[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) › 16.352 # Skandapurana 16.352 Skandapurāṇa 16.352 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.352.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi suparṇelāṃ ca bhairavīm .. durgakūṭāddakṣiṇato dhanuḥpaṃcaśatāṃtare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to Suparṇelā Bhairavī, / five hundred bow-lengths south of Durgakūṭa. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.352.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.2) suparṇena purā devi pātālādamṛtaṃ hṛtam .. gṛhītvā tatra muktaṃ tu nāgānāṃ paśyatāṃ kila .. 2 .. > Anciently, O goddess, the nectar was carried off from Pātāla by Suparṇa; / having seized it, it was set down there, indeed, while the Nāgas watched. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.352.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.3) tato devyā tadā dṛṣṭvā rakṣitaṃ nāgapārśvataḥ .. tataḥ suparṇeletyevaṃ khyātā sā vasudhātale .. 3 .. > Then, having seen \[it\], it was protected by the goddess from the side of the Nāgas. / Therefore she became famed on the earth as Suparṇelā. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.352.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.4) ilā tu kathyate bhūmiḥ suparṇena pratiṣṭhitā .. tataḥ suparṇeletyeva nāmnā pātakanāśinī .. 4 .. > For 'ilā' is said to be the earth, established by Suparṇa; / therefore, by the name Suparṇelā, she destroys sins. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.352.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.5) suparṇakuṇḍe tatraiva snātvā tāṃ pūjayennaraḥ .. viprebhyo bhojanaṃ dadyānnāpadbhirmriyate naraḥ .. jīvavatsā bhavennārī ātmajaiścāpyalaṃkṛtā .. 5 .. > Bathing right there in Suparṇakuṇḍa, a person should worship her / and offer food to brahmins; that person does not die of misfortunes; / a woman will have living offspring and be adorned with sons. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.352.351](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352.351) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye suparṇelāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..351.. > Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Suparṇelā', in the First \[Book\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (351) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.352.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.352) · Pramāṇa