › 16.314 # Skandapurana 16.314 Skandapurāṇa 16.314 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.314.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha devakulāgneyyāṃ gavyūtyā tatra saṃsthitam .. samudrasya taṭe ramyamṛṣitīrthamanuttamam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Now, south-east of Devakula, situated at a distance of one gavyūti, / on the shore of the ocean, is the charming, unsurpassed Ṛṣitīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.314.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314.2) pāṣāṇākṛtayastatra ṛṣayo'dyāpi saṃsthitāḥ .. dṛśyaṃte mānuṣe devi sarvapātakanāśanāḥ .. 2 .. > There the ṛṣis, in the form of stones, remain even today. / They are seen in human form, O goddess, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.314.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314.3) tatra jyeṣṭhe tvamāvāsyāṃ prāpyate nādhamairnnaraiḥ .. piṃḍadānaṃ viśeṣeṇa snānaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaiḥ .. 3 .. > There, the new moon day in Jyeṣṭha cannot be attained by base men. / Offering of piṇḍas, and especially ritual ablution, should be performed by those endowed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.314.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314.4) ṛṣitoyāsaṃgame tu snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ sudurlabham .. gopradānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tatra te munipugavāḥ .. bhojanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu yathāśaktyā pradāpayet ..4.. > Ritual ablution and śrāddha at the confluence of the Ṛṣitoyā are exceedingly difficult to attain. / Those best among sages praise the gift of a cow there. / One should feed brahmins according to one's capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.314.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314.314) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mūlacaṃḍīśamāhātmya ṛṣitīrthasaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 314 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and fourteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mūlacaṇḍīśa and the Confluence at Ṛṣitīrtha', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.314.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.314) · Pramāṇa