[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) › 16.343 # Skandapurana 16.343 Skandapurāṇa 16.343 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.343.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kapileśvaramuttamam .. śīrābhūṣaṇapūrveṇa koṭitīrthācca paścime ..1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the supreme Kapileśvara, / to the east of Śīrābhūṣaṇa and to the west of Koṭītīrtha, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.2) jaradgaveśāddakṣiṇe samudrottaratastathā .. etadvai kāpilaṃ kṣetraṃ nāpuṇyaiḥ prāpyate naraiḥ .. 2 .. > to the south of Jaradgaveśa and north of the ocean; / this Kāpila sacred field is indeed not attained by men devoid of merit. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.3) kapilena purā devi yatra taptaṃ tapo mahat .. varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram .. 3 .. > Where, O goddess, Kapila formerly performed great austerity, / having installed Maheśvara, for more than ten thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.4) samāhūtā tatra devī kapiladhārā mahānadī .. samudramadhye sā'dyāpi puṇyavadbhiḥ pradṛśyate .. 4 .. > There the divine great river Kapiladhārā was invoked; / even today it is seen amidst the ocean by meritorious people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.5) tatra snātvā mahādevi kapilāṣaṣṭhyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. kapilāṃ dāpayettatra gokoṭiphalabhāgbhavet .. 5 .. > Having bathed there, O great goddess, especially on Kapilāṣaṣṭhī, / one should give a brown cow there; one becomes a partaker of the fruit of ten million cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.6) sarveṣāṃ caiva pāpānāṃ prāyaścittamidaṃ smṛtam .. kapileśvaraṃ tu saṃpūjya kanyākoṭiphalaṃ labhet .. 6 .. > And this is remembered as an expiation for all sins; / having worshipped Kapileśvara, one obtains the fruit of \[giving\] ten million maidens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.7) .. devyuvāca .. .. āścaryaṃ mama deveśa kapilaṣaṣṭhyā maheśvara .. vidhānaṃ śrotumicchāmi dānamantrādi pūrvakam .. 7 .. > The goddess said: > Great is my wonder, O Lord of gods, O Maheśvara, regarding Kapilāṣaṣṭhī; / I wish to hear the prescribed procedure, beginning with the mantras for gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.8) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. janmajīvitamadhye tu yadyekā labhyate naraiḥ .. saṃyogayuktā sā ṣaṣṭhī tatkiṃ devi bravīmyaham .. 8 .. > Īśvara said: > If in the course of a lifetime even one such sixth day \[of the lunar fortnight\] is attained by men, / endowed with \[all\] the conjunctions, what can I say, O goddess? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.9) prauṣṭhapadyasite pakṣe ṣaṣṭhyāmaṃgārako yadi .. vyatīpātaśca rohiṇyāṃ sā ṣaṣṭhī kapilā smṛtā ..9.. > In the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada, if the sixth day falls on a Tuesday, / with Vyatīpāta and under Rohiṇī, that sixth day is remembered as Kapilā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.10) tatra kṣetre naraḥ snātvā athavārkasthale śubhe .. mṛdā śukla tilaiścaiva kapilāsaṃgame śubhe .. 7.1.343.10 .. > Having bathed in that sacred field, or at the auspicious Arkasthala, / with clay and white sesame seeds, at the auspicious confluence of Kapilā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.11) kṛtasnānajapaḥ paścātsūryāyārghyaṃ nivedayet .. raktacaṃdanatoyena karavīrayutena ca .. kṛtvārghapātraṃ śirasi maṃtreṇānena dāpayet .. 11 .. > having completed one's bath and recitation, one should then offer water oblations to the Sun / with red sandalwood water and oleander flowers; / placing the vessel of oblation on the head, one should offer it with this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.12) namastrailokyanāthāya udbhāsitajagattraya .. vedaraśme namastubhyaṃ gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te .. 12 .. > “Obeisance to the lord of the three worlds, O illuminator of the three worlds, / O one whose rays are the Vedas, obeisance to you! Accept the water oblation, obeisance be to you!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.13) sūryaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya saṃpūjya kapileśvaram.. upalipte śubhe deśe puṣpākṣatavibhūṣite .. 13 .. > Having circumambulated the Sun, and having worshipped Kapileśvara, / in an auspicious place smeared \[with cow dung\] and adorned with flowers and unhusked barley grains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.14) sthāpayedavraṇaṃ kumbhaṃ candanodakapūritam .. paṃcaratnasamāyuktaṃ dūrvāpuṣpākṣatānvitam..14.. > one should set up an unblemished pot filled with sandalwood water, / equipped with the five gems, and provided with dūrvā grass, flowers, and unhusked barley grains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.15) raktavastrayugacchannaṃ tāmrapātreṇa saṃyutam .. ratho rukmaphalasyaiva ekacitravicitritaḥ .. 15 .. > covered with a pair of red clothes, accompanied by a copper vessel, / \[on\] a chariot of gold leaf variegated with a single painting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.16) sauvarṇapalasaṃyuktāṃ mūrtiṃ sūryasya kārayet.. kuṃbhasyopari saṃsthāpya gaṃdhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet .. 16 .. > One should fashion an image of the Sun containing a pala of gold; / placing it upon the pot, one should worship it with fragrant pastes and flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.17) kapileśvarasānnidhye maṇḍape homasaṃskṛte .. ādityaṃ pūjayeddevaṃ nāmabhiḥ svairyathoditaiḥ .. .. 17 .. > In the presence of Kapileśvara, in a pavilion consecrated with a fire offering, / one should worship the god Āditya by his names as declared: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.18) ādityabhāskara rave bhāno svayaṃ divākara .. prabhākara namastubhyaṃ sasārānmāṃ samuddhara .. 18 .. > “O Āditya, Bhāskara, Ravi, Bhānu, self-manifest Divākara, / Prabhākara, obeisance to you! Deliver me from the cycle of worldly existence! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.19) bhuktimuktiprado yasmāttasmācchāṃtiṃ prayaccha naḥ ..19.. > Since you grant enjoyment and liberation, therefore bestow peace upon us!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.20) .. prārthanāmantraḥ .. .. namonamaste varada ṛksāmayajuṣāṃpate .. namo'stuviśvarūpāya viśvadhāmne namo'stu te ..7.1.343.20.. > The prayer mantra: > “Obeisance, obeisance to you, bestower of boons, lord of the Ṛg, Sāman, and Yajur Vedas! / Obeisance be to the universal-formed one, obeisance be to the universal abode!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.21) amṛtaṃ devi te kṣīraṃ pavitramiha puṣṭidam.. tvatprasādātpramucyaṃte manujāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ .. 21 .. > “O goddess, your milk is nectar, pure and bestowing nourishment in this world; / by your grace, mortals are freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.22) brahmaṇotpādite devi vahnikuṇḍānmahāprabhe .. namaste kapile puṇye sarvadevanamaskṛte ..22.. > O goddess produced by Brahmā from the fire pit, O highly radiant one, / obeisance to you, O meritorious Kapilā, reverenced by all the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.23) sarvadevamaye devi sarvatīrthamaye śubhe.. dātāraṃ pūjayānaṃ māṃ brahmalokaṃ naya svayam..23 .. > O goddess consisting of all the gods, auspicious one consisting of all sacred fords, / lead me, the worshipping donor, personally to the world of Brahmā!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.24) .. pūjāmaṃtraḥ .. .. evaṃ saṃpūjya kapilāṃ kumbhasthaṃ ca divākaram.. brāhmaṇe vedaviduṣa ubhayaṃ pratipādayet ..24.. > The worship mantra: > Having thus worshipped the brown cow and the Sun situated on the pot, / one should give both to a brahmin learned in the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.25) vyāsāya sūryabhaktāya maṃtreṇānena dāpayet ..25.. > To an expounder devoted to the Sun, one should give with this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.26) divyamūrttirjagaccakṣu rdvādaśātmā divākaraḥ .. kapilāsahito devo mama muktiṃ prayacchatu .. 26 .. > “May the divine-formed Sun, the eye of the universe, the twelve-fold soul, / the god together with Kapilā, grant me liberation! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.27) yasmāttvaṃ kapile puṇyā sarvalokasya pāvanī .. pradattā saha sūryeṇa mama muktipradā bhava .. 27 .. > Since you, O Kapilā, are meritorious, the purifier of all the world, / given together with the Sun, become a granter of liberation to me!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.28) palena dakṣiṇā kāryā tadardhārdhena vā punaḥ .. śaktito dakṣiṇāyuktāṃ tāṃ dhenuṃ pratipādayet .. 28 .. > A priestly gift should be made with a pala \[of gold\], or with a quarter thereof; / according to one's capacity, one should bestow that cow accompanied by the priestly gift. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.29) yo'nena vidhinā kuryā tṣaṣṭhīṃ kapilasaṃjñitām.. so'śvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 29 .. > A person who performs the sixth day named Kapilā according to this rite, / that mortal obtains the fruit of a thousand horse sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.30) yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ sarvamāpnoti yaḥ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kapilāṃ caret .. 7.1.343.30 .. > Whatever fruit is obtained at all sacred fords, whatever fruit in all gifts, / all that fruit he obtains who observes the Kapilā sixth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.31) kapilākoṭisahasrāṇi kapilākoṭiśatāni ca .. sūryaparvaṇi yaddattvā tatphalaṃ koṭiśo bhavet .. 31 .. > The fruit which is ten million-fold by giving ten million thousand, / or a hundred ten million brown cows on an eclipse day of the Sun \[is obtained\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.32) koṭigoroma saṃkhyāni varṣāṇi varavarṇini .. tāvatsa vasate svarge yaḥ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kapilāṃ caret .. 32 .. > As many years as there are hairs on ten million cows, O fair-complexioned one, / for that long he resides in heaven who observes the Kapilā sixth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.33) jñānato'jñānato vāpi yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam .. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti ityāha kapilo muniḥ ..33.. > Whatever sin was accumulated in the past, knowingly or unknowingly, / all that goes to destruction—thus said the sage Kapila. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.343.343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343.343) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kapi ladhārākapileśvaramāhātmye kapilāṣaṣṭhīvratavidhānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 343 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-third chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the Observance of Kapilāṣaṣṭhī in the Greatness of Kapiladhārā and Kapileśvara”, in the Greatness of the Prabhāsa Field, in the first \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.343.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.343) · Pramāṇa