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(1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.2) tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame .. candrārkatapane naṣṭe jyotiṣi pralayaṃ gate .. 2 .. > When there was that terrible single ocean, when the moving and unmoving were destroyed, / when the moon and the burning sun were destroyed, and the celestial lights had dissolved, (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.3) rasātalagatāmurvīṃ dṛṣṭvā devo janārdanaḥ .. vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya daṃṣṭrāgreṇa varānane .. utkṣipya dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā svasthāne saṃnyaveśayat .. 3.. > seeing the earth gone down to Rasātala, Lord Janārdana, / having assumed the form of a boar, O fair-faced lady, / having lifted the earth on his head with the tip of his tusk, established it in its proper place. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.4) uddhṛtya bhagavānviṣṇurvākyametaduvāca ha .. 4 .. > Having lifted it up, the Blessed Lord Viṣṇu spoke these words: (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.5) atra sthāne sthitenaiva mayā tvaṃ devi coddhṛtā .. mamātra niyataṃ vāsaḥ sadaivāyaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 5 .. > "Remaining in this very place, O goddess, you were lifted up by me. / My dwelling here shall always be permanent." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.6) ye pitṝṃstarpayiṣyaṃti kardamāle varānane .. ākalpaṃ tarpitāstena bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 6 .. > "Those who offer libations to the ancestors at Kardamāla, O fair-faced one, / by that their ancestors will be satisfied until the end of the kalpa, without doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.7) tatra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti śākairmūlaphalena vā .. bhaviṣyati kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu vai śubhe .. 7 .. > "If they perform a śrāddha there with vegetables, roots, or fruit, / a śrāddha will be \[as good as\] performed in all sacred fords, O auspicious one." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.8) atra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā yo māṃ paśyati mānavaḥ .. api kīṭapataṃgā ye nidhanaṃ yāṃti mānavāḥ .. te mṛtāstri divaṃ yānti sukṛtena yathā dvijāḥ .. 8 .. > "When a person has bathed in this sacred ford and beholds me, / even insects, moths, and men who meet their death, / upon dying go to heaven through their merit, like twice-born \[brahmins\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.9) tato dvīpeṣu jāyante dhanāḍhyāścottame kule .. daṃṣṭrābhedena yattoyaṃ nirgataṃ te śarīrataḥ .. 9 .. > "Then they are born in the \[various\] continents, rich in wealth and in the highest family. / The water that issued from your body when pierced by the tusk," > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.10) tatra snātvā naro devi tiryagyonau na jāyate .. 7.1.353.10 .. > "having bathed therein, O goddess, a man is not born into the womb of an animal." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.11) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi yathāvṛttamāścaryaṃ tatra vai purā .. mṛgayūthaṃ susantrastaṃ lubdhakaiḥ paripīḍitam .. praviṣṭaṃ kardamāle tu sadyo mānuṣatāṃ gatam .. 11 .. > Īśvara said: / Hear, O goddess, the wonder that truly took place there in ancient times. / A herd of deer, utterly terrified and tormented by hunters, / entered Kardamāla and instantly attained human form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.12) atha te lubdhakā dṛṣṭvā vismayotphullalocanāḥ .. apṛcchaṃta ca saṃbhrātāstānmartyānvaravarṇini .. 12 .. > Then those hunters, seeing it with eyes wide with astonishment, / bewildered, questioned those humans, O fair-complexioned one: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.13) mṛgayūthamanuprāptaṃ kena mārgeṇa nirgatam .. athocuste vayaṃ prāptā mānuṣaṃ mṛgarūpiṇaḥ .. 13 .. > "By which path has the herd of deer that came here departed?" / Then they said: "We who had the form of deer have attained human form; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.14) etattīrthaprabhāvo'yaṃ na vidmo hyātma kāraṇam .. tataste lubdhakāstyaktvā dhanūṃṣi saśarāṇi ca .. tatra snātvā mahābhāge muktāśca sarvapātakaiḥ .. 14 .. > this is the power of this sacred ford; we do not know the cause ourselves." / Thereupon those hunters cast away their bows and arrows, / bathed there, O highly fortunate one, and were freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.15) .. pārvatyuvāca .. .. bhagavanvistaraṃ brūhi kardamālamahodayam .. utpattiṃ ca vidhānaṃ ca kṣetrasīmādikaṃ kramāt .. 15 .. > Pārvatī said: / O Lord, tell me in detail the great glory of Kardamāla, / its origin, the rituals, and the boundaries of the sacred field in due order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.16) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi rahasyaṃ tu karda mālasamudbhavam .. gūḍhaṃ brahmarṣisarvasvaṃ na deyaṃ kasyacittvayā .. 16 .. > Īśvara said: / Hear, O goddess, the secret of the origin of Kardamāla, / hidden, the all-in-all of brahmin seers; you must not give it to anyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.17) pūrvamekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame .. candrārkapavane naṣṭe jyotiṣi pralayaṃ gate .. 17 .. > Formerly, in the terrible single ocean, when the moving and unmoving had perished, / when the moon, sun, and wind were destroyed, and light had dissolved into cosmic dissolution, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.18) ekārṇavaṃ jagadidaṃ brahmāpaśyadaśeṣataḥ .. tasminvasumatī magnā pātālatalamāgatā .. 18 .. > Brahmā saw this entire universe as a single ocean. / The earth, immersed in it, had sunk to the depths of Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.19) tato yajñavarāho'sau kṛtvā yajñamayaṃ vapuḥ .. uddadhāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ daṃṣṭrāgreṇa varānane .. 19 .. > Then that sacrificial boar, assuming a body composed of sacrifice, / lifted up the entire earth with the tip of his tusk, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.20) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudaṃtaḥsrucīmukhaḥ .. agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣā mahātapāḥ .. 7.1.353.20 .. > Īśvara said: / With the Vedas for his feet, the sacrificial post for his tusk, the sacrifices for his teeth, the sruc-ladle for his mouth, / with fire for his tongue, darbha grass for his hair, Brahmā for his head, of great austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.21) .. īśvara uvāca .. ahorātrekṣaṇaparo vedāṃgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ .. ājyanāsaḥ sruvatuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān .. 21 .. > Īśvara said: / having day and night for his supreme eyes, adorned with the limbs of the Vedas and the śruti, / with ghee for his snout, the sruva-ladle for his mouth, having the great sound of the Sāmaveda chant; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.22) prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimānmātrādīkṣābhirāvṛtaḥ .. dakṣiṇā hṛdayo yogī mahāsatramaho mahān .. 22 .. > his body the prāgvaṃśa hall, radiant, surrounded by matras and dīkṣās, / having sacrificial fees for his heart, an ascetic, the great majesty of the great soma sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.23) upākarmoṣṭharucakaḥ pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ .. nānācchandogatipatho brahmoktakramavikramaḥ ..23 .. > having the upākarma rite for the ornament of his lips, adorned with the pravargya circle, / his gait the paths of various Vedic meters, his strides following the order taught by the Veda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.24) bhūtvā yajñavarāho'sāvuddadhāra mahīṃ tataḥ .. tasyoddhṛtavataḥ pṛthvīṃ daṃṣṭrāgraṃ nirgataṃ bahiḥ .. 24 .. > becoming that sacrificial boar, he then lifted up the earth. / As he lifted the earth, the tip of his tusk emerged outwardly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.25) tasminprābhāsike kṣetre karddamena vilepitam .. taddaṃṣṭrāgraṃ yato devi karddamālaṃ tataḥ smṛtam .. 25 .. > In that sacred field of Prabhāsa, \[the earth\] was smeared with mud / by the tip of that tusk; therefore, O goddess, it is remembered as Kardamāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.26) daṇḍodbhedaṃ mahākuṇḍaṃ yatra daṃṣṭrā susaṃsthitā .. taddaṃṣṭrayoddhṛtaṃ toyaṃ koṭigaṃgābhiṣekavat .. 26 .. > The great basin where the tusk firmly stood is Daṇḍodbheda; / the water brought forth by that tusk is like an ablution in ten million Gaṅgā rivers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.27) tatra gavyūti mātraṃ tu viṣṇukṣetraṃ sanātanam .. deśāṃtaraṃ gatā ye ca daṇḍodbhede mriyaṃti vai .. yāvatkalpasahasrāṇi viṣṇulokaṃ vrajaṃti te ..27.. > Measuring one gavyūti there is the eternal sacred field of Viṣṇu. / Those who have gone to another land and die at Daṇḍodbheda / go to the world of Viṣṇu for as many thousand kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.28) yastu paśyenmahādevi kardamāle tu sūkaram .. koṭihiṃsāyuto vāpi sa prāpsyati parāṃ gatim .. 28 .. > Whoever beholds the Boar at Kardamāla, O great goddess, / even if possessed of ten million acts of violence, he will attain the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.29) daśajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyettaddarśanātpriye .. janmāntarasahasreṣu yatkṛtaṃ pāpasaṃcayam .. 29 .. > The sin committed in ten lifetimes is destroyed by the sight of him, O beloved; / whatever store of sins has been accumulated in a thousand other lifetimes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.30) kardamāle tu vārāhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tannāśameṣyati .. hemakoṭisahasrāṇi gavāṃ koṭiśatāni ca .. 7.1.353.30 .. > upon seeing the Boar at Kardamāla, it will go to destruction. / Giving thousands of ten millions of gold coins and hundreds of ten millions of cows— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.31) dattvā yallabhate puṇyaṃ sakṛdvārāhadarśanāt .. kalau yuge mahāraudre prāṇināṃ ca bhayāvahe .. nānyatra jāyate muktirmuktvā kṣetraṃ tu saukaram .. 31 .. > whatever merit one obtains \[by that\], one obtains by a single darśana of the Boar. / In the Kali yuga, which is exceedingly terrible and brings fear to living beings, / liberation is not attained anywhere else, except in the sacred field of the Boar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.32) etatsārataraṃ devi proktamuddeśatastava .. karddamālasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 32 .. > This quintessential account has been declared briefly to you, O goddess, / the māhātmya of Kardamāla, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.354.353](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354.353) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye karddamālamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..353 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Kardamāla,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.354.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.354) · Pramāṇa