[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) › 16.367.p13 # Skandapurana 16.367.p13 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p13) 11 jambūdvīpavarṇane tadāsamantādaṣṭakulaparvatānāṃ varṇanam, jambūdvīpavistārasīmā- navadhābhedākhyānavarṇanam, tatra bhāratavarṣasya karmapuṇyabhūmitvena śreṣṭhatvavarṇanam, kūrmarūpeṇa sthitasya bhāratasyopari nakṣatragrahavinyāsavarṇanam, bhāratasya navame prābhāsikākhye dviśatayojanaparimite bhāge śivāvāsavaṇarnam, prabhāsakṣetra- cihnānāṃ varṇanam, prabhāsakṣetrasya vyutpattibalādīśvaraparaśabdārthakaraṇam, tatsthā- nasya prabhāseti nāmakaraṇe hetuvarṇanam , tatra ādikṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, svāyaṃbhuve manau vartamāne bhagavataḥ sūryasya kāntyā saha brahmaṇo locanādutpattivarṇanam, sūrya- bhūmisaṃgamājjalasyotpattivarṇanam, tataḥ sasyānāmutpattistato manuṣyādīnāmutpatti- stataḥ svāhāsvadhākāraistṛptairdevairoṣadhīnāṃ samutpādanam, marīcyādibrāhmaṇānāṃ hira- ṇyakaśipvādidaityānāṃ cotpattivarṇanam, hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sakāśātprahlādasya jana- nam, prahlādaputrasya virocanasya bhaginyāṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ sakāśātsureṇunāmakakanyāyā utpattivarṇanam , sūryatejo'sahamānayā saṃjñayā chāyāyāḥ sūryasamīpe sthāpanānaṃtaraṃ tapo'rthaṃ gamanam, ravidarśanena sureṇvā netranimīlane kṛte kruddhena sūryeṇa sureṇu- nāmnyai patnyai śāpadānam, tataḥ sureṇoḥ svapiturgṛhe gamanam, tataḥ svāgamanakā- raṇakathanottaraṃ pitrājñayā punaḥ sureṇvāḥ sūryasamīpe gamanam, tato yamayamunāśanaiścara-śrāddhadevānāmutpattivarṇanam, kenacitkāraṇāntareṇa svaśvaśrūṃ śaptuṃ sūryasya viśva- karmagṛhe āgamanam, viśvakarmaṇā sūryasya sānandamātithyādikaṃ vidhāya sāṃtvana- karaṇam, tato viśvakarmaṇā sūryaṃ prārthya tasya tejaśātanaṃ kartuṃ samāraṃbhe kriyamāṇe saptarṣibhiḥ sūryasya stavakaraṇam, viśvakarmaṇā sūryastotrakaraṇam, hāhāhūhūnāradatuṃ- barvādibhirgāyanakaraṇam , menakādyapsarobhiḥ sūryasya stotrarūpeṇa gāyanāraṃbhakaraṇam, nānāvidhavādyavādanam, tapaḥ kartuṃ gatāyāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇyāṃ saṃjñāyāṃ ghoṭaka- rūpadhāriṇaḥ sūryādaśvavaktrayoraśvinīkumārayorjanmavarṇanam, rājabhaṭṭārikotpatti- varṇanaṃ ca.... 18 1 > 11 In the description of Jambudvīpa, description of the eight principal mountain ranges all around it; description of the extent and boundaries of Jambudvīpa and the account of its ninefold divisions; therein, description of the excellence of Bhāratavarṣa as the land of ritual action and merit; description of the arrangement of asterisms and planets above Bhārata positioned in the form of a tortoise; description of Śiva's abode in the ninth division of Bhārata named Prābhāsika, measuring two hundred yojanas; description of the signs of Prabhāsa-kṣetra; explanation of the meaning of the word referring to the Supreme Lord through the etymology of Prabhāsa-kṣetra; description of the reason for naming that place Prabhāsa; therein, description of the māhātmya of the original kṣetra; during the period of the Svāyambhuva Manu, description of the birth of the Blessed Sun with his radiance from the eye of Brahmā; description of the birth of water from the conjunction of the Sun and the earth; then the origin of crops, then the origin of humans and others, then the generation of plants by the gods satisfied with the sounds of svāhā and svadhā; description of the origin of the brahmins beginning with Marīci and of the Daityas beginning with Hiraṇyakaśipu; birth of Prahlāda from Hiraṇyakaśipu; description of the birth of a maiden named Sureṇu to Viśvakarman upon the sister of Virocana, Prahlāda's son; unable to bear the Sun's brilliance, Saṃjñā leaves Chāyā near the Sun and goes away to perform tapas; when Sureṇu closes her eyes upon seeing the Sun, the enraged Sun utters a curse upon his wife named Sureṇu; then Sureṇu goes to her father's house; then, after stating the reason for her arrival, Sureṇu returns to the presence of the Sun by her father's order; then, description of the birth of Yama, Yamunā, Śanaiścara, and the Śrāddhadeva; the Sun goes to the house of Viśvakarman to curse his mother-in-law for some other reason; Viśvakarman joyfully offers hospitality and comforts the Sun; then, Viśvakarman having entreated the Sun, as he begins to trim his brilliance, the seven seers offer a hymn of praise to the Sun; Viśvakarman recites a hymn of praise to the Sun; Hāhā, Hūhū, Nārada, Tuṃburu, and others sing; the apsarases beginning with Menakā begin to sing in praise of the Sun; playing of various musical instruments; description of the birth of the two Aśvinīkumāras with equine faces from the Sun disguised as a stallion to Saṃjñā, who had gone to perform tapas disguised as a mare; and description of the origin of Rājabhaṭṭārikā... 18.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p12) - [Next: 16.367.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p14) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p13) · Pramāṇa