[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) › 16.347 # Skandapurana 16.347 Skandapurāṇa 16.347 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.347.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ vai hāṭakeśvaram .. naleśvarātpūrvabhāge śatadhanvaṃtaradvaye .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga, / situated to the east of Naleśvara at a distance of two hundred bow-lengths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.2) agastyāmravanaṃnāma tatra sthāne tu saṃsthitam .. ciṃtāmaṇestu pūrveṇa īśāne triśataṃdhanuḥ .. tatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptamagastyena mahātmanā .. 2 .. > The mango grove named Agastyāmravana is located in that place; / three hundred bow-lengths to the east of Cintāmaṇi, in the northeast. / There, austerity was performed in ancient times by the great-souled Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. kasminkāle mahādeva sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 3 .. .. > The goddess said: / At what time, O Mahādeva? Tell me everything in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. purā daityagaṇā raudrā babhūvurvaravarṇini .. kālakeyā iti khyātāstrailokyocchedakārakāḥ .. 4 .. > Īśvara said: / Long ago, O fair-complexioned one, there were fearsome hordes of Daityas / known as the Kālakeyas, who caused the destruction of the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.5) atha te nihatāḥ sarve viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. daityasūdananāmnā tu prabhāsakṣetravāsinā .. 5 .. > Then they were all slain by the all-powerful Viṣṇu, / residing in Prabhāsa-kṣetra under the name Daityasūdana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.6) kṛtvā vyāghrasya rūpaṃ tu nāmnā cakramukhīti ca .. hatā vai tena rūpeṇa tato'bhūddaityasūdanaḥ .. 6 .. > having assumed the form of a tiger named Cakramukhī. / By means of that form, they were indeed slain; thereafter He became \[known as\] Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.7) hataśeṣāḥ samudrāṃte praviṣṭā bhayavihvalāḥ .. tataste maṃtrayāmāsuḥ pīḍyaṃte devatāḥ katham ..7.. > Those who survived the slaughter entered the interior of the ocean, distraught with fear; / then they deliberated: 'How can the deities be tormented?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.7\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.7_1) hanyaṃtāṃ dharmiṇo ye'tra vidyaṃte dhara ṇītale .. tapaḥsvādhyāyaniratā yajñadānaratāśca ye .. 5 .. > 'Let the righteous ones who exist here on the face of the earth be slain— / those devoted to austerity and Vedic recitation, and those devoted to sacrifice and charity.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.9) atha te samayaṃ kṛtvā rātrau niṣkramya sāgarāt .. nirjaghnustāpasāṃstatra yajñadānaratānpriye .. 9 .. > Then, having made an agreement, emerging from the ocean at night, / they slaughtered the ascetics there who were devoted to sacrifice and charity, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.11) prabhāse tu mahādevi tatra dvādaśayojane .. vasiṣṭhasyāśrame tatra maharṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām .. 7.1.346(2).10 .. bhakṣitāni sahasrāṇi paṃca sapta ca tāpasān .. śatāni paṃca raibhyasya viśvāmitrasya ṣoḍaśa .. 11 .. > In Prabhāsa, O great goddess, in that area of twelve yojanas, / in the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, five thousand ascetics / \[and\] seven \[thousand\] of the great-souled great seers were devoured; / five hundred of Raibhya's, sixteen \[hundred\] of Viśvāmitra's, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.12) cyavanasya ca saptaiva jābālerdviśataṃ muneḥ .. vālakhilyāśrame puṇye ṣaṭchatāni durātmabhiḥ .. 12 .. > seven of Cyavana's, two hundred of the sage Jābāli's, / \[and\] six hundred in the sacred hermitage of the Vālakhilyas \[were devoured\] by those evil-minded ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.13) yatra kvacidbhavedyajñastatra gatvā niśāgame .. yajñadānasamāyuktānṛtvijo bhakṣayaṃti ca .. 13 .. > Wherever a sacrifice took place, having gone there at nightfall, / they devoured the officiating priests engaged in sacrifice and charity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.14) tato bhayākulāḥ sarve babhūvurjagatī tale .. na ca kaścidvijānāti daityānāṃ tu viceṣṭitam .. 14 .. > Then all became agitated with fear on the face of the earth; / and no one knew the activity of the Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.15) rātrau svapaṃti munayaḥ sukhaśayyāgatāśca te .. prabhāte tvadhvare teṣāmasthisaṃghāśca kevalam ..15.. > At night the sages slept, having gone to comfortable beds; / but in the morning, at their sacrificial rites, only heaps of bones \[remained\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.16) tato dharmakriyāstyaktā bhūtale sarvamānavaiḥ .. niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ bhūtalaṃ samapadyata .. 16 .. > Then religious rites were abandoned by all mortals on the face of the earth; / the earth became devoid of Vedic recitation and the vaṣaṭ-call. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.17) athānye tāpasā rātrau saṃyutāśca ca dhṛtāyudhāḥ .. athocchedaṃ gate dharme pīḍitāstridivaukasaḥ .. 17 .. > Then other ascetics joined together at night, bearing weapons; / and as dharma was being eradicated, the denizens of heaven were distressed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.18) kimetaditi jalpaṃto brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. bhagavaṃstāpasāḥ sarve tathā ye jñānaśīlinaḥ .. 18 .. > Saying 'What is this?', they went to Brahmā for refuge: / 'O blessed one, all the ascetics as well as those possessed of knowledge > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.19) bhakṣyante kenacidrātrau mṛtyumeva prayānti ca .. naṣṭadharmakriyāḥ sarve bhūtale prapitāmaha .. 19 .. > are being devoured by someone at night and are going to their deaths. / On the face of the earth, all religious rites have perished, O Great-grandfather! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.21) yo dharmamācaredahni sa rātrau mṛtyumeti ca .. na svādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ samaste bhūtale vibho .. 7.1.346(2).20 .. dharmābhāvādvayaṃ sarve saṃdehaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dhyātvā devaḥ pitāmahaḥ .. abravīttridaśānsarvānsandehaṃ paramaṃ gatān .. 21 .. > He who performs righteous deeds by day meets death at night; / there is no Vedic recitation or vaṣaṭ-call across the whole surface of the earth, O Lord! / Due to the absence of dharma, we have all fallen into great doubt.' / Hearing that speech of theirs, having meditated, the divine Grandfather / spoke to all the thirty \[gods\] who had fallen into great perplexity: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.22) kāleyā iti vikhyātā dānavā raudrakāriṇaḥ .. te samudraṃ samāsādya tāpasānbhakṣayaṃti ca .. 22 .. > 'The Dānavas renowned as the Kāleyas act terrifyingly; / having taken to the ocean, they devour the ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.23) yuṣmākaṃ ca vināśāya te na śakyā niṣūditum .. yatadhvameṣāṃ nāśāya no cennāśo bhaviṣyati .. 23 .. > They cannot be slain by you, for your own destruction \[would follow\]; / strive for their destruction, otherwise your destruction will occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.24) vrajadhvaṃ bhūtale śīghramagastyo yatra tiṣṭhati.. vratacaryārato nityaṃ prabhāse kṣetra uttame .. 24 .. > Go quickly to the earth where Agastya resides, / constantly devoted to vows and religious observances in the best sacred field, Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.25) sa śaktaḥ sāgaraṃ pātuṃ mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhavaḥ .. prasādyaśca sa yuṣmābhiḥ samudraṃ piba sattama .. 25 .. > He, born of Mitra and Varuṇa, is capable of drinking the ocean; / and he must be propitiated by you: "Drink the ocean, O best of men!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.26) tatastathā kṛte tena te sarve dānavādhamāḥ .. vadhyā yuṣmākaṃ bhaviṣyaṃti evaṃ ca tridiveśvarāḥ .. 26 .. > Then, once that is done by him, all those lowest of Dānavas / will be fit to be killed by you; and thus, O lords of heaven!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.27) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā .. prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya agastyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. 27 .. > Īśvara said: / Having been addressed thus by Brahmā, the creator of the worlds, all the gods, / having arrived at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, went to Agastya for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.28) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. rakṣarakṣa dvijaśreṣṭha trailokyaṃ saṃśayaṃ gatam .. kālakeyaiḥ pratidhvastaṃ samudraṃ samupāśritaiḥ .. 28 .. > The gods said: / 'Protect, protect, O best among the twice-born! The three worlds have fallen into jeopardy, / ravaged by the Kālakeyas who have taken refuge in the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.29) taṃ śoṣaya dvijaśreṣṭha hitārthaṃ tridivaukasām .. nānyaḥ śaktaḥ pumānkaścitkartumīdṛkkriyā vibho .. 29 .. > Dry it up, O best among the twice-born, for the welfare of the denizens of heaven; / no other person is capable of performing such an act, O Lord!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.31) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evamuktaḥ suragaṇairagastyo munipuṅgavaḥ .. jagāma tridaśaiḥ sārdhaṃ samudraṃ prati harṣitaḥ .. 7.1.346(2).30 .. gīyamānastu gaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānastu kinnaraiḥ .. ślāghyamānastu vibudhairvākyametaduvāca ha .. 31 .. > Īśvara said: / Thus addressed by the hosts of gods, Agastya, the eminent sage, / went towards the ocean with the thirty \[gods\], filled with joy. / Being sung by the Gandharvas, praised by the Kinnaras, / and extolled by the gods, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.32) eṣa trailokyarakṣārthaṃ śoṣayāmi mahārṇavam .. drakṣyadhvaṃ kautukaṃ devāḥ samīnamakarairmahat .. 32 .. > 'Here, for the protection of the three worlds, I shall dry up the great ocean; / you gods shall witness a great wonder, along with fish and makaras!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.33) evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭho hyagastyo bhagavānmuniḥ .. gaṃḍūṣamakarotsarvaṃ sāgaraṃ saritāṃpatim .. 33 .. > Having spoken thus, the best among the twice-born, the revered sage Agastya, / made a single sip of the entire ocean, the lord of rivers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.34) pīte tatra mahāsindhāvagatsye na mahātmanā .. dānavā bhayasaṃtrastā itaścetaśca babhramuḥ .. 34 .. > When that great ocean was drunk there by the great-souled Agastya, / the Dānavas, terrified with fear, wandered to and fro. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.35) vadhyamānāḥ suraistatra śastraiḥ suniśitaistathā .. kāṃtāramanye gacchaṃtaḥ palāyanaparāyaṇā .. 35 .. > Being slain there by the gods with exceedingly sharp weapons, / others, intent on flight, fled into the wilderness. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.36) hatabhūyeṣu daityeṣu vidārya dharaṇītalam .. pātālaṃ viviśustūrṇaṃ rudhireṇa pariplutāḥ .. 36 .. > When most of the Daityas had been killed, tearing through the surface of the earth, / drenched in blood, they swiftly entered Pātāla. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.37) athocustridaśā hṛṣṭā agastyaṃ munisattamam .. siddhaṃ no vāṃchitaṃ sarvaṃ pūryatāṃ sāgaraḥ punaḥ .. 37 .. > Then the delighted thirty \[gods\] said to Agastya, the best of sages: / 'All that we desired has been achieved; let the ocean be filled again.' 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.38) .. agastya uvāca .. .. jīrṇaṃ toyaṃ mayā devāstathaivāmedhyatāṃ gatam .. utpatsyati raghūṇāṃ hi kule nṛpatisattamaḥ .. 38 .. > Agastya said: / 'The water has been digested by me, O gods, and has likewise become impure. / Indeed, an excellent king will be born in the lineage of the Raghus, 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.39) bhagīratheti vikhyātaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. sa jñātikāraṇādeva gaṃgāṃ tatrānayiṣyati .. 39 .. > renowned as Bhagīratha, foremost among all weapon-bearers. / For the sake of his kinsmen, he will bring Gaṅgā there. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.41) brahmalokātsaricchreṣṭhāṃ tayā pūrṇo bhaviṣyati.. evamuktvā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ svasthānaṃ cāgamanmuniḥ .. 7.1.346(2).40 .. tataḥ svamāśramaṃ prāptaṃ devā vākyamathābuvan .. anena karmaṇā brahmanparituṣṭā vayaṃ mune .. 41 .. > The \[ocean\] will be filled by that best of rivers \[coming\] from the world of Brahmā.' / Having spoken thus, the sage went to his own place together with the gods. 40 / Then, when he had arrived at his own hermitage, the gods spoke these words: / 'O brahmin, O sage, we are well pleased by this deed of yours. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.42) kiṃ kurmo brūhi te'bhīṣṭaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 42 .. > Tell \[us\] your desire; what shall we do, even if it is very difficult to obtain?' 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.43) .. agastya uvāca .. .. yāvadbrahmasahasrāṇi paṃcaviṃśatikoṭayaḥ .. vaimāniko bhaviṣyāmi dakṣiṇāṃbaramūrddhani .. 43 .. > Agastya said: / 'For as long as twenty-five crores of thousands of Brahmās, / I shall dwell in an aerial chariot at the crown of the southern sky. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.44) atrāgatya naro yastu mamāśramapade śubhe .. hāṭakeśvarasāṃnidhye prabhāsakṣetra uttame .. 44 .. > Whatever person, having come here to my auspicious hermitage-seat, / in the presence of Hāṭakeśvara in the supreme Prabhāsa sacred field, 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.45) snānamācarate samyaksa yātu paramāṃ gatim .. pātālādavatīrṇaṃ taṃ liṃgarūpaṃ maheśvaram .. 45 .. > properly performs a ritual ablution, may he attain the supreme state. / That Maheśvara in the form of a liṅga, who ascended from Pātāla 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.46) mayā tapaḥ prabhāvena sthāpitaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet .. dinedine bhavettasya gośatasya phalaṃ dhruvam .. 46 .. > and was established by me through the power of austerity—whoever worships him, / day by day the fruit of \[donating\] a hundred cows will surely be his. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.47) lopāmudrāsahāyaṃ māṃ yo martyaḥ saṃprapūjayet .. arghyaṃ dadyādvidhānena kāśa puṣpaiḥ samāhitaḥ .. 47 .. > Whatever mortal worships me accompanied by Lopāmudrā, / and, composed in mind, duly offers an arghya with kāśa flowers 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.48) prāpte śaradi kāle ca sa yātu paramāṃ gatim .. lopāmudrāsahāyaṃ māṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃyutam .. 48 .. > when the autumn season arrives, may he attain the supreme state. / Having worshipped me accompanied by Lopāmudrā, united with Hāṭakeśvara, 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.49) ayane cottare pūjya golakṣa phalamāpnuyāt .. yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute cātra ayane cottare dvijaḥ.. bhūyāttasya phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ gayāśrāddhasya sattamāḥ .. 49 .. > during the northern solstice, one obtains the fruit of \[donating\] a hundred thousand cows. / And whatever twice-born performs a śrāddha here during the northern solstice, / O best of men, his shall be the entire fruit of a śrāddha performed at Gayā.' 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.51) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. bāḍhamitye va te coktvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ.. svasthānaṃ tu gatāḥ sarve saṃhṛṣṭamanasastadā ..7.1.346(2).50.. tasmātsarvaprayatnena prāpte śaradi mānavaḥ.. agastyasyāśramaṃ gatvā hāṭakeśaṃ prapūjayet .. 51 .. > Īśvara said: / Having said 'So be it,' all the gods together with Vāsava / went to their respective abodes with delighted minds. 50 / Therefore, by every effort, when autumn arrives, a mortal / should go to the hermitage of Agastya and worship Hāṭakeśa, 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.52) agastyeśvaranāmānaṃ kalpaliṃgaṃ surapriyam .. yaścaitacchuṇuyādbhaktyā ṛṣestasya viceṣṭitam.. ahorātrakṛtātpāpāttatkṣaṇā deva mucyate .. 52 .. > the liṅga of the cosmic age known as Agastyeśvara, dear to the gods. / And whoever hears with devotion this deed of that seer / is at that very moment freed from sin committed during a day and night. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.347.52\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347.52_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 346(?) .. > Thus ends the three hundred forty-sixth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 346 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.347.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.347) · Pramāṇa