[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) › 16.33 # Skandapurana 16.33 Skandapurāṇa 16.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. piturvadhāmarṣasujāta manyunā yadyatkṛtaṃ karma purā maharṣiṇā .. dadhīciputreṇa suraprasādhinā sarvaṃ śrutaṃ taddhi mayā samādhinā .. 1 .. > The Goddess said: > Whatever deed was done of old by the great seer, born of wrath and indignation at his father's slaying, / that son of Dadhīci who subdued the gods—all that I have indeed heard through absorption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.2) punaḥpunarvai vibudhaiḥ samānaṃ yadvṛttamāsītkimapi pradhānam .. kāryaṃ hi tatsarvamanukrameṇa vijñātumicchāmi kutūhalena .. 2 .. > Whatever chief task repeatedly occurred that was fitting for the gods, / all that I wish to know in proper order out of curiosity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ukto yadāsau vibudhaiḥ samastairāpaḥ purā tvaṃ bhuvi bhakṣayasva .. yato'marāṇāṃ prathamaṃ hi jātā āpo'grajāḥ sarvasurāsurebhyaḥ .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: > When he was told of old by all the gods: "Devour the waters on the earth, / since the waters were born first of the immortals, the firstborn of all gods and asuras"; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.4) tenaivamuktastu mahātmanā tadā pradarśayadhvaṃ mama tā yataḥ sthitāḥ .. pītvā surāḥ sarvamahaṃ purastātkṛtyaṃ kariṣye surabhakṣaṇaṃ hi .. 4 .. > addressed thus by the great-souled one, he then \[said\]: "Show me where they abide. / Having drunk them, O gods, I shall afterwards accomplish the deed: the consumption of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.5) tatrāpi netuṃ yadi māṃ samarthā yatrāsate vāricayāḥ sametāḥ .. ato'nyathā nāhamalīkavādī prāṇe prayāte munivākyakārī .. 5 .. > If you are able to lead me thither, where the collected waters reside; / otherwise I, who do not speak falsehood and obey the sage's words, \[will do so\] even as life departs." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.6) āhokte puṃḍarīkākṣa aurvaṃ hi vāḍavaṃ tadā .. tvāṃ prāpayiṣye yatrāpaḥ kena yānena vāḍava .. 6 .. > When that was spoken, the lotus-eyed one then said to Aurva, the submarine fire: / "I will bring you to where the waters are. By what conveyance, O submarine fire \[will you go\]?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.7) .. vāḍava uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ hayādibhiryānairgaṃtuṃ tatra samutsahe .. kumārīkarasaṃparkamekaṃ muktvā mataṃ hi me .. 7 .. > The submarine fire said: > "I cannot bear to go thither on conveyances such as horses; / my resolved desire is only the touch of a maiden's hand." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.8) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. etatte sulabhaṃ yānaṃ tāṃ kanyāmānayāmyaham .. yā tvāṃ netuṃ samarthā syādapāṃ sthānaṃ suniścitam .. 8 .. > Viṣṇu said: > "That conveyance is easily obtained by you. I shall bring that maiden / who will certainly be able to carry you to the abode of the waters." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.9) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. surabhīśāpasaṃtaptā prāgupāttadaśāphalā .. sarasvatī yānabhūtā tasya sā viṣṇunā kṛtā .. 9 .. > Īśvara said: > Afflicted by the curse of Surabhi, experiencing the fruit of a condition acquired previously, / Sarasvatī was made his conveyance by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.10) tato'bravīdvibhurgaṃgāṃ pārśvataḥ samupasthitām .. enaṃ vahniṃ mahābhāge vegānnaya mahodadhim.. nānyā śaktā samānetuṃ tvāṃ vinā lokapāvani .. 7.1.33.10 .. > Then the Lord spoke to Gaṅgā, who was standing at his side: / "O fortunate one, take this fire swiftly to the great ocean. / No other woman is capable of bringing it except you, O purifier of the worlds." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.11) .. gaṅgovāca .. .. nāsti me bhagavañchakti raurvaṃ voḍhuṃ jagatpate.. raudrarūpī mahāneṣa dahatyevānalo bhṛśam .. 11 .. > Gaṅgā said: > "I do not have the power, O Lord, to carry Aurva, O Lord of the universe. / Fierce of form and mighty, this fire burns intensely indeed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.12) tatastu yamunāṃ prāha sindhuṃ tasyā hyanantaram .. anyā nadīśca vividhāḥ pṛthakpṛthagudāradhīḥ .. 12 .. > Then the noble-minded one spoke to Yamunā, and immediately after her to Sindhu, / and to various other rivers one by one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.13) aśaktāstāḥ samānetuṃ pṛṣṭāśca surasattamaiḥ .. tataḥ sarasvatīṃ prāha devadevo janārddanaḥ .. tvameva vraja kalyāṇi pratīcyāṃ lavaṇodadhau .. 13 .. > When questioned by the best of the gods, they were unable to lead him. / Then the god of gods, Janārdana, said to Sarasvatī: / "Go yourself, O auspicious one, to the western salt ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.14) evaṃ kṛte surāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti bhayojjhitāḥ .. anyathā vāḍavenaite dahyaṃte svena tejasā .. 14 .. > When this is done, all the gods will become free from fear. / Otherwise, they will be burned by the submarine fire with its own splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.15) tasmāttvaṃ rakṣa vibudhāne tasmāttumulādbhayāt .. māteva bhava suśroṇi surāṇāmabhayapradā .. 15 .. > Therefore protect the gods from this tumultuous terror; / like a mother, O woman of beautiful hips, grant fearlessness to the gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.16) evamuktā hi sā tena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. āha nāhaṃ svatantrāsmi pitā me dhriyate cirāt .. 16 .. > Being thus addressed by that mighty Viṣṇu, / she said: "I am not independent; my father has lived for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.17) tasyāhaṃ kāriṇī nityaṃ kumārī ca dhṛtavratā .. kālatrayepyasvatantrā śrūyate vibudhaiḥ sutā .. 17 .. > I am ever his obedient maiden, having observed vows. / A daughter is known by the wise to be non-independent in all three periods of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.18) pitrādeśaṃ vinā nāhaṃ padamekamapi kvacit .. gacchāmi tasmātko'pyanya upāyaściṃtyatāṃ hare .. 18 .. > Without my father's command I do not take even a single step anywhere. / Therefore, O Hari, let some other means be considered." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.19) tatsvarūpaṃ viditvaivaṃ samabhyetya pitāmaham .. tamabravīdvāsudevo devakāryamidaṃ kuru .. 19 .. > Having thus learned her true nature, Vāsudeva approached the Grandfather / and said to him: "Perform this task for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.20) nānyathā śakyate netuṃ vāḍavo'gnirmahābalaḥ .. adṛṣṭadoṣāṃ muktvemāṃ kumārīṃ tanayāṃ tava .. 7.1.33.20 .. > In no other way can the very mighty submarine fire be conveyed, / leaving aside this maiden, your daughter, who has no seen blemish." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.21) tacchrutvā viṣṇunā proktaṃ kumārīṃ tanayāṃ tadā .. śirasyādhāya sasnehamuvāca prapitāmahaḥ .. 21 .. > Hearing that which was spoken by Viṣṇu, the Great-grandfather / then placed his hand on the head of the maiden, his daughter, and said with affection: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.22) yāhi devi surānsarvānrakṣa tvaṃ bhayamāgatān .. vinikṣipa tvaṃ nītvainaṃ vāḍavaṃ lavaṇāṃbhasi .. piturvākyaṃ hi sā śrutvā provāca śrutilakṣaṇā ..22.. > "Go, O goddess! Protect all the gods who have succumbed to fear. / Having carried this submarine fire, cast it into the salty waters." / Hearing her father's words, she whose mark is the Veda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.23) .. sarasvatyuvāca .. .. eṣāsmi prasthitā tāta tava vākyā dasaṃśayam.. raudro'yaṃ vāḍavo vahnistanuṃ me bhakṣayiṣyati .. 23 .. > Sarasvatī said: > "Here I have set forth, dear father, in accordance with your command, without doubt. / Yet this fierce submarine fire will consume my body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.24) prāptaṃ kaliyugaṃ raudraṃ sāṃprataṃ pṛthivītale .. lokaḥ pāpasamācāraḥ sparśayiṣyati māṃ prabho ..24.. > The terrifying Kali age has now arrived upon the surface of the earth. / People whose conduct is sinful will touch me, O Lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.25) tato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ syādyatpāpaiḥ saha saṃgamaḥ..25.. > what could be more sorrowful than union with sinners?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.26) .. brahmovāca .. .. yadi pāpajanākīrṇaṃ na vāṃchasi dharātalam .. pātālatalasaṃsthā tvaṃ naya vahniṃ mahodadhau..26.. > Brahmā said: > "If you do not desire the surface of the earth crowded with sinful people, / dwell in the realm of Pātāla and carry the fire to the great ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.27) yadātiśramasaṃyuktā vahninā dahyase bhṛśam.. tadā vibhidya vasudhāṃ pratyakṣā bhava putrike..27.. > When, exhausted by excessive exertion, you are burned intensely by the fire, / then, having broken through the earth, become visible, O little daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.28) kṛtvā vaktraṃ viśālākṣi prācī bhava sumadhyame.. tato yāsyaṃti tīrthāni tvāṃ śrāṃtāṃ cāruhāsinīm..28.. > Having turned your mouth \[toward it\], O wide-eyed one, flow eastwards, O slender-waisted lady. / Then the sacred fords will go to you who are weary, O woman of charming smiles; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.29) tāni sarvāṇi cāgatya sāhāyyaṃ te varānane.. kariṣyaṃti trayastriṃśatkoṭyo vai mama śāsanāt..29.. > and having arrived, all those thirty-three crores \[of sacred fords\] / will assist you by my command, O lovely-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.31) gaccha putri na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ kathaṃcana.. ariṣṭaṃ vraja paṃthānaṃ mā santu paripaṃthinaḥ..7.1.33.30. .. īśvara uvāca.. evamuktā tadā tena brahmaṇātha sarasvatī.. tyaktvā bhayaṃ hṛṣṭamanāḥ prayātuṃ samupasthitā..31.. > Go, daughter! No sorrow at all should be felt by you. / Tread an unhindered path; may there be no adversaries!" / Īśvara said: > Being thus addressed then by Brahmā, Sarasvatī / cast aside fear, and with a glad mind prepared to depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.32) tasyāḥ prayāṇasamaye śaṃkhaduṃdubhiniḥsvanaiḥ .. maṃgalānāṃ ca nirghoṣairjagadāpūritaṃ śubhaiḥ .. 32 .. > At the time of her departure, the world was filled with the auspicious sounds / of conch shells and kettle-drums, and the loud reverberations of auspicious cries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.33) sitāṃbaradharā devī sitacaṃdanaguṃṭhitā .. śāradāṃbudasaṃkāśā tārahāravibhūṣitā .. 33 .. > The goddess, dressed in white garments and smeared with white sandalwood paste, / resembled an autumn cloud and was adorned with pearl necklaces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.34) saṃpūrṇacaṃdravadanā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā .. kīrtiryathā maheṃdrasya pūrayantī diśo daśa .. 34 .. > With a face like the full moon and eyes as wide as lotus petals, / like the renown of mighty Indra, she filled the ten directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.35) svatejasā dyotayaṃtī sarvamābhāsayajjagat .. anuvrajaṃtī gaṃgā vai tayoktā varavarṇini .. 35 .. > Illumining everything with her own splendor, she brightened the world. / Following her, Gaṅgā was addressed by her, O woman of excellent complexion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.36) drakṣyāmi tvāṃ punarahaṃ kutra vai vasatīṃ sakhi .. evamuktā tayā gaṃgā provāca snigdhayā girā .. 36 .. > "Where indeed shall I see you dwelling again, my friend?" / Being addressed thus by her, Gaṅgā replied in an affectionate voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.37) yadaiva vīkṣase prācīdiśi prāpsyasi māṃ tadā .. suraiḥ parivṛtā sarvaistatrāhaṃ tava suvṛte .. 37 .. > "Whenever you look toward the eastern direction, you will then reach me. / Surrounded there by all the gods, O lady of virtuous vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.38) darśanaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi tyaja śokaṃ śucismite .. tāmāpṛcchya tato gaṃgāṃ punardarśanamastu te .. 38 .. > I shall grant you a darśana; cast off sorrow, O woman of pure smiles!" / Having taken leave of that Gaṅgā \[saying\], "May you be seen again! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.39) gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smarttavyā'haṃ tvayā'naghe .. yamunāpi tathā caivaṃ gāyatrī sumanoramā .. 39 .. > Go to your own abode, auspicious one; I should be remembered by you, sinless one!" / Likewise Yamunā and the delightful Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.40) sāvitrīsahitāḥ sarvāḥ sakhyaḥ saṃpreṣitāstadā .. tato visṛjya tāṃ devī nadī bhūtvā sarasvatī .. 7.1.33.40 .. > along with Sāvitrī—all her female companions were then sent away. / Then, bidding farewell to that goddess, Sarasvatī, having become a river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.41) himavaṃtaṃ giriṃ prāpya plakṣāttatra vinirgatā .. avatīrṇā dharāpṛṣṭhe matsyakacchapasaṃkulā .. 41 .. > Having reached the mountain Himavat, she emerged from the Plakṣa tree, / and descended upon the surface of the earth, teeming with fish and turtles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.42) grāhaḍiṃḍimasaṃpūrṇā timinakragaṇairyutā .. hasaṃtī ca mahādevī phenaughaiḥ sarvato diśam..42.. > Filled with crocodiles and diṇḍima fish, accompanied by shoals of timis and alligators, / the great goddess laughed in every direction with floods of foam. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.43) puṇyato yavahā devīstūyamānā dvijātibhiḥ .. vāḍavaṃ vahnimādāya hayavegena niḥsṛtā .. 43 .. > Flowing with sacred waters, praised by the twice-born, / carrying the submarine fire, she rushed out with the speed of a horse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.44) bhittvā vegāddharāpṛṣṭhaṃ praviṣṭātha mahītalam.. yadāyadābhavacchrāṃtā dahyate vāḍavāgninā .. tadātadā martyaloke yāti pratyakṣatāṃ nadī .. 44 .. > Splitting the surface of the earth through her speed, she then entered into the underworld; / whenever she became weary and was burnt by the submarine fire, / then the river became visible in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.45) tatastu jāyate prācī saṃtaptā vāḍavena tu .. tato vai yāni tīrthāni kīrttitāni purātanaiḥ .. 45 .. > Then she flowed eastward, scorched indeed by the submarine \[fire\]; / thereupon the sacred fords celebrated by the ancients, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.46) divyāṃtarikṣabhaumāni sāṃnidhyaṃ yāṃti bhāmini .. tataścāśvāsitā taiḥ sā sarasvatī punarnadī .. pātālatalamā sādya jagāma makarālayam .. 46 .. > celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial, entered her presence, O lovely lady. / Then, consoled by them, the river Sarasvatī / reached the underworld and went towards the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.47) khadirāmodamāsādya tatra sā vīkṣya sāgaram .. gaṃtuṃ pravṛttā taṃ vahnimādāya surasuṃdari ..47.. > Reaching Khadirāmoda, seeing the ocean there, / she proceeded to go, carrying that fire, O divine beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.48) nirūḍhabhāramātmānaṃ devādeśādviciṃtya sā .. prahṛṣṭā sumanāstasmātpravṛttā dakṣiṇāmukhī .. 48 .. > Considering her burden carried out by the command of the gods, / delighted and joyous in mind, she set forth facing southwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.49) etasminneva kāle tu ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ .. catvāraśca mahādevi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritāḥ .. 49 .. > At that very time, four seers who had mastered the Vedas, / O great goddess, were residing in the sacred field Prabhāsa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.50) hariṇaścātha vajraśca nyaṃkuḥ kapila eva ca .. tapastapyaṃti tatrasthāḥ svādhyāyāsaktamānasāḥ .. 7.1.33.50 .. > Hariṇa, Vajra, Nyaṅku, and Kapila; / dwelling there, their minds devoted to Vedic recitation, they practiced austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.51) pṛthakpṛthaksamāhūtāḥ snānārthaṃ taiḥ sarasvatī .. sāgaraḥ sammukhastasyāḥ sahasā sammupasthitaḥ .. 51 .. > Sarasvatī was summoned by them individually for the sake of ritual ablution, / while the ocean suddenly stood right before her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.52) tataḥ sā cintayāmāsa kathaṃ me sukṛtaṃ bhavet .. śāpabhītā ca sā sādhvī paṃcasrotāstadā'bhavat .. 52 .. > Then she reflected: 'How can my meritorious deed come to be?' / And fearing their curse, that virtuous one became divided into five streams. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.53) ekaikaṃ toṣayāmāsa tamṛṣiṃ varavarṇini .. tato'syāḥ paṃca nāmāni jātāni pṛthivītale .. 53 .. > She gratified each seer, one by one, O fair-complexioned lady; / then five names of hers arose upon the surface of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.54) hariṇī vajriṇī nyaṃkuḥ kapilā ca sarasvatī .. pānāvagāhanānnṛṇāṃ paṃcasrotāḥ sarasvatī .. 54 .. > Hariṇī, Vajriṇī, Nyaṅku, Kapilā, and Sarasvatī; / by drinking and bathing \[in her\], Sarasvatī is of five streams for mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.55) brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ .. eṣāṃ saṃyogajaṃ cānyannarāṇāṃ paṃcamaṃ hi yat .. 55 .. > The slaying of a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and union with the guru's wife, / and that fifth \[sin\] of mortals arising from association with these— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.56) etatpaṃcavidhaṃ puṃsāṃ paṃcadhā'vasthitā satī .. nāśayetpātakaṃ ghoraṃ sakhībhiḥ sahitā nadī..56.. > abiding in five ways, the virtuous river, together with her companions, / destroys these five kinds of dreadful sin in men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.57) brahmahatyāṃ mahāghorāṃ pratilomā sarasvatī .. pānāvagāhanānnṛṇāṃ nāśayatyakhilaṃ hi sā .. 57 .. > Flowing backwards, Sarasvatī / destroys through men's drinking and bathing all of the most dreadful sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.58) pramādānmadirāpānadoṣeṇopahatātmanām .. tadvyapohāya kapilā dvijānāṃ vahate nadī .. 58 .. > For twice-born men whose minds are ruined through negligent fault of drinking liquor, / the river Kapilā flows to remove that \[sin\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.59) upavāsājjapāddhomātsnānātpānāddvijanmanām .. saptāhānnāśayetpāpaṃ tattadbhāvena cetasā..59.. > Through fasting, silent recitation, oblation, ritual ablution, and drinking, with that disposition of mind, / she destroys the sin of the twice-born within seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.60) svayaṃ te'pi viśudhyaṃti yathoktavidhikāriṇaḥ .. nyaṃkuṃ nadīṃ samāsādya mahataḥ pātakātkṛtāt .. 7.1.33.60 .. > Having reached the river Nyaṅku, even those who have committed great sin / are purified by themselves if they perform the rites as prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.61) snānopāsanapānena vajriṇī gurutalpagam .. nāśayatyakhilaṃ puṃsāṃ pāpaṃ bhūribhayaṃkaram .. 61 .. > By ritual ablution, worship, and drinking, Vajriṇī destroys entirely / the terribly frightening sin of men who violate the guru's bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.62) saṃyogajasya pāpasya haraṇāddhariṇī smṛtā .. nadī puṇyajalopetā saptāhamavagāhanāt .. 62 .. > Because of taking away the sin arising from association, it is called Hariṇī, / a river endowed with sacred waters, by bathing in it for seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.63) evametāni pāpāni sarvāṇi surasuṃdari .. nadī nāśayate tathyaṃ paṃcasrotā sarasvatī .. 63 .. > Thus the river Sarasvatī of five streams, O divine beauty, / truly destroys all these sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.64) tato'paśyatpunaścāru sā devī pathi saṃsthitam .. parvataṃ sāgarasyāṃte roddhuṃ mārgamiva sthitam .. 64 .. > Then again that beautiful goddess saw standing in her path / a mountain at the edge of the ocean, stationed as if to block the way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.65) brahmāṇḍamānadaṇḍo'yaṃ purato girisattamaḥ .. vrajantyāḥ surakāryeṇa mama vighnakaraḥ sthitaḥ .. .. 65 .. > \[She thought:\] 'This excellent mountain, like a measuring rod of the universe, / stands before me, creating an obstacle as I travel on the mission of the gods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.66) uccaistaraṃ mahāśailamavalokya sarasvatī .. atha vegena ruddhena giriṇā vismitā satī .. 66 .. > Beholding that exceedingly high, great mountain, Sarasvatī, / with her swift course now obstructed by the mountain, was astonished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.67) evaṃ saṃcintayedyāvanmanasā tanma hādbhutam .. tāvanmaṃgalaśabdena pratibuddhaḥ kṛtasmaraḥ .. 67 .. > While she was thus reflecting in her mind upon that great wonder, / awakened by the auspicious sound, \[the mountain\] Kṛtasmara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.68) giriśṛṃgadvaṃdvacaraṃ dadarśa puruṣaṃ ca sā .. tāmāha devīṃ sa nago mārgo nāstīha suvrate .. 68 .. > moving between both peaks of the mountain, appeared as a man to her sight; / that mountain spoke to the goddess: 'There is no way here, O lady of good vows! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.69) anyatra kvāpi gaccha tvaṃ yatra te'bhimataṃ śubhe .. āhaivamukte sā devī naraṃ nagaśiraḥsthitam .. 69 .. > Go somewhere else, wherever you desire, O auspicious lady.' / When he had spoken thus, that goddess addressed the man standing atop the mountain: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.70) devādeśātsamāyātā na nirodhyā gire tvayā .. evamukte giriḥ prāha tāṃ devīṃ sumanoramām .. 7.1.33.70 .. > 'I have arrived by the command of the gods; I must not be obstructed by you, O mountain!' / When she had spoken thus, the mountain said to that most delightful goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.71) parvato'haṃ tvayā bhadre kiṃ na jñātaḥ kṛtasmaraḥ .. tvatsparśanānna doṣosti kumārī tvaṃ yato'naghe .. 71 .. > 'I am the mountain Kṛtasmara, O good lady; do you not know me? / Because you are a maiden, O faultless one, there is no fault in your touching \[me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.72) atastvāṃ varaye devi bhāryā me bhava suvrate .. 72 .. > Therefore I choose you, O goddess; become my wife, O lady of good vows!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.73) .. sarasvatyuvāca .. .. pitā me dhriyate yasmāttena nāhaṃ svayaṃvarā .. tava bhāryā bhaviṣyāmi mārgaṃ yaccha mamādhunā .. 73 .. > Sarasvatī said: / 'Because my father lives, I am not free to choose my own husband; / I cannot become your wife; grant me passage now.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.74) evamukto giriḥ prāha anicchaṃtīṃ mahābalāt .. udvāhayiṣye tvāṃ bhadre kastrātā sti tavādhunā .. 74 .. > Addressed thus, the mountain said: 'Against your will, by my great might, / I shall marry you, O good lady! Who is your protector now?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.75) sā taṃ manobhavākrāntaṃ matvā divyena cakṣuṣā .. āha nāsti mama trātā tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatā .. 75 .. > Knowing through divine sight that he was overpowered by desire, / she said: 'I have no protector; I have come to you alone for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.76) tvayodvāhyā yadya vaśyamahamevaṃ mahābala .. asnātāṃ nodvaha vibho snānaṃ karttuṃ ca dehi me .. 76 .. > If I must indeed be married by you, O mighty one, / do not marry me unbathed, O lord, and grant me permission to bathe.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.77) tāmuvāca tataḥ śailaḥ svasaṃpadabhimānavān .. saukhyadaṃ paśya subhage mayi saṃpūrṇavaibhavam .. 77 .. > Then the mountain, proud of his own wealth, spoke to her: / 'Behold in me, O fortunate lady, all my majesty which brings happiness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.78) dvaṃdvāni yatra gāyaṃti kiṃnarāṇāṃ manoramam .. śrūyate ca sunidhvānaṃ taṃtrīvādyamathāparam .. 78 .. > Where pairs of kiṃnaras sing delightfully, / and the pleasant sound of lutes and other instruments is heard; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.79) tatra tālāstamālāśca pippalāḥ panasāstathā .. sadaiva phalapuṣpāścā dṛśyaṃte sumanoramāḥ ..79.. > where palmyras, tamālas, pippalas, and jackfruit trees / are always seen, most lovely, laden with fruit and flowers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.80) kuṭajaiḥ kovidāraiśca kadaṃbaiḥ kurabaistathā .. mattālikulaghuṣṭaiśca bhūdharo bhāti sarvataḥ .. 7.1.33.80 .. > with kuṭajas, kovidāras, kadambas, and kurabas, / resplendent with swarms of intoxicated bees, the mountain shines on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.81) harāṃgarāgavadbhāti kvacitkuṭajakuḍmalaiḥ .. kvacittu karṇikāraiśca viṣṇorvāsaḥsamaprabhaḥ .. 81 .. > In some places, with buds of kuṭaja, it shines like Hara's bodily cosmetic; / in others, with karṇikāras, it has the luster of Viṣṇu's garment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.82) tamāladalasaṃchannaḥ kvacidvaivasvatadyutiḥ.. kvaciddhātuviliptāṃgo gaṇādhyakṣavapurnagaḥ .. 82 .. > covered with tamāla leaves, in some places it has the splendor of Yama; / in others, its limbs smeared with mineral dyes, the mountain resembles the form of the chief of the gaṇas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.83) caturmukha ivābhāti haritālavapuḥ kvacit .. kvacitsaptacchadairviṣṇorvapuṣā bhātyayaṃ giriḥ.. 83 .. > in some places, with a body of yellow orpiment, it shines like the four-faced \[Brahmā\]; / in others, with saptacchada trees, this mountain shines like the body of Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.84) kvacitkātyāyanīprakhyaḥ priyaṃgususamākulaḥ .. kvacitkesarasaṃyuktairanalābho vibhātyasau .. 84 .. > in some places, filled with priyaṅgu blossoms, it resembles Kātyāyanī; / in others, with kesara flowers, it shines with the appearance of fire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.85) vṛttaiḥ sapulakaiḥ snigdhaiḥ strīṇāmiva payodharaiḥ .. duṣprāpyairalpapuṇyānāṃ kvacidābhāti bilvakaiḥ .. 85 .. > In some places it shines with bilva fruits, round, bristling, and smooth / like women’s breasts, hard to obtain for those of little merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.86) siṃhairvyāghrairmṛgairnāgairvarāhairvānaraistathā .. kvacitkvacidasau bhāti parasparamanuvrataiḥ .. 86 .. > In various places it shines with lions, tigers, deer, elephants, / boars, and monkeys devoted to one another, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.87) śūlikodbhinnamākāśamiva kurvadbhiruccakaiḥ .. evamukte pratyuvāca śāradā taṃ nagottamam .. 87 .. > rising high as if piercing the sky with their peaks. > When this was said, Śāradā replied to that best of mountains: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.88) yadi māṃ tvaṃ pariṇaye rudaṃtīmekikāṃ tathā .. gṛhāṇa vāḍavaṃ haste yāvatsnānaṃ karomyaham .. 88 .. > “If you would marry me as I weep thus alone, / hold the submarine fire in your hand while I perform my ritual ablution.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.89) evamukte sa jagrāha ta nagedro'pavarjim .. kṛtasmarastatsaṃsparśātkṣaṇādbhasmatvamāgataḥ .. 89 .. > When this was said, the lord of mountains took the fire. > Kṛtasmara, from its touch, turned to ash in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.90) tataḥ prabhṛti te tasya pāṣāṇā mṛdutāṃ gatāḥ .. gṛhadevakulārthāya gṛhyaṃte śilpibhiḥ saha .. 7.1.33.90 .. > From then on, his stones became soft; > they are quarried together with artisans for houses and temples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.91) dagdhvā kṛtasmaraṃ devī punarādāya vāḍavam .. samudrasya samīpe sā sthitā hṛṣṭatanūruhā .. 91 .. > Having burned Kṛtasmara, the goddess took up the submarine fire once more > and stood near the sea, her bodily hair bristling with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.92) tatrasthā sā mahādevī tamāha vaḍavānalam .. paśya vāḍava garjantaṃ sāgaraṃ purataḥ sthitam .. 92 .. > Standing there, that great goddess said to the submarine fire: > “Look, O submarine fire, at the ocean standing roaring before us!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.93) garjaṃtaṃ so'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā prasarpaṃtaṃ ca vīcibhiḥ .. tāmāha kimidaṃ bhadre bhīto me lavaṇodadhiḥ .. 93 .. > Seeing it roaring and creeping forward with waves, > he also said to her: “What is this, fair one? Is the salt ocean afraid of me?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.94) prahasyovāca sā bālā ko na bhītastavānala .. bhakṣyaste vihito yasmāttava devairmahābala .. 94 .. > Laughing, the maiden said: “Who would not fear you, O fire? > For it has been ordained as your food by the gods, O mighty one!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.95) sa tasyāstadvacaḥ śrutvā saṃprahṛṣṭastu pāvakaḥ .. dāsyāmi te varaṃ bhadre yatheṣṭaṃ prārthayasva naḥ ..95.. > Hearing that speech of hers, the fire became exceedingly glad: > “I shall grant you a boon, fair one; ask of me whatever you desire.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.96) tenaivamuktā sā devī vāḍavenāgninā tadā .. sasmāra kāraṇātmānaṃ viṣṇuṃ kamalalocanam .. 96 .. > Thus addressed at that time by the submarine fire, the goddess > remembered the lotus-eyed Viṣṇu, the causal self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.97) dṛṣṭosāvātmahṛtsaṃsthastayā devo janārddanaḥ .. smṛtamātraḥ sarasvatyā parastribhuvaneśvaraḥ ..97.. > As soon as he was remembered by Sarasvatī, the transcendent lord of the three worlds, > the god Janārdana, was seen by her residing within her own heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.98) manodṛṣṭyā vilokyāha sā tamaṃtaḥsthamacyutam .. vāḍavo yacchati varamahaṃ taṃ prārthayāmi kim..98.. > Beholding the imperishable one dwelling within her by her mind’s vision, she said: > “The submarine fire is offering a boon. What should I ask of him?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.99) tatastena hṛdisthena proktā devī sarasvatī .. prārthanīyo varo bhadre sūcīvaktratvamādarāt .. 99 .. > Then the goddess Sarasvatī was told by him who was in her heart: > “The boon to be requested with care, fair one, is that his mouth become like a needle.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.100) tatastvabhihito devyā yadi me tvaṃ varapradaḥ .. tataḥ sūcīmukho bhūtvā tvaṃ pibāpo mahābala .. 7.1.33.100 .. > Then he was addressed by the goddess: “If you grant me a boon, > then, having become needle-mouthed, drink the waters, O mighty one!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.101) evamuktena tattena sūcīvedhasamaṃ kṛtam .. ghaṭikāpūraṇaṃ yadvatpapau tadvadanaṃ jalam .. 101 .. > When he was thus addressed, it was made equal to a needle's bore by him; > like the filling of a water-clock, that mouth drank the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.102) evaṃ sa vāḍavo vahniḥ surāṇāṃ bhakṣaṇodyataḥ .. vaṃcito viṣṇunā yāti medhāmādhāya yatnataḥ .. 102 .. > Thus that submarine fire, ready to devour the gods, > went forth, deceived by Viṣṇu who carefully used his intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.103) sargametaṃ naraḥ puṇyaṃ vācyamānaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ .. sa viṣṇu lokamāsādya tenaiva saha modate ..103.. > The man who hears this holy creation recited > attains the realm of Viṣṇu and rejoices with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.33.103\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33.103_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sara svatīvṛttāṃtavaḍavānalavacanavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Sarasvatī Account and the Speech of the Submarine Fire,' in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first \[sub-section\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[section\] of 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.16.33.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.33) · Pramāṇa