[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) › 16.321 # Skandapurana 16.321 Skandapurāṇa 16.321 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.321.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha te kīrtayiṣyāmi rahasyaṃ sthānamuttamam .. sarvapāpaharaṃ nṝṇāmunnatasthānavāsinām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Now I shall proclaim to you the secret supreme place / that removes all sins for mortals who dwell in the Unnata place: 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.2) śreṣṭhadevasya māhātmyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ .. unnatasthānasaṃsthasya devasya bālarūpiṇaḥ .. yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 2 .. > The māhātmya of the foremost god, Brahmā, whose birth is unmanifest, / of that god residing in the Unnata place in the form of a child, / merely by the sight of whom one is released from all sins. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.3) .. devyuvāca .. bālarūpīti yatproktamunnataṃ tatkathaṃ vada .. sthāneṣvanyeṣu sarvatra vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / Tell me how he who is called 'in the form of a child' came to Unnata; / in all other places the Grandfather is in the form of an old man. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.4) kasminsthāne sthitastatra kimarthaṃ tatra vā gataḥ .. kathaṃ sa pūjyo viprendraistithau kasyāṃ kramādvada .. 4 .. .. > In what place did he dwell there, and for what purpose did he go there? / How is he to be worshipped by the lords of brahmins, and on which lunar day? Explain in order. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ṛṣitoyāpaścime tu aiśānyāṃ sthalakeśvarāt .. brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ brahmaloka ivāparaḥ .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / To the west of the Ṛṣitoyā, but to the north-east of Sthalakeśvara, / is the supreme place of Brahmā, like a second Brahmaloka. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.6) brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca pūjyāḥ prābhāsike sadā .. brahmabhāge sthito brahmā ṛṣitoyātaṭe śubhe .. 6 .. > Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra are always to be worshipped in the Prabhāsa region. / Brahmā resides in the Brahmā sector on the auspicious bank of the Ṛṣitoyā; 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.7) rudrabhāge'gnitīrthe ca pūjyo rudraḥ sanātanaḥ .. girau raivatake ramye pūjyo dāmodaro hariḥ .. 7 .. > the eternal Rudra is to be worshipped in the Rudra sector at Agnitīrtha; / Hari as Dāmodara is to be worshipped on the delightful Mount Raivataka. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.8) somena prārthito devo bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ .. āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu hyunnate sthāna uttame .. 8 .. > Requested by Soma, the divine Grandfather assumed the form of a child / and, being eight years old, arrived at the excellent Unnata place. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.9) dṛṣṭvā brahmā dvijāñchreṣṭhāṃstatra sthāne sthito vibhuḥ .. 9 .. > Beholding the foremost brahmins, the all-pervading Brahmā took up residence in that place. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.10) nāsti brahmasamo devo nāsti brahmasamo guruḥ .. nāsti brahmasamaṃ jñānaṃ nāsti brahmasamaṃ tapaḥ .. 7.1.321.10 .. > There is no god equal to Brahmā; there is no guru equal to Brahmā; / there is no knowledge equal to Brahmā; there is no austerity equal to Brahmā. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.11) tāvadbhramaṃti saṃsāre duḥkhaśokabhayāplutāḥ .. na bhavaṃti surajyeṣṭhe yāvadbhaktāḥ pitāmahe .. 11 .. > They wander in saṃsāra, overwhelmed by misery, grief, and fear, / only so long as they do not become devoted to the eldest of the gods, the Grandfather. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.12) samāsaktaṃ yathā cittaṃ jaṃtorviṣayagocare .. yadyevaṃ brahmaṇi nyastaṃ ko na mucyeta baṃdhanāt .. 12 .. > Just as a creature's mind is deeply attached to the sphere of sense objects, / if it were fixed upon Brahmā in that same way, who would not be liberated from bondage? 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.13) paramāyuḥ smṛto brahmā parārdhaṃ tasya vai gatam .. unnatasthānasaṃsthasya dvitīyaṃ bhavitā'dhunā .. 13 ... > The utmost life-span is attributed to Brahmā, and one half of his span has indeed passed; / for him who dwells in the Unnata place, the second half will occur now. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.14) yadāsāvunnate sthāne brahmalokātpitāmahaḥ .. āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu bālarūpī tadocyate .. 14 .. > When this Grandfather came to the Unnata place from Brahmaloka / at eight years of age, he is then said to be 'in the form of a child'. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.15) sthāneṣvanyeṣu viprāṇāṃ vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ .. yuktaṃ tadunnatasthānaṃ sadā ca brahmaṇaḥ priyam .. 15 .. > In other places of the brahmins the Grandfather is in the form of an old man; / that Unnata place is endowed \[with merit\] and is always dear to Brahmā. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.16) snātvā ca vidhivatpūrvaṃ brahmakuṃḍe narottama .. pūjayetpuṣpadhūpādyairbrahmāṇaṃ bālarūpiṇam .. 16 .. > Having first bathed according to rule in the Brahmakuṇḍa, O best of men, / one should worship Brahmā in the form of a child with flowers, incense, and the like. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.321.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321.321) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthāne brahmamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśatyuttara triśatatamodhyāyaḥ .. 321 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Brahmā at 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 \[verses\]. 321 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.321.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.321) · Pramāṇa