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# Skandapurana 16.353

Skandapurāṇa 16.353

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.353.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi bhallatīrthamanuttamam ..  
tasyāśca paścime bhāge yatra viṣṇuścaturbhujaḥ .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unexcelled Bhallatīrtha, / in the western part of it, where the four-armed Viṣṇu \[dwells\]; (1)  
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### [16.353.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.2)

yatra tyaktaṃ śarīraṃ tu viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ..  
tasminmitravane ramye yojanārddhārddhavistṛte .. 2 ..

> where his body was abandoned by Viṣṇu, the all-powerful, / in that delightful Mitravana, extending over a quarter of a yojana. (2)  
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### [16.353.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.3)

yugeyuge mahādevi kalpamanvatarādiṣu ..  
tatraiva saṃsthitirviṣṇornānyatra ca ratirbhavet .. 3 ..

> In every yuga, O great goddess, in kalpas, manvantaras, and the like, / Viṣṇu resides right there; he finds pleasure nowhere else. (3)  
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### [16.353.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.4)

kṣetrāṇāmādikṣetraṃ tu vaiṣṇavaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ..  
tisraḥ koṭyarddhakoṭiśca tīrthānāṃ pravarāṇi ca.. 4 ..

> The wise know that it is the foremost sacred field of all sacred fields, sacred to Viṣṇu; / three and a half crores of eminent sacred fords (4)  
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### [16.353.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.5)

divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni tatraiva bhāmini..  
tatra mūrtimatī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā .. 5 ..

> in heaven, on earth, and in the mid-air are present right there, O beautiful lady; / Gaṅgā herself is situated there in embodied form. (5)  
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### [16.353.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.6)

viṣṇoḥ saṃplavanārthāya prāṇināṃ ca hitāya vai ..  
gaṃgā gayā kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .. 6 ..

> For Viṣṇu's bathing and indeed for the welfare of living beings, / \[there are\] Gaṅgā, Gayā, Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and the Puṣkaras. (6)  
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### [16.353.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.7)

purī dvāravatīṃ tyaktvā atraiva vasate hariḥ ..  
tasyaurdhvadaihikaṃ devi prakaromi yugeyuge .. 7 ..

> Leaving the city of Dvāravatī, Hari dwells right here; / I perform his funeral rites, O goddess, yuga after yuga. (7)  
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### [16.353.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.8)

nabhasye dvādaśīyoge tatra gatvā svayaṃ priye ..  
karomi tadvidhānena tatra brāhmaṇapuṃgavaiḥ .. 8 ..

> Going there myself on the conjunction of the twelfth \[tithi\] in the month of Nabhasya, O beloved, / I perform \[it\] according to the ritual rule there with the foremost brahmins. (8)  
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### [16.353.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.9)

tatra dattvā tu dānāni vidhivadvedapārage ..  
tatraiva dvādaśīyoge snātvā caiva vidhānataḥ .. 9 ..

> Having given gifts there according to the rule to one who has mastered the Veda, / and having bathed right there on the conjunction of the twelfth \[tithi\] according to the ritual rule, (9)  
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### [16.353.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.10)

santarpya ca pitṝnbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ ..  
tatra viṣṇuṃ tu saṃpūjya kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi .. 7.1.352.10 ..

> and having gratified the ancestors with devotion, one is freed from all sins; / having worshiped Viṣṇu there and kept a vigil at night, (10)  
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### [16.353.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.11)

dīpādidānaṃ kṛtvā tu kṛtakṛtyo'bhijāyate .. 11 ..

> and having made donations such as lamps, one becomes one who has accomplished his purpose. (11)  
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### [16.353.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.12)

atha tasya pravakṣyāmi purāvṛtta mahaṃ priye ..  
saṃhṛtya yādavānsarvānvāsudevaḥ pratāpavān .. 12 ..

> Now I shall tell you its ancient event, O beloved: / having destroyed all the Yādavas, the mighty Vāsudeva, (12)  
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### [16.353.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.13)

durvāsasā'nuliptena pāyasena padastale ..  
vajrāṃgabhūtadehastu sarvavyāpī janārddanaḥ .. .. 13 ..

> his body having become like an adamantine limb / through the milk-rice smeared by Durvāsas on the soles of his feet, the all-pervading Janārdana (13)  
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### [16.353.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.14)

gatvā tīre samudrasya samādhistho babhūva ha ..  
sarvasrotāṃsi saṃyamya niveśyātmānamātmani .. 14 ..

> went to the shore of the ocean and entered into absorption, / restraining all his senses and placing the self within the Self. (14)  
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### [16.353.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.15)

etasminnaṃtare prāpto bāṇahasto jarābhidhaḥ ..  
dāśaputro'tikṛṣṇāṃgo matsyaghātī ca pāpakṛt .. 15 ..

> Meanwhile, one named Jarā arrived with an arrow in hand, / a fisherman's son, with very dark limbs, a killer of fish, and an evildoer. (15)  
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### [16.353.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.16)

tena dṛṣṭastato dūrānniṣādātmasamudbhavaḥ ..  
viṣṇoḥ padaṃ mṛgaṃ matvā śaraṃ tasya mumoca ha .. 16 ..

> Seen by him from afar—that son born of a Niṣāda— / mistaking Viṣṇu's foot for a deer, he released an arrow at him. (16)  
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### [16.353.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.17)

tato'sau paśyate yāvadgatvā tasya ca saṃnidhau ..  
caturbāhuṃ mahākāyaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam .. 17 ..

> Then, as soon as he went into his presence and looked, \[he saw\] / the four-armed one of huge body, bearing conch, discus, and mace, (17)  
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### [16.353.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.18)

puruṣaṃ nīlameghābhaṃ puḍarīkanibhe kṣaṇam ..  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayabhītastu vepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ ..  
abravīnna mayā jñātastvaṃ vibho divyarūpadhṛk .. 18 ..

> the person resembling a dark cloud, with eyes resembling lotuses; / seeing him, terrified with fear, trembling, with folded hands, / he said: 'I did not recognize you, O all-pervading lord bearing a divine form. (18)  
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### [16.353.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.19)

ajñānāttvaṃ mayā viddhastvatpadāgre surottama ..  
kṣantumarhasi me nātha na tvaṃ kroddhumihārhasi .. 19 ..

> Through ignorance, you were struck by me on the tip of your foot, O best of the gods; / you ought to forgive me, O lord; you ought not to be angry here.' (19)  
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### [16.353.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.20)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..  
śāpasyāṃtodya me bhadra śarapātātkṛtastvayā ..  
tasmāttvaṃ matprasādena svargaṃ gaccha mahādyute .. 7.1.352.20 ..

> Viṣṇu said: / 'The end of my curse has been brought about today by you, O gentle one, by the strike of your arrow; / therefore, by my grace, go to heaven, O one of great splendor. (20)  
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### [16.353.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.21)

ye cānye māmihāgatya drakṣyaṃti hi narottamāḥ ..  
te yāsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatrāhaṃ nityasaṃsthitaḥ .. 21 ..

> And whatever other best of men, having come here, behold me, / they shall go to the supreme abode where I am eternally situated. (21)  
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### [16.353.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.22)

bhallenāhaṃ yato viddhastvayā pādatale śubhe ..  
bhallatīrthamiti khyātaṃ tato hyetadbhaviṣyati .. 22 ..

> Because I was struck by you on the auspicious sole of the foot with a bhalla arrow, / therefore this will be known as Bhallatīrtha. (22)  
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### [16.353.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.23)

harikṣetramiti proktaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve'ntare .. 23 ..

> Previously, in the Svāyambhuva manvantara, it was declared as Harikṣetra.' (23)  
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### [16.353.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.24)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
ityuktvāṃtardadhe viṣṇurlubdhako'pi divaṃ gataḥ ..  
ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ ..  
viṣṇulokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti prītyā te matprasādataḥ .. 24 ..

> Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus, Viṣṇu vanished, and the hunter also went to heaven. / Those who take a bath here, endowed with supreme devotion, / will go out of love to the world of Viṣṇu by my grace. (24)  
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### [16.353.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.25)

ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇāḥ ..  
tṛptiṃ teṣāṃ gamiṣyaṃti pitaraścaiva tarpitāḥ .. 25 ..

> Those who perform a śrāddha here, dedicated to devotion to the ancestors, / their ancestors, having been gratified, shall attain satisfaction. (25)  
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### [16.353.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.26)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena prāpya tatkṣetramuttamam ..  
dṛśyo devaścaturbāhuḥ snātvā tīrthe tu bhallake .. 26 ..

> Therefore, having reached that supreme sacred field by every effort, / the four-armed god must be seen after bathing in the Bhalla tīrtha. (26)  
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### [16.353.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.27)

madbhaktibaladarpiṣṭhā matpriyaṃ na namaṃti ye ..  
vāsudevaṃ na te jñeyā madbhaktāḥ pāpino hi te..27..

> Those who, excessively arrogant in the strength of devotion to me, do not bow to my beloved / Vāsudeva, they are not to be known as my devotees; they are indeed sinners. (27)  
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### [16.353.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.28)

madbhakto'pi hi yo bhūtvā bhuṃkta ekādaśīdine..  
malliṃgasyārcanaṃ kāryaṃ na tena pāpabuddhinā..28..

> Even one who, having become my devotee, eats on the eleventh day, / worship of my liṅga should not be done by that evil-minded person. (28)  
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### [16.353.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.29)

yā tithirdayitā viṣṇoḥ sā tithirmama vallabhā..  
na tāṃ copoṣayedyastu sa pāpiṣṭhatarādhikaḥ..29..

> The lunar day that is dear to Viṣṇu, that lunar day is beloved to me; / one who does not fast on it is more sinful than the most sinful. (29)  
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### [16.353.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.30)

tadvatsa dvādaśīyoge bhallatīrthasya saṃnidhau..  
yastu māṃ pūjayedbhaktyā nārī vā'pi naro'pi vā ..  
tasya janmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgo na jāyate..7.1.352.30..

> Likewise, on the conjunction of the twelfth \[tithi\] in the vicinity of Bhallatīrtha, / whoever worships me with devotion, whether a woman or a man, / for a thousand births, no ruin of their house occurs. (30)  
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### [16.353.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.31)

ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam..  
bhallatīrthasya viṣṇostu sarva pātakanāśanam ..31..

> Thus has this glory of Viṣṇu's Bhallatīrtha, / which destroys sins and eradicates all evil, been spoken, O goddess. (31)  
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### [16.353.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.32)

tatra viṣṇostu sāṃnidhye vāyavye kumbhamuttamam..  
bhallatīrthaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ yatra bhallahato hariḥ ..32..

> There, in the presence of Viṣṇu, in the northwest, is the excellent pitcher, / celebrated as Bhallatīrtha, where Hari was struck by the arrow. (32)  
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### [16.353.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.33)

tatra deyāni vāsāṃsi padaṃ gāvo vidhānataḥ ..  
deyāni vipramukhyebhyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ..33..

> There, garments, footsteps, and cows should be given according to the rule / to the foremost brahmins by those who desire the full fruit of pilgrimage. (33)  
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### [16.353.352](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.353.352)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhallatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..352..

> Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Bhallatīrtha', in the First \[Book\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (352)  
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