[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) › 16.333 # Skandapurana 16.333 Skandapurāṇa 16.333 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.333.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. balabhadrācca pūrveṇa sthitā cāsītsaridvarā .. durvāseśvaranāmeti balaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / To the east of Balabhadra, there was the excellent river. / An installation of a liṅga of Bala named Durvāseśvara was established. / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sarvasukhāvaham.. snātvā cāsya tvamāvāsyāṃ piṃḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ .. 2 .. > Seen, it pacifies all sins and brings all happiness. / Having bathed, whoever makes an offering of rice-balls on the new moon day / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.3) kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet .. durvāseśvaranāmānaṃ tatra pūjya vidhānataḥ .. 3 .. > will bring satisfaction to the ancestors for a full hundred crore kalpas. / Having worshiped the one named Durvāseśvara there according to rule, / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.4) koṭiyajñaphalaṃ prāpya sarvānkāmā navāpnuyāt.. tatra liṃgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu .. 4 .. > having attained the fruit of ten million sacrifices, he will obtain all desires. / Many liṅgas were established there by the seers. / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.5) dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. ityetatkathitaṃ devi kṣetrādyaṃ taṃ yathākramam .. 5 .. > Having seen, touched, and worshiped \[them\], one becomes freed from all sins. / Thus has been recounted, O goddess, the sacred field and the rest in order, / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.6) bhadrāyāḥ paścimātpūrvaṃ yathānukramamāditaḥ .. śrutaṃ pāpopaśamanaṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradam .. 6 .. > from the west of Bhadrā to the east, in succession from the beginning. / Heard, it pacifies sins and grants the fruit of ten million sacrifices. / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.7) atha kṣetrasya paridhisthānaṃ madhumatīti ca .. tasmānnairṛtyadigbhāge sthānaṃ khaṃḍaghaṭeti ca .. 7 .. > Now the peripheral place of the field is called Madhumatī. / To the south-west of that is the place called Khaṇḍaghaṭā. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.8) tatra piṃgeśvaro devaḥ samudrataṭasannidhau .. kūpānāṃ saptakaṃ tatra pitṝṇāṃ yatra pāṇayaḥ .. dṛśyaṃte'dyāpi deveśi yatra parvaṇiparvaṇi .. 8 .. > There is the god Piṅgeśvara, near the seashore. / There is a group of seven wells where the hands of the ancestors / are seen even today, O queen of the gods, on every conjunction. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.9) tatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā gayākoṭiguṇaṃ phalam .. labhate nā'tra sandehaḥ somāmā yadi jāyate .. 9 .. > Performing a śrāddha there, a man obtains fruit ten million times that of Gayā; / there is no doubt about this, especially if it occurs on a Monday new moon. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.10) tatraiva nātidūre tu bhadrāyāḥ saṃgamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. paścimātsaṃgamātpūrvaḥ saṃgamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ .. 7.1.333.10 .. > Right there, not very far away, the confluence of Bhadrā is commemorated. / The eastern confluence is proclaimed following the western confluence. / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.11) yatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi pūrva paścimasaṃgame .. gaṃgāsāgarayostatra tadbhadrāsaṃgame labhet .. 11 .. > Whatever merit one obtains, O goddess, at the eastern and western confluences / of Gaṅgā and the ocean, one obtains that at the confluence of Bhadrā. / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.333.333](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333.333) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye taptodakasvāmimāhātmye madhumatyāṃ piṃgeśvarabhadrāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 333 .. .. > Thus ends the three hundred thirty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Piṅgeśvara and Bhadrā at Madhumatī in the Māhātmya of Taptodakasvāmin,' in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[section\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. // 333 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.333.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.333) · Pramāṇa