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# Skandapurana 16.319

Skandapurāṇa 16.319

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.319.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi hyunnatasthānamuttamam ..  
tasyaivottaradigbhāga ṛṣitoyātaṭe śubhe .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent, elevated place / in the northern direction of that very \[shrine\], on the auspicious bank of the Ṛṣitoyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.2)

etatsthānaṃ mahādevi viprebhyaḥ prādadāṃ balāt ..  
sarvasīmāsamāyuktaṃ caṃḍīgaṇasurakṣitam .. 2 ..

> This place, O great goddess, I gave by force to the brahmins, / endowed with all boundaries and well protected by the attendants of Caṇḍī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.3)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
kathamunnatanāmāsya babhūva surasattama ..  
kathaṃ tvayā balāddattaṃ kiyatsīmāsamanvitam .. 3 ..

> The goddess said: / How did its name become Unnata, O best of gods? / How was it given by you by force, and with what extent of boundaries?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.4)

etatsarvaṃ mamācakṣva saṃkṣepānnātivistarāt .. 4 ..

> Explain all this to me in brief, not in great detail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.5)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm ..  
yāṃ śrutvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 5 ..

> Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall tell the story that destroys sins, / hearing which a man is freed from all sins, O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.6)

etatsarvaṃ purā proktaṃ sthānasaṃketakāraṇam ..  
tṛtīye brahmaṇaḥ kuṃḍe sṛṣṭisaṃkṣepasūcake .. 6 ..

> All this reason for the designation of the place was told formerly, / in the third pool of Brahmā, which indicates the summary of creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.7)

tathāpi te pravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepācchuṇu pārvati .. 7 ..

> Even so, I will tell you in brief; listen, O Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.8)

unnāmitaṃ punastatra yatra liṃgaṃ mahodaye ..  
tadunnatamiti proktaṃ sthānaṃ sthānavatāṃ varam.. 8 ..

> Because the liṅga was raised up there again in Mahodaya, / that place is called Unnata (‘Elevated’), the best of places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.9)

athavā connataṃ dvāraṃ pūrvaṃ prābhāsikasya vai ..  
tadunnatamiti proktaṃ sthānaṃ sthānavatāṃ varam .. 9 ..

> Or because the eastern gate of the Prabhāsa region is high, / that place is called Unnata, the best of places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.10)

vidyayā tapasā caiva yatrotkṛṣṭā maharṣayaḥ ..  
tadunnatamiti proktaṃ sthānaṃ sthānavatāṃ varam .. 7.1.319.10 ..

> Because the great seers became elevated there through knowledge and austerity, / that place is called Unnata, the best of places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.11)

yadā devakule viprā mūlacaṃḍīśasaṃjñakam ..  
prasādya ca mahādevaṃ punaḥ prāptā mahodayam .. 11 ..

> When the brahmins in Devakula propitiated Mahādeva, / called Mūlacaṇḍīśa, and came again to Mahodaya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.12)

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi tapastepurmaharṣayaḥ ..  
dhyāyamānā maheśānamanādinidhanaṃ param .. 12 ..

> the great seers performed austerities for sixty thousand years, / meditating on Maheśāna, the supreme, without beginning or end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.13)

teṣu vai tapyamāneṣu koṭisaṃkhyeṣu pārvati ..  
ṛṣitoyātaṭe ramye pavitre pāpanāśane ..  
bhikṣurbhūtvā gataścāhaṃ punastatraiva bhāmini .. 13 ..

> While they, numbered in tens of millions, were practicing austerity, O Pārvatī, / on the lovely, pure, sin-destroying bank of the Ṛṣitoyā, / I went there again as a mendicant, O passionate lady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.14)

trikālaṃ darśibhistatra doṣarāgavivarjitaiḥ ..  
tapasvibhistadā sarvairlakṣito'haṃ varānane .. 14 ..

> Then, by those ascetics who saw the three divisions of time and were free from fault and passion, / I was noticed by them all, O fair-faced one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.15)

dṛṣṭamātrastadā viprairvirarāma maheśvaraḥ ..  
kva yāsi vidito deva ityuktvānuyayurdvijāḥ .. 15 ..

> As soon as he was seen by the brahmins, Maheśvara paused. / Saying, “Where are you going, O God, \[now that you are\] recognised?”, the twice-born followed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.16)

yāvadāyāṃti munaya īśeśeti prabhāṣakāḥ ..  
dhāvamānāḥ svatapasā dyotayanto diśodaśa .. 16 ..

> While the sages were coming, calling out, “O Lord, O Lord!”, / running and illuminating the ten directions with their austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.17)

liṃgameva prapaśyaṃti na paśyaṃti maheśvaram .. 17 ..

> they saw only the liṅga; they did not see Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.18)

yeye ca dadṛśurliṃgaṃ mūlacaṇḍīśasaṃjñakam ..  
tadā ca munayaḥ sarve sadehāḥ svargamāyayuḥ .. 18 ..

> And whoever saw the liṅga called Mūlacaṇḍīśa, / all those sages then went to heaven along with their physical bodies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.19)

yadā triviṣṭapaṃ vyāptaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ vai śatayajvanā ..  
āyāṃti ca tathaivānye munayastapasojvalāḥ .. 19 ..

> When heaven was seen filled \[with sages\] by Indra, / and other sages blazing with austerity were coming in the same way,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.20)

etadaṃtaramāsādya samāgatya mahītale ..  
liṃgamācchādayāmāsa vajreṇaiva śatakratuḥ .. 7.1.319.20 ..

> finding this interval, Indra arrived on the earth / and covered that liṅga with his thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.21)

aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi munīnāmūrdhvaretasām ..  
sthitāni na tu paśyaṃti liṃgametadanuttamam .. 21 ..

> Eighteen thousand sages of celibate vows / stood there, but they could not see this peerless liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.22)

śakrastu sahasā dṛṣṭo vajreṇaiva samanvitaḥ ..  
yāvadvadaṃti śāpaṃ te tāvannaṣṭaḥ puraṃdaraḥ .. 22..

> Śakra was suddenly seen endowed with his thunderbolt; / but as soon as they began to pronounce a curse, Puraṃdara vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.23)

dṛṣṭvā tānkopasaṃyuktānbhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ ..  
uvāca sāṃtvayandevo vācā madhurayā munīn .. 23 ..

> Seeing them filled with anger, the Lord, the destroyer of Tripura, / consoled the sages, speaking with sweet words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.24)

kathaṃ khinnā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sadā śāṃtiparāyaṇāḥ ..  
prasannavadanā bhūtvā śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama .. 24 ..

> “Why are you distressed, O best of twice-born, who are always devoted to peace? / Becoming joyful in countenance, listen to my words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.25)

bhavadbhirjñānasaṃyuktaiḥ svargaḥ kiṃ manyate bahu ..  
yatraike vasavaḥ proktā ādityāśca tathā pare ..25 ..

> Why is heaven considered so great by you who are endowed with knowledge? / Where some are called Vasus and others are Ādityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.26)

rudrasaṃjñāstathā caike hyaśvināvapi cāparau ..  
eteṣāmadhipaḥ kaścideka indraḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 26 ..

> And others are named Rudras, and two others are the Aśvins; / a certain single Indra is proclaimed as their ruler.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.27)

svapuṇyasaṃkhyayā prāpte yasmādvibhraśyate naraiḥ ..  
evaṃ duḥkhasamāyuktaḥ svargo naiveṣyate budhaiḥ .. 27 ..

> Because mortals fall from it when the tally of their merits is exhausted, / heaven, being attended with such sorrow, is not desired by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.28)

etasmātkāraṇādviprāḥ kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama ..  
gṛhṇīdhvaṃ nagaraṃ ramyaṃ nivāsāya mahāprabham .. 28 ..

> For this reason, brahmins, heed my word: / accept this lovely, glorious city for your dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.29)

hūyaṃtāmagnihotrāṇi devatāḥ sarvadā dvijāḥ ..  
ijyaṃtāṃ vividhairyāgaiḥ kriyatāṃ pitṛpūjanam .. 29 ..

> Let agnihotra offerings be made, brahmins, and let the gods always / be worshipped with diverse sacrifices, and let ancestral rites be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.30)

ātithyaṃ kriyatā nityaṃ vedābhyāsastathaiva hi .. 7.1.319.30 ..

> Let hospitality always be extended, and likewise the study of the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.31)

evaṃ hi kurvatāṃ nityaṃ vinā jñānasya saṃcayaiḥ ..  
prasādānmama viprendrāḥ prāṃte muktirbhaviṣyati .. 31 ..

> For to those who act thus constantly, even without acquiring \[metaphysical\] knowledge, / liberation will come in the end through my grace, O foremost of brahmins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.32)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
asamarthāḥ paritrāṇe jitāhārāstaponvitāḥ ..  
nagareṇeha kiṃ kurmastava bhaktimabhīpsavaḥ .. .. 32 ..

> The seers said: / “Incapable of worldly maintenance, having conquered our appetite and devoted to austerity, / what shall we do with a city here, we who desire devotion to you?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.33)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
bhaviṣyati sadā bhaktiryuṣmākaṃ parameśvare ..  
gṛhṇīdhvaṃ nagaraṃ ramyaṃ kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama .. 33 ..

> Īśvara said: / “You will always possess devotion to the Supreme Lord. / Accept the lovely city and heed my word.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.34)

ityuktvā bhagavāndeva īṣanmīlitalocanaḥ ..  
sasmāra viśvakarmāṇaṃ sarvaśilpavatāṃ varam .. 34 ..

> Having spoken thus, the blessed Lord, his eyes slightly closed, / remembered Viśvakarman, the foremost of all craftsmen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.35)

smṛtamātro viśvakarmā prāṃjaliścāgrataḥ sthitaḥ ..  
ājñāpayatu māṃ devo vacanaṃ karavāṇi te .. 35 ..

> As soon as he was remembered, Viśvakarman stood before him with folded hands: / “May the Lord command me; I shall carry out your bidding.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.36)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
nagaraṃ kriyatāṃ tvaṣṭarviprārthaṃ suṃdaraṃ śubham .. 36 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Tvaṣṭṛ, let a beautiful, auspicious city be built for the brahmins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.37)

ityukto viśvakarmā sa bhūmiṃ vīkṣya samaṃtataḥ ..  
uvāca praṇato bhūtvā śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram .. 37 ..

> Thus addressed, Viśvakarman surveyed the land all around / and, bowing down, spoke to Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the world:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.38)

parīkṣitā mayā bhūmirna yuktaṃ nagaraṃ tviha ..  
atra devakulaṃ sākṣālliṃgasya patanaṃ tathā .. 38 ..

> “I have examined the ground, but a city here is not fitting. / Here is a temple of the gods directly, and likewise the falling of the liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.39)

yatibhiścātra vastavyaṃ na yuktaṃ gṛhamedhinām .. 39 ..

> Ascetics must dwell here; it is not fitting for householders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.40)

trirātraṃ paṃcarātraṃ vā saptarātraṃ maheśvara ..  
pakṣaṃ māsamṛtuṃ vāpi hyayanaṃ yāvadeva ca ..  
putradārayutaistīrthe vastavyaṃ gṛhamedhibhiḥ .. 7.1.319.40 ..

> For three nights, or five nights, or seven nights, O Maheśvara, / a fortnight, a month, a season, or even up to a half-year: / for so long may householders dwell at a sacred ford accompanied by sons and wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.41)

vasatyūrdhvaṃ tu ṣaṇmāsādyadā tīrthe gṛhādhipaḥ ..  
avajñā jāyate tasya manaścāpalyabhāvataḥ ..  
tadā dharmādvinaśyaṃti sakalā gṛhamedhinaḥ .. 41 ..

> When a householder dwells at a sacred ford beyond six months, / disregard arises in him due to the fickleness of the mind; / then all householders fall away from dharma.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.42)

ityuktaḥ sa tadā devastena vai viśvakarmaṇā ..  
punaḥ provāca taṃ tasya praśasya vacanaṃ śivaḥ .. 42 ..

> Thus addressed at that time by Viśvakarman, / the divine Śiva praised his words and spoke to him again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.43)

rocate me na vāso'tra viprāṇāṃ gṛhamedhinām ..  
yatra connāmitaṃ liṃgamṛṣitoyātaṭe śubhe ..  
tatra nirmāpaya tvaṣṭarnagaraṃ śilpināṃ vara .. 43 ..

> “The dwelling of householder brahmins here does not please me either. / Where the liṅga was raised on the auspicious bank of the Ṛṣitoyā, / build the city there, Tvaṣṭṛ, O foremost of craftsmen.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.44)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā tvarānvitaḥ ..  
gatvā cakāra nagaraṃ śilpikoṭibhirāvṛtaḥ .. 44 ..

> Hearing his words, Viśvakarman hastened / and, surrounded by millions of craftsmen, went and built the city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.45)

unnataṃ nāma yalloke vikhyātaṃ surasundari ..  
tato hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā vilokya nagaraṃ śivaḥ ..  
āhūya brāhmaṇānsarvānuvācānatakandharaḥ ..45 ..

> known in the world by the name Unnata, O beautiful goddess of the gods. / Then, pleased at heart, Śiva gazed upon the city, / and having summoned all the brahmins, spoke with his neck bent low:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.46)

idaṃ sthānaṃ varaṃ ramyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā ..  
grāmāṇāṃ ca sahasraistu proktaṃ sarvāsu dikṣu ca..46 ..

> “This excellent, delightful place was fashioned by Viśvakarman; / it is declared \[to extend\] in all directions along with thousands of villages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.47)

nagarātsarvataḥ puṇyo deśo nagnaharaḥ smṛtaḥ ..  
aṣṭayojanavistīrṇa āyāmavyāsatastathā .. 47 ..

> All around the city is the sacred region remembered as Nagnahara, / measuring eight yojanas in length and breadth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.48)

nagno bhūtvā haro yatra deśe bhrāṃto yadṛcchayā ..  
taṃ nagnaharamityāhurdeśaṃ puṇyatamaṃ janāḥ .. 48 ..

> The region where Hara wandered at will having become naked, / people call that most sacred region Nagnahara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.49)

pūrve tu śāṃkarī cā''ryā paścime nyaṃkumatyapi ..  
uttare kanakanaṃdā dakṣiṇe sāgarāvadhiḥ ..  
etadaṃtaramāsādya deśo nagnaharaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 49 ..

> To the east is the noble Śāṃkarī, and to the west the Nyaṅkumatī, / to the north the Kanakanandā, and to the south the ocean is its boundary; / reaching this intermediate space, the region is remembered as Nagnahara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.50)

aṣṭayojanamānena āyāmavyāsatastathā ..  
prokto'yaṃ sakalo deśa unnatena samaṃ mayā .. 7.1.319.50 ..

> With a measure of eight yojanas in length and breadth, / this entire region together with Unnata has been proclaimed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.51)

gṛhyatāṃ nagaraśreṣṭhaṃ prasīdadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..  
atra bhaktiśca muktiśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 51 ..

> Accept this foremost of cities, be pleased, O best of brahmins; / here both devotion and liberation will come to pass, no doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.52)

ityuktāste tadā sarve viprā ūcurmaheśvaram .. 52 ..

> Thus addressed, all the brahmins then spoke to Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.53)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..  
īśvarājñā vṛthā kartuṃ na śakyā paramātmanaḥ ..  
tapo'gnihotraniṣṭhānāṃ vedādhyayanaśālinām ..53..

> The brahmins said: / “The command of the Lord, the Supreme Self, cannot be rendered futile / by those devoted to austerity and agnihotra and accomplished in Vedic recitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.54)

asmākaṃ rakṣitā ko'sti kalikāle ca dāruṇe ..  
ko dātā''rogyadaḥ kaśca ko vai muktiṃ pradāsyati .. 54 ..

> Who is our protector in the dreadful Kali age? / Who will be the giver of health, and who indeed will bestow liberation?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.55)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
mahākāla svarūpeṇa sthitvā tīrthe mahodaye ..  
nāśayiṣyāmi śatrūnvaḥ samyagārādhito hyaham .. 55 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Remaining in the form of Mahākāla at the Mahodaya sacred ford, / I will destroy your enemies when properly worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.56)

unnato vighnarājastu vighnacchettā bhaviṣyati ..  
gaṇanāthasvarūpo'yaṃ dhanado nidhīnāṃ patiḥ .. 56 ..

> Unnata, the lord of obstacles, will be the remover of hindrances. / This \[other\] form of the lord of gaṇas, the giver of wealth, the lord of treasures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.57)

yuṣmabhyaṃ dāsyati dravyaṃ samyagārādhito'pi saḥ ..  
ārogyadāyako nityaṃ durgādityo bhaviṣyati .. 57 ..

> will give you wealth when he too is properly worshipped. / Durgāditya will constantly be the bestower of health.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.58)

mahodayaṃ mahānandadāyakaṃ vo bhaviṣyati ..  
samyagārādhito brahmā sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā ..  
sarvānkāmāṃśca muktiṃ ca yuṣmabhyaṃ saṃpradāsyati .. 58 ..

> Mahodaya will be the bestower of great bliss upon you. / Brahmā, when properly worshipped in all undertakings at all times, / will grant you all desires and liberation.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.59)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..  
yadi tīrthāni tiṣṭhaṃti sarvāṇi surasattama ..  
saṃgāleśvaratīrthe ca tathā devakule śive .. .. 59 ..

> The brahmins said: / “If all the sacred fords remain, O best among the gods, / at the Saṅgāleśvara sacred ford and likewise at the auspicious Devakula,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.60)

kalāvapi mahāraudre hyasmākaṃ pāvanāya vai ..  
sthātavyaṃ tarhi gṛhṇīmo nānyathā ca maheśvara .. 7.1.319.60 ..

> for our purification even in the extremely terrible Kali age, / and if you dwell \[there\], then we accept it, not otherwise, O Maheśvara.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.61)

sa tatheti pratijñāya dadau tebhyaḥ puraṃ varam ..  
saptabhaumaiḥ śaśāṃkābhaiḥ prāsādaiḥ paribhūṣitam ..  
nānāgrāmasamāyuktaṃ sarvataḥ sīmayānvitam .. 61 ..

> Promising ‘So be it,’ he gave them the excellent city, / adorned with moon-white, seven-storeyed palaces, / endowed with diverse villages, and bounded on all sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.62)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evaṃ tebhyo hi nagaraṃ dattvā devo maheśvaraḥ ..  
dadarśa viśvakarmāṇaṃ prāñjaliṃ purataḥ sthitam .. 62 ..

> Sūta said: / Having thus given the city to them, the divine Maheśvara / saw Viśvakarman standing before him with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.63)

.. viśvakarmovāca .. ..  
vilokyatāṃ mahādeva nagaraṃ nagaropamam ..  
sauvarṇasthalamāruhya nirmitaṃ tvatprasādataḥ .. 63 ..

> Viśvakarman said: / “Behold, Mahādeva, the city like a city \[of the gods\], / fashioned by your grace, having ascended this golden terrace.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.64)

viśvakarmavacaḥ śrutvā bhagavāṃstripurāntakaḥ ..  
samāruroha sthalakaṃ saha sarvairmaharṣibhiḥ .. 64 ..

> Hearing Viśvakarman's words, the blessed destroyer of Tripura / ascended the terrace together with all the great seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.65)

nagaraṃ vilokayāmāsa ramyaṃ prākāramaṇḍitam ..  
ṛṣayastuṣṭuvuḥ sarve tatrasthaṃ tripurāntakam ..  
tānuvāca mahādevo vṛṇudhvaṃ varamutta mam.. 65 ..

> He beheld the delightful city adorned with ramparts. / All the seers praised the destroyer of Tripura who stood there; / Mahādeva said to them: ‘Choose an excellent boon.’”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.66)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva sthalakeśvaranāmabhṛt ..  
avalokayaṃśca nagaraṃ sadā tiṣṭha sthale hara .. 66 ..

> The seers said: / If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, bearing the name Sthalakeśvara, / gazing upon the city, dwell perpetually on this plateau, O Hara. 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.67)

ityuktastaistadā devaḥ sthalake'sminsadā sthitaḥ ..  
kṛte ratnamayaṃ devi tretāyāṃ ca hiraṇmayam .. 67 ..

> Thus addressed by them at that time, the god took up perpetual residence on this plateau. / In the Kṛta \[Yuga\] it was made of gems, O goddess, and in the Tretā made of gold; 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.68)

raupyaṃ ca dvāpare proktaṃ sthalamaśmamayaṃ kalau ..  
evaṃ tatra sthito devaḥ sthalakeśvaranāmataḥ .. 68 ..

> and in the Dvāpara the plateau is declared to be of silver, and made of stone in the Kali. / Thus the god remained there under the name Sthalakeśvara. 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.69)

sadā pūjyo mahādeva unnatasthānavāsibhiḥ ..  
māghe māsi caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣastatra jāgare .. 69 ..

> Mahādeva is always to be worshipped by dwellers of the Unnata place; / especially on the fourteenth day in the month of Māgha, during the night vigil there. 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.70)

ityetatkathitaṃ devi hyunnatasya mahodyam ..  
śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 7.1.319.70 ..

> Thus this great greatness of Unnata has been told, O goddess; / when heard, it removes mortals' sins and grants the fruits of all desires. 70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.319.319](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.319)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 319 ..

> Thus ends the three hundred and nineteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Unnata Place', in the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the first \[part\] in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, the seventh \[book\] of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 319  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.319.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Satyopākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.satyopakhyana.37.38) — Sanskrit

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