[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 # Skandapurana 16.367 Skandapurāṇa 16.367 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p1) atha prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathamaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam .. ( 7-1) .. > Now begins the first, the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa. (7-1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p2) viṣayānukramaṇikā > Table of Contents > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p3) 1 maṃgalācaraṇam , sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṃgavarṇanam , kathāśravaṇe'dhikāryanadhikārivargavarṇa- nam, śaunakādibhiḥ sūtaṃ prati praśnakaraṇam... 1 1 > 1. Invocation; description of the occasion of the dialogue between Sūta and Śaunaka; description of the categories of those qualified and unqualified to hear the recitation; questions addressed to Sūta by Śaunaka and others... 1 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p4) 2 kathālakṣaṇaṃ kathāguṇadoṣavarṇanaṃ ca, ārṣapauruṣeyakāvyacihnaparīkṣaṇavarṇanam, aṣṭāda- śapurāṇanāmānukramavarṇanam, upapurāṇanāmānukramavarṇanam, mahāpurāṇasthaślokasaṃ- khyāvarṇanam, aṣṭādaśamahāpurāṇapustakadānavidhimāhātmyavarṇanam 2 2 > 2. Characteristics of the narrative and description of the merits and defects of the narrative; description of the examination of the characteristics of poetry composed by seers and men; description of the succession of names of the eighteen Purāṇas; description of the succession of names of the Upapurāṇas; description of the number of verses found in the Mahāpurāṇas; description of the rules and māhātmya for donating the texts of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas. 2 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p5) 3 kailāsaparvatavarṇanam, tatra śivasabhāvarṇanapūrvakaśivasiṃhāsanavarṇanam, tato devyā śivastavanam , śivapārvatīsaṃvādaḥ, tataḥ śrīśivena pārvatīṃ prati vibhūtiyoga- varṇanam , tatastīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam , tatra viśeṣataḥ prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, prabhāsakṣetrasthatīrthamāhātmyaśravaṇecchayā pārvatyā śaṃkaraṃ prati praśnakaraṇam. 5 1 > 3. Description of Mount Kailāsa; therein, description of the assembly of Śiva preceded by the description of the throne of Śiva; then, the Goddess’s hymn of praise to Śiva; dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī; then, description of the yoga of divine manifestations addressed to Pārvatī by the glorious Śiva; then, description of the māhātmya of sacred fords; therein, especially the description of the māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field; questioning of Śaṃkara by Pārvatī with the desire to hear the māhātmya of the sacred fords located in the Prabhāsa sacred field. 5 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p6) 4 pārvatīpṛṣṭena śaṃkareṇa pārvatyai prabhāsakṣetrasīmākṣetrapramāṇakṣetramahattvapramāṇakathanam, prabhāsakṣetrayātrānukramavarṇanam, māheśvaravaiṣṇavabrāhmākhyabhedatrayeṇa yātrāvarṇanam, tatra triśaktīnāmapi varṇanam, mṛtyuṃjayādijapaphalavarṇanam , prabhāsakṣetre nivasatāṃ mahāpāpināmapi mokṣaprāptivarṇanama, prabhāsakṣetrarakṣāṇakāriṇāṃ śaivagaṇānāṃ māhā- tmyavarṇanam 8 1 > 4. Statement to Pārvatī by Śaṃkara, upon being questioned by Pārvatī, regarding the boundary of the Prabhāsa sacred field, the dimensions of the sacred field, and the greatness of the sacred field; > description of the sequence of pilgrimage in the Prabhāsa sacred field; description of the pilgrimage according to the threefold division named Māheśvara, Vaiṣṇava, and Brāhma; therein, description of the three energies as well; description of the fruit of reciting \[mantras\] such as the Conqueror of Death; description of the attainment of liberation even by great sinners dwelling in the Prabhāsa sacred field; description of the māhātmya of the Śaiva attendants who guard the Prabhāsa sacred field. 8 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p7) 5 marīcyādimaharṣīṇā devānāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ gaṃgādipuṇyasaritāṃ ca prabhāsakṣetre vāstavyavarṇanam, prabhāsakṣetre piṇḍadānapraśaṃsāyāḥ samāsena varṇanam, prabhāsa- kṣetre nānāvidhadānamāhātmyavarṇanam, kṣetrastharṣidevagaṇavarṇanam 10 2 > 5. Description of the residence in the Prabhāsa sacred field of the great seers headed by Marīci, the gods, the celestial seers, all the sacred fords, and the sacred rivers headed by the Gaṅgā; summary description of the praise of offering funerary balls in the Prabhāsa sacred field; description of the māhātmya of various kinds of donations in the Prabhāsa sacred field; description of the host of seers and gods residing in the sacred field. 10 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p8) 6 someśvaramāhātmyavarṇane someśasya pañcavaktrādicihnitasvarūpavarṇanam, someśastavanam, pūrvāhṇādyaṣṭakāleṣu .bhinnatvena someśasyargādimayatvena vāstavasvarūpavarṇanam, someśamāhātmyavarṇanam 11 2 > 6. In the description of the māhātmya of Someśvara: description of the five-faced and other forms of Someśa; praise of Someśa; description of Someśa's actual form consisting of the Ṛgveda and others, distinguished during the eight periods of the day beginning with the morning; description of the māhātmya of Someśa. 11 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p9) 7 someśotpattivarṇane saptame brahmaṇi vatarmāne samutpannasya liṃgasya somanāthetiliṃganāmni kathite pārvatīvacanācchaṃkareṇa tatkālīnānāṃ sarveṣāṃ brahmaprajāpatīnāṃ nāmato'nukra meṇa varṇanam, tathaiva someśasya tatprasaṃge bhinnatvena nāmavarṇanam, śaṃkareṇa pārvatīṃ prati pratikalpasaṃbhūtāvatāravarṇanapūrvaka tattatkalpagatapārvatīnāmanirdeśakathanam, tataḥ śatānandākhye saptame brahmaṇi candreṇa śivamārādhya prabhāse śivato varaṃ labdhvā svanāmnā someśvaraliṃgasthāpanam, prabhāsasthalasthitivistārakathanam, tatra devikā- nyaṃkumatī kṣetrapīṭha garbhagṛha gomukhāśvamedhakādi śivagṛhasthānavarṇanam, someśasyāsamaṃtataḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ māhātmyavarṇanam , somanāthaprādurbhāvavṛttāntavarṇanam 12 2 > 7. In the description of the origin of Someśa: the liṅga having arisen while the seventh Brahmā was present, and its name having been declared as 'Somanātha'; upon the word of Pārvatī, the description in order of the names of all the Brahmās and Prajāpatis of that period by Śaṃkara; likewise, the description of the distinct names of Someśa on that occasion; description addressed to Pārvatī by Śaṃkara of the incarnations that arose in each kalpa, preceded by an indication of the names of Pārvatī in those respective kalpas; then, in the time of the seventh Brahmā named Śatānanda, the moon having worshipped Śiva, and having obtained a boon from Śiva at Prabhāsa, the installation of the Someśvara liṅga in his own name; the narration of the extensive geography of the site of Prabhāsa; description of the shrines of Śiva located there, such as Devikā, Nyaṅkumatī, the sacred seat of the field, the sanctum sanctorum, Gomukha, and the horse sacrifice; description of the māhātmya of all the sacred fords surrounding Someśa; account of the manifestation of Somanātha. 12 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p10) 8 punaḥ someśamāhātmyakathane someśaliṃgata ṛddhyādyaṣṭasiddhīnāṃ gāruḍādimantravidyā nāmutpattivarṇanam, asya someśasyārādhanena muktiṃ gatānāṃ guṇḍamuṇḍādīnāṃ yathā- nukrameṇa varṇanam, someśvaraiśvaryavarṇanam 14 2 > 8. Again, in the narration of the māhātmya of Someśa: description of the origin from the Someśa liṅga of the eight yogic perfections headed by prosperity, and the mantric sciences headed by Gāruḍa; description in due order of Guṇḍamuṇḍa and others who attained liberation through the worship of this Someśa; description of the supreme power of Someśvara. 14 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p11) 9 śivena svena muṇḍamālādhāraṇasya kāraṇakathanam, brahmaviṣṇvādīnāṃ pratikalpe matto jananamiti śivena kathanam, koṭikalpe vyatīte'pi śivasya prabhāsākhyapuṇya kṣetre nityatvena vāsakaraṇam, tacchivavacaḥ śrutvā vismitayā devyā śivastavana karaṇam, tatstavanena saṃtuṣṭena śivena prabhāsakṣetrasthānāṃ liṃgānāṃ sādyantaṃ māhātmyaṃ kathayiṣyāmi iti pārvatyai varadānam , pārvatyā viṣṇormatsyādidaśāvatāraviṣayaka praśnakaraṇam, tataḥ śaṃkareṇa prabhāse brahmādīnāmāvāsavarṇanam, haristhitivarṇanam > 9 Śiva explains the reason he wears a garland of severed heads; Śiva declares that Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and the rest are born from him in every kalpa; though ten million kalpas have passed, Śiva resides eternally in the holy kṣetra named Prabhāsa; hearing those words of Śiva, the Goddess praises Śiva in wonder; pleased by that hymn of praise, Śiva gives a boon to Pārvatī saying, 'I will tell you the māhātmya of the liṅgas located in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra from beginning to end'; Pārvatī asks questions concerning the ten incarnations of Viṣṇu beginning with Matsya; then Śaṃkara describes the dwelling of Brahmā and the others in Prabhāsa; description of the abode of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p12) 10 pañcamahābhūteṣu pañcadevatānāṃ sthānavarṇanam, chāgalaṇḍādiprabhāsakṣetrasthaviṣṇudeva tākeśvaraliṃgatīrthānāmanukrameṇa varṇanam, prabhāsasthānekaliṃgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, prabhāsakṣetrasya sarvakṣetrottamatvavarṇanam > 10 Description of the places of the five deities within the five great elements; description in due order of the liṅgas and tīrthas of Īśvara with Viṣṇu as the presiding deity situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, beginning with Chāgalaṇḍa; description of the māhātmya of the many liṅgas and tīrthas situated in Prabhāsa; description of the pre-eminence of Prabhāsa-kṣetra above all kṣetras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [16.367.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p14) 12 yamasyotpattivarṇanam, mātrā śaptasya paṃgutvaṃ gatasya yamasya prabhāsakṣetre gamanam, tatra śivamārādhya śivaprasādena paṃgutvaṃ nirasya śivājñayā tatra liṃgasthāpanam, yame- śvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam 23 1 > 12 Description of the origin of Yama; cursed by his mother and having become lame, Yama goes to Prabhāsa-kṣetra; having worshipped Śiva there, he overcomes his lameness through the grace of Śiva, and by Śiva's command installs a liṅga there; description of the māhātmya of the Yameśvara liṅga. 23.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p15) 13 śākadvīpe bhramisthasya raverviśvakarmaṇā takṣaṇe kṛte satyanantaraṃ vibhāvasorhiraṇyagarbha- nāmnā bhūmyāmavataraṇam, kṛtatretādvāparakaliṣu sūryasavitṛbhāskarārkasthaleti nāmabhistasya prasiddhiḥ, arkamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena arkapatrabhakṣaṇaniṣedhakathanam, arkasthalatīrthe mahiṣyādidānamāhātmyavarṇanam, prabhāsapavitranāmakaraṇārkasthalotpattivṛttāntavarṇanam. 23 1 > 13 After the Sun, mounted on a lathe in Śākadvīpa, is pared down by Viśvakarman, the Sun descends to the earth under the name Hiraṇyagarbha; his renown in the Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali ages under the names Sūryasthala, Savitṛsthala, Bhāskarasthala, and Arkasthala; in connection with the description of the māhātmya of Arka, statement of the prohibition against eating arka leaves; description of the māhātmya of gifting buffaloes and the like at the Arkasthala-tīrtha; description of the story of the origin of Arkasthala, which gave rise to the holy name Prabhāsa. 23.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p16) 14 arkasthalapūjanamantrakathanapūrvakapūjanakālādivarṇanam, siddheśvara jaigīṣavyeśvara māhāmyakathane jaigīṣavyasya prabhāse tapaḥkaraṇam , nirāhārādikṛcchracāndrāyaṇādīni vidadhatastasya dīrghatapasā tuṣṭena sthāṇunā tasmai jaigīṣavyāya jñānayogaprāpakavara- pradānam, jaigīṣavyeśvarasiddheśvaraliṃgayorjaigīṣavyena sthāpanākaraṇam, jaigīṣavyeśvara-siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam 24 1 > 14 Description of the times of worship and other details after stating the mantras for worshipping Arkasthala; in the narration of the māhātmya of Siddheśvara and Jaigīṣavyeśvara, Jaigīṣavya performs tapas in Prabhāsa; to him performing long tapas consisting of fasting and harsh austerities such as the cāndrāyaṇa vow, Sthāṇu, being pleased, bestows upon Jaigīṣavya the boon conferring the yoga of knowledge; installation of the two liṅgas, Jaigīṣavyeśvara and Siddheśvara, by Jaigīṣavya; description of the māhātmya of Jaigīṣavyeśvara and Siddheśvara. 24.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p17) 15 pāpanāśanotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam 24 1 > 15 Description of the origin and māhātmya of Pāpanāśana. 24.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p18) 16 pātālasthitai rākṣasaistejasā grasta trailokyaṃ dṛṣṭvā prabhākareṇa bhagavaccintanaṃ kṛtvā krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhūmāvākāśataḥ patanam, tatasteṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ pātāle gamanam, tatastatpātālabiladvāre liṃgasthāpanam , trisaṃgame snānadānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam , tasya śrīmukhadvāretināmnā prasiddhikaraṇam, pātālavivarasunandādimātṛgaṇotpattivarṇanam, sunandādīnāṃ pūjāvidhānamāhātmyakathanam 24 2 > 16 Seeing the three worlds seized by the demons residing in Pātāla with their brilliance, the Sun meditates on the Blessed Lord; looked upon with eyes inflamed with rage, the demons fall to the earth from the sky; then those demons enter Pātāla; then a liṅga is installed at the entrance to that cavern in Pātāla; description of the fruit and māhātmya of ritual ablution and gifting at the confluence of the three; making it famous by the name Śrīmukhadvāra; description of the origin of the group of Mothers beginning with Sunandā from the cleft of Pātāla; explanation of the rules of worship and the māhātmya of Sunandā and the others. 24.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p19) 17 athārkasthalapūjāvidhikathanam , tatrādityasya trayīmayatvavarṇanam, prathamaṃ dantadhāvane grāhyāgrāhyakāṣṭhanirṇayaḥ, dantadhāvanaprakārakathanam, mukhaśuddhimakṛtvā bhāskarasparśana-darśanena kuṣṭhatvaprāptivarṇanam , arkasthale snānādividhānakathanam, sūryasya mahā-mantrakathanapūrvakaṃ japaphalakathanam, udutyamityupasthānakathanam, agniṃdūtamākṛṣṇenetyādibhiḥ ṣoḍaśopacārairādityārcāvidhānakathanam , samantataḥ śṛṃgapīṭha-devatādipūjākathanam, nānāvidhamaṇḍaladānādikathanam, arkasthalastavanapūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanam... ... 25 1 > 17. Now, the description of the rite of worship at Arkasthala; therein, the description of the Sun's nature consisting of the three Vedas; first, the determination of acceptable and unacceptable wood for cleaning the teeth; the description of the method of cleaning the teeth; the description of contracting leprosy by touching or looking upon the Sun without having purified one's mouth; the description of the injunction for bathing and other rites at Arkasthala; the statement of the fruit of recitation preceded by the statement of the great mantra of the Sun; the description of the upasthāna hymn beginning with "Udu tyaṃ"; the description of the injunction for worshipping the Sun with sixteen offerings using hymns such as "Agniṃ dūtam" and "Ā kṛṣṇena"; the description of worshipping the deities of the Śṛṅgapīṭha and others all around; the description of the donation of various mandalas and so forth; the description of the māhātmya preceded by the praise of Arkasthala... 25 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p20) 18 śivaśirobhūṣaṇacandrotpattivṛttāntavarṇanaprasaṃgena vārāhakalpavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra caturdaśaratnotpādanāya samudre mathyamāne tato himāṃśorutpattivarṇanam, tasya caṃdrasya śivena śirasā dhāraṇakaraṇam, candrasya mastake dhāraṇakaraṇācchaśibhūṣaṇeti śivasya nāmaprasiddhiḥ............... .. 29 1 > 18. In the context of describing the story of the origin of the Moon, the crest-ornament of Śiva, the description of the story of the Vārāha Kalpa; therein, while the ocean was being churned to produce the fourteen jewels, the description of the origin of the Cool-rayed One from it; the Moon being borne on the head by Śiva; the fame of Śiva's name as Śaśibhūṣaṇa on account of bearing the Moon upon his head... 29 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p21) 19 ṣoḍaśatithyanukrameṇa candraṣoḍaśakalānāṃ varṇanam, truṭyādibrahmāṇḍāntakālacakra-varṇanam , brahmaṇaḥ prathame parārdhe brahmaviṣṇvīśānāṃ samāsena caritravarṇanam, tato dvitīye parārdhe dakṣādīnāmutpattyādivarṇanapūrvakaṃ saptarṣyādīnāmutpattikathanam, caṃdra-dattātreyādyavatārakathanam, viṣṇordaśāvatārādīnāṃ yugaparyāyeṇa varṇanam, kṛtayu-gāraṃbhasūcakaśubhaśakunavarṇanam, vyāsādyavatāravarṇanam... ..... 30 1 > 19. The description of the sixteen digits of the Moon according to the order of the sixteen tithis; the description of the wheel of time from a truṭi up to the end of the universe; the summary description of the acts of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśa in the first parārdha of Brahmā; then, in the second parārdha, the account of the origin of the seven seers and others preceded by the description of the origin and deeds of Dakṣa and others; the account of the incarnations such as the Moon and Dattātreya; the description of the ten incarnations of Viṣṇu and others according to the succession of yugas; the description of the auspicious omens indicating the beginning of the Kṛtayuga; the description of the incarnations such as Vyāsa... 30 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p22) 20 daityāvatārāṇāṃ kramakathane hiraṇyakaśipunā śakrādilokāñjetuṃ garte sthitvā tapaḥkara-ṇam, tena trailokyajayitvasaṃpādanam, tato balerjanmādikaṃ kathayitvā baliprabhāva-varṇanam, prahlādajanmavṛttāntavarṇanam, kārtavīryasya janmakarmavarṇanam, viśravasa utpattiḥ, kuberarāvaṇādīnāmutpattikathanam, śrīrāmakṛtarāvaṇanāśakathanam, śiśu-pālajanmakathanam, navapaulastyanāmavarṇanam, pulaharṣermṛgādisaṃtativarṇanam, atrerda-śapatnīnāṃ bhadrāśvasya ghṛtācyaṃtadaśāpsarasāṃ bhadrādīnāṃ bhāskarapatnīnāṃ ca kathanama, prabhākarasya bhadrāpatnyāṃ somarasasamutpādanavarṇanam, tato'triṇā tatsomarasaṃ pītvā tapasi kriyamāṇe tannetrābhyāṃ prāśitasomarasasrāveṇa somamayasomotpattivarṇanam, taṃ somaṃ digbhirgṛhītvā sarvatraśītatvena prakāśakaraṇam , oṣadhīnāmutpattivarṇanam, kulatthaśyāmākādidhānyānāmutpattikathanam, saptaviṃśatinakṣatrāṇāmutpattivarṇanam, candrsya nakṣatrauṣadhyādīnāmādhipatyapradānavṛttāntavarṇanam, candreṇa rājasūyayajña-mārabhya tatrodgātṛtve brahmāṇaṃ sadasyatve viṣṇuṃ sanatkumārādikāṃścānyartvaksthāneṣu saṃsthāpya yajñāraṃbhaṃ kṛtvā tatsamāptau sarvadvijarṣabhāndakṣiṇādinā saṃtoṣitānkṛtvā'- vabhṛthasnānādikaraṇavarṇanam... ... ... 32 1 > 20. In the narration of the order of the incarnations of the daityas, Hiraṇyakaśipu performing austerity while dwelling in a pit in order to conquer the worlds of Indra and others; the winning by him of the conquest of the three worlds; then, having related the birth and other deeds of Bali, the description of the power of Bali; the description of the story of the birth of Prahlāda; the description of the birth and deeds of Kārtavīrya; the origin of Viśravas; the account of the origin of Kubera, Rāvaṇa, and others; the account of the destruction of Rāvaṇa by Śrī Rāma; the account of the birth of Śiśupāla; the description of the names of the nine Paulastyas; the description of the progeny such as the beasts of the seer Pulaha; the account of the ten wives of Atri, of the ten apsarases ending with Ghṛtācī belonging to Bhadrāśva, and of the wives of the Sun such as Bhadrā; the description of the production of soma juice in the wife Bhadrā by Prabhākara; then, while austerity was being performed by Atri after drinking that soma juice, the description of the origin of the soma-natured Moon from the flow of the soma juice that had been imbibed from his two eyes; the quarters receiving that Soma and making him shine everywhere with coolness; the description of the origin of medicinal herbs; the account of the origin of grains such as kulattha and śyāmāka; the description of the origin of the twenty-seven constellations; the story of granting lordship over constellations, medicinal herbs, and so forth to the Moon; the Moon commencing the Rājasūya sacrifice, and having installed Brahmā as the udgātṛ, Viṣṇu as the sadasya, and Sanatkumāra and others in the offices of the other priests, having begun the sacrifice, and at its completion having gratified all the foremost brahmins with sacrificial fees and the like, the description of his performing the avabhṛtha bath and other rites... 32 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p23) 21 atha dakṣotpattivṛttāntakathanam, brahmājñayā dakṣeṇa ṣaṣṭikanyānāmutpādanam , tatra tāsāṃ kanyānāṃ dharmādibhyaḥ patnītvena dānam, saptaviṃśatikanyānāṃ ca somāya pradānam , daśadharmapatnīnāṃ nāmavarṇanam, kaśyapasya trayodaśapatnīnāṃ saptaviṃśatisaṃ-khyākānāṃ somapatnīnāṃ bhṛguputrasya dvayoḥ patnyoḥ kṛśāśvasya dvayoḥ patnyosta-thāṃ'girasapatnyornāmādivarṇanapūrvakaṃ tāsāṃ santativarṇanam, candreṇa rohiṇī vinā'nyāsāṃ premā'karaṇena tābhiranyābhiścandrapatnībhirdakṣaṃ prati sarvavṛttāntaśrāvaṇam, tato dakṣeṇa tacchrutvā candrasyānyāsu kanyāsu viṣamabhāvaṃ samālokya krudhā candrāya yakṣmarogaprāptirūpaśāpadānam , tato dakṣavacanāccandreṇa yakṣmakuṣṭharoganivṛttaye śivārādhanakaraṇārthaṃ dakṣiṇasāgarasamīpe gamanam.... ....... 33 2 > 21. Now, the account of the story of Dakṣa's origin; the production of sixty daughters by Dakṣa by order of Brahmā; therein, the giving of those daughters as wives to Dharma and others, and the giving of twenty-seven daughters to Soma; the description of the names of the ten wives of Dharma, the thirteen wives of Kaśyapa, the twenty-seven wives of Soma, the two wives of Bhṛgu's son, the two wives of Kṛśāśva, and the two wives of Aṅgiras, preceded by the description of their names and so forth, the description of their progeny; the other wives of the Moon narrating the whole story to Dakṣa because the Moon showed no love to the others except Rohiṇī; then, Dakṣa, having heard that and observed the Moon's unequal affection among the other daughters, angrily pronouncing a curse upon the Moon in the form of contracting the disease of consumption; then, by Dakṣa's instruction, the Moon going near the southern ocean in order to worship Śiva for the cessation of the diseases of consumption and leprosy... 33 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p24) 22 candreṇa prabhāsakṣetrametya kṛtasmaranāmānaṃ parvataṃ dṛṣṭvā tathaiva tasminparvate nānopavāsādikārimarīcyādimunīnāṃ darśanaṃ gṛhītvā tānprati saptapradakṣiṇā kṛtvā tataḥ śivārādhanena śivaṃ prasādya prādurbhūtasya śivasya stutikaraṇam , candravarṇitāmātmastutiṃ śrutvā prasannasyāntena śivena candrāya dakṣadattaśāpavyavasthākaraṇapūrvakavara- pradānam, śivena devadvijaprabhāvavarṇanam, anindyavastukathanam , brāhmaṇaguṇa- varṇanam ............... 35 1 > 22. The Moon, having gone to the Prabhāsa sacred field, seeing the mountain named Kṛtasmara, likewise obtaining the darśana of sages such as Marīci who performed various fasts upon that mountain, performing seven circumambulations around them, then pleasing Śiva through the worship of Śiva, and offering praise to Śiva who had appeared; having heard the praise of himself uttered by the Moon, Śiva, pleased at the end, granting boons to the Moon preceded by setting a regulation for the curse given by Dakṣa; the description of the power of gods and brahmins by Śiva; the statement of unblameable things; the description of the virtues of a brahmin... 35 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p25) 23 candreṇa śivadattaṃ liṃgaṃ gṛhītvā viśvakarmaṇe liṃgasthāpanāyājñākaraṇam, tataḥ svalokaṃ gatvā prabhāse yajñaṃ kartuṃ yajñasaṃbhārānānetuṃ hemagarbhamantriṇe candreṇājñāpanam, candravacanāddhemagarbhamantriṇā yajñasaṃbhārānsaṃpādya prabhāsakṣetre gamanam, viśvakarmaṇā yajñaśālāpatnīśālādinirmāṇam, tataścandreṇa brahmādibhiḥ saha yajñakuṇḍānnirmāya caturdaśabhūtagrāmānsādhyānviśvedevānvasvādīṃśca svasvasthāneṣu sthāpayitvā yajñakarmaṇi prārabdhe sarvavastūnāmanyūnatayā sarveṣāṃ tṛptikaraṇam, ṛtvigādīnsaṃsthāpya rohiṇī- sahitaṃ candraṃ dīkṣitaṃ kṛtvā sāvitryā sahitena brahmaṇā sarvartvigvaraṇaṃ kṛtvā bṛhaspataye hotṛtvaṃ vasiṣṭhāyādhvaryutvaṃ marīcaya udgātṛtvaṃ nāradāya brahmatvaṃ dattvā sanatkumārānsadasyasthāneṣu niyojya sarveṣāṃ pūjanaṃ kṛtvā vastrālaṃkārāndattvā yajñāraṃbhakaraṇam, avabhṛthādibhiryajñaṃ samāpya someśvaraliṃgasthāpanam... .... 37 2 > 23. The Moon, having taken the liṅga given by Śiva, giving the command to Viśvakarman for installing the liṅga; then, having gone to his own realm, the Moon instructing his minister Hemagarbha to bring the sacrificial provisions to perform a sacrifice at Prabhāsa; by the word of the Moon, the minister Hemagarbha having procured the sacrificial provisions and gone to the Prabhāsa sacred field; the construction of the sacrificial hall, the hall of the wife, and the like by Viśvakarman; then, the Moon, having fashioned the sacrificial pits along with Brahmā and others, and having placed the fourteen classes of beings, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Vasus, and others in their respective places, when the sacrificial rite was begun, satisfying everyone through the abundance of all things; having established the sacrificial priests and others, having consecrated the Moon accompanied by Rohiṇī, Brahmā accompanied by Sāvitrī having performed the selection of all the sacrificial priests, giving the office of hotṛ to Bṛhaspati, the office of adhvaryu to Vasiṣṭha, the office of udgātṛ to Marīci, the office of brahman to Nārada, appointing the Sanatkumāras to the places of sadasyas, having worshipped them all, and having given garments and ornaments, beginning the sacrifice; having completed the sacrifice with the avabhṛtha bath and other rites, the installation of the Someśvara liṅga... 37 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p26) 24 vaivasvatasya manordaśame tretāyuge rohiṇīnāthena śivamārādhya śaṃkaraṃ pratyakṣīkṛtya stutikaraṇam, tatastuṣṭena śivena liṃgasāṃnidhyaprāpakavarapradānam, śivena candramase someśvaraliṃgaprabhāvakathanam, someśvarapūjanakramavarṇanam, someśvarayātrāphalakatha- nam, candramaso yakṣmato nivṛttivarṇanam, someśvarasya priyāṇāṃ puṣpāṇāṃ kathanam, candrabrahmādīnāṃ viprājñayā svasvasthāneṣu gamanam, duṣṭajanebhyo varapradānakāraṇe śaṃkaraṃ prati pārvatyā pṛṣṭe sati śaṃkareṇa sāttvikarājasatāmasabhaktānāṃ varṇanam, hariharābhedakathanam, bhagavaddhṛtanṛsiṃhādyavatāravarṇanam, sārūpyādimuktivarṇanam, someśvarasaṃtopakopavāsādividhānavarṇanam, somavāravratamāhātmyavarṇane svayaṃprabhā- nagaryā sthiteta suśīlāpatnīsahitena ghananāmakagaṃdharveṇa bahukāle gate gaṃdharvasenā- nāmakakanyāyā utpādanam, gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ pāṇigrāhavidhiṃ vidhātuṃ ghananāmaka-gaṃdharveṇa sevakadvārā varaśodhanakaraṇam, śikhaṃḍigaṇanāyake viyanmārgeṇa gacchati matsadṛśarūpavānnaiva ko'pi ityādi gaṃdharvasenānāmakagaṃdharvakanyāyā vākyaṃ śrutvā śikhaṃḍigaṇena rūpagarvitāṃ gaṃdharvakanyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyai kuṣṭhaprāpakaśāpapradānam, gaṃdharvasenayā śikhaṇḍigaṇasya prārthanāṃ kṛtvocchāpagrahaṇam , śikhaṇḍivacanātsa pitṛkāyā gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirasanārthaṃ himālayaparvate gośṛṃgamunerāśrame gamanam , ghananāmakena gaṃdharvoṇa tasmai gośṛṃgamunaye svaduhituḥ sarvavṛttāntakathanam, gośṛṃgeṇa tatsarvaṃ śrutvā kuṣṭhanirasanakārakopāyakathanam, ghananāmakagaṃdharvasya gaṃdharvasenāyāśca gośṛṃgarṣervacanātsomeśvare gamanam, tatra somavāravratādibhiḥ śivārādhanāṃ vidhāya śivaprasādaṃ gṛhītvā gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirasanapūrvakaṃ śivato varaprāptiḥ, śivasya tatraivāntardhānam , ghananāmakagaṃdharvasya gaṃdharvasenāyāśca svagṛhe gamanam, somavāra-vratamāhātmyavarṇanam... .. 40 2 > 24 In the tenth Tretāyuga of Vaivasvata Manu, the lord of Rohiṇī worships Śiva, brings Śaṃkara visibly before him, and praises him; then Śiva, being pleased, grants the boon securing presence in the liṅga; Śiva explains to the moon the power of the Someśvara liṅga; description of the procedure for worshipping Someśvara; declaration of the fruit of the pilgrimage to Someśvara; description of the moon's recovery from consumption; statement of flowers dear to Someśvara; departure of the moon, Brahmā, and others to their respective abodes at the command of the brahmins; when asked by Pārvatī about the reason for granting boons to wicked persons, Śaṃkara describes devotees who are pure, passionate, and dark; teaching of the non-difference between Hari and Hara; description of the descents such as the Man-Lion assumed by the Blessed One; description of liberations such as having the same form; description of regulations for fasting and the like that please Someśvara; in the praise of the majesty of the Monday observance, after much time had passed, the gandharva named Ghana, accompanied by his wife Suśīlā, living in the city of Svayaṃprabhā, begets a daughter named Gandharvasenā; the gandharva named Ghana seeks a groom through servants to perform the wedding ceremony for Gandharvasenā; while the gaṇa leader Śikhaṇḍin was travelling along the path of the sky, he hears the words of the gandharva maiden named Gandharvasenā, 'No one is equal to me in beauty,' and seeing the gandharva maiden proud of her beauty, the gaṇa Śikhaṇḍin curses her with leprosy; Gandharvasenā prays to the gaṇa Śikhaṇḍin and receives the termination of the curse; by Śikhaṇḍin's instruction, Gandharvasenā accompanied by her father goes to the hermitage of the sage Gośṛṅga on the Himālaya mountain to remove the leprosy; the gandharva named Ghana narrates all the circumstances of his daughter to the sage Gośṛṅga; hearing all that, Gośṛṅga describes the means for removing leprosy; the gandharva named Ghana and Gandharvasenā go to Someśvara at the word of the seer Gośṛṅga; having performed the worship of Śiva there by means of the Monday observance and other rites, and received Śiva's grace, Gandharvasenā is cured of leprosy and receives a boon from Śiva; Śiva vanishes right there; the gandharva named Ghana and Gandharvasenā return to their home; description of the majesty of the Monday observance. 40 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p27) 25 ghananāmakagaṃdharveṇa gośṛṃgarṣiṃ prati somavāravratavidhiparijñānārthaṃ praśnakaraṇam, tato gośṛṃgarṣiṇā somavāravratamāhātmyadyotanāya dakṣaśāpena kuṣṭhitvaṃgatena somena soma-vratādikaṃ kṛtvā śivaprasādataḥ kuṣṭhanirasanakaraṇādikathanam, tatastenaivarṣiṇā ghananāmagandharvāya somavāravratakaraṇe mukhamārjanaśaucādisnānāntavidhikathanapuraḥ-saramīśvarapūjanasaṃbhārādi kathayitvā samaṃtrakaśivapūjāvidhikathanam , navamasoma-vāra udyāpanādikaraṇavidhikathanam, paurāṇikadvijagurudevādikasaṃtoṣāya vastrā-dibhojanāntadānādikathanam, tato gośṛṃgakathitavidhinā somavāravrataṃ samāpya prasannena śivena gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirāsakaraṇam .. 44 2 > 25 The gandharva named Ghana questions the seer Gośṛṅga in order to learn the procedure for the Monday observance; then the seer Gośṛṅga, to elucidate the majesty of the Monday observance, tells how Soma, afflicted with leprosy by Dakṣa's curse, performed the Soma-observance and other rites and removed the leprosy by Śiva's grace; then that very seer, after explaining the rites up to ritual ablution, cleansing the mouth, purification, and the like in the performance of the Monday observance to the gandharva named Ghana, describes the materials for worshipping the Lord and relates the procedure of worshipping Śiva with mantras; declaration of the rules for the concluding rite on the ninth Monday; declaration of gifts from garments to meals to satisfy Purāṇa reciters, brahmins, preceptors, gods, and others; then, having concluded the Monday observance according to the procedure stated by Gośṛṅga, pleased Śiva removes the leprosy of Gandharvasenā. 44 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p28) 26 someśvarāduttare bhāge ghanavāhanāmakagaṃdharveṇa gandharveśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanam gandharveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam......... ...... . 46 1 > 26 In the northern part of Someśvara, the gandharva named Ghanavāha installs a liṅga named Gandharveśvara; description of the majesty of Gandharveśvara. 46 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p29) 27 ghanavāhagandharvakanyayā gaṃdharvasenānāmnyā gaṃdharvaseneśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanam, gaṃdharvaseneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .... . ... .... 46 2 > 27 Installation of a liṅga named Gandharvaseneśvara by the daughter of the gandharva Ghanavāha, named Gandharvasenā; description of the majesty of the Gandharvaseneśvara liṅga. 46 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p30) 28 prathamataḥ somanāthasya darśane vidhikathanam, somanāthayātrāvidhivarṇanam , yātrāphalasyādhikārivarganirūpaṇam, tīrthayātrāṃ kartumudyuktena puruṣeṇa kena vidhinā tyājyā- tyājyādikaṃ vicārya vartitavyamityādikathanam, mahādānakaraṇe puṇyakathanam, kalau prabhāsakṣetrasya sarvakṣetrāgresaratvavarṇanam ,hitāhitaniyamakathanam ,ṣoḍaśatithiṣu bhinnatvena ṣoḍaśavastudānakaraṇaphalavarṇanam, prabhāsakṣetrasaṃjātamaraṇaphalavarṇanam, śivaloke gamanāyādhikāritvakathanam , tīrthasnāne maṃtrakathanam, tīrthayātrāvidhāna-varṇanam 46 1 > 28 First, statement of the rule for the darśana of Somanātha; description of the rules of pilgrimage to Somanātha; determination of the classes of persons qualified for the fruit of pilgrimage; statement of how a man undertaking to make a pilgrimage to sacred fords should conduct himself after considering what is to be abandoned and what is not to be abandoned; statement of religious merit upon making the great gifts; description of the preeminence of the Prabhāsa sacred field over all sacred fields in the Kali age; statement of rules concerning what is beneficial and unbeneficial; description of the fruits of giving sixteen distinct articles on the sixteen lunar days; description of the fruit of death that occurs in the Prabhāsa sacred field; statement of eligibility to go to the world of Śiva; statement of mantras for ritual ablution at sacred fords; description of the procedure of pilgrimage to sacred fords. 46 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p31) 29 agnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprastāve prathamaṃ padmakatīrthe snātvā vapanādikaṃ vidhāya punaḥ snānādikaraṇena someśvaratīrthasnānato'pi dviguṇaphalakathanam, strīṇāṃ kṣurakarma-vapananiṣedhavarṇanam, strīṇāṃ sarvānkeśānuddhṛtyāṃguladvayavicchedakaraṇavarṇanam, vapanādividhāyakasaptasthānānāṃ varṇanam, vapanaṃ vinā mahodadhisparśananiṣedhavarṇanam, samaṃtrakasnānottaraṃ tarpaṇādividhikathanam, tatra vṛṣabhādidānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam, dvijaśāpapradānena sāgarasyāspṛśyatvadoṣavṛttāntavarṇanam , tatra devairdīrghasatre samārabdhe dvijājñābhaṅgabhayāttaiḥ śaraṇyaṃ sāgaraṃ matvā tatrābdhau svasvadehānāṃ gopanakaraṇam, samudreṇa māṃsādinā brāhmaṇebhyo bhojanadānātteṣāṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇadoṣeṇākāśagatinirodhe jāte sati tairbrāhmaṇaiḥ 'apeyatvaṃ te bhūyāt iti samudrasya śāpadānakathanam , samudreṇa brāhmaṇaprārthanākaraṇam, vaḍavānalasaṃjñakatīrthasthāpanavṛttāntavarṇanam.. 49 1 > 29 On the occasion of describing the majesty of Agnitīrtha, statement that by bathing first in Padmakatīrtha, undergoing shaving and the like, and bathing again, one obtains double the fruit of even bathing at the Someśvara sacred ford; description of the prohibition of shaving and hair-cutting for women; description of cutting off two fingers' width of all the hair lifted up for women; description of the seven places that prescribe shaving and other rites; description of the prohibition of touching the great ocean without shaving; statement of the rules of libations and other rites after ritual ablution with mantras; description of the fruit and majesty of gifts such as bulls there; narrative of the fault of untouchability of the ocean by the pronouncement of a curse by brahmins; when a long sacrificial session was begun there by the gods, out of fear of violating the brahmins' command they considered the ocean a refuge and hid their bodies there in the ocean; when the brahmins' power to travel in the sky was blocked by the fault of eating meat because the ocean had provided food with meat and other things to the brahmins, statement of the curse given to the ocean by those brahmins, 'May you become undrinkable'; the ocean's supplication of the brahmins; narrative of the establishment of the sacred ford named Vaḍavānala. 49 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p32) 30 agnitīrthayātrāvidhānavarṇanam , tatra snānādikaraṇottaraṃ snānāṃgatarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā kapardinaṃ gaṇapatiṃ pūjayitvā someśvare gamanam, tatra someśvarasya ṣoḍaśopacārapūjā vidhivarṇanam , someśvarapūjāmāhātmyavarṇanam............ 51 1 > 30 Description of the procedure of pilgrimage to Agnitīrtha; having made the libations that are limbs of ritual ablution after performing ritual ablution and the like there, and having worshipped Gaṇapati with braided hair, going to Someśvara; description there of the procedure of the sixteen-fold worship of Someśvara; description of the majesty of the worship of Someśvara. 51 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p33) 31 somakāraṇāddevāsurayuddhe pravṛtte daityaparājitairdevairdadhīcyāśramaṃ prati gamanam, tato dadhīcimaharṣaye sarvadevakṛtasvasvaśastrasamarpaṇavarṇanam.... 51 2 > 31 When the battle between the gods and the demons began on account of Soma, the gods, defeated by the Daityas, went to Dadhīci's hermitage; then the description of all the gods entrusting their respective weapons to the great seer Dadhīci... 51.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p34) 32 devaiḥ sthāpitānāmastrāṇāṃ sāraṃ jalena saha pītvā dadhīceruttarāṃ diśaṃ subhadrākhyayā nijapatnyā saha gamanam, tatastatrāśrame sthitasya dadhīce retasā vyāptaṃ vastraṃ paridhāya ṛtusnātāyāḥ subhadrāyā nadyāṃ gamanam, tatra nadyāṃ snānaṃ kurvatyāḥ subhadrāyā udare retaḥpraveśena garbhadhāraṇam, tato lajjayā'śvatthavṛkṣamūle sthitvā garbhaṃ tyaktvā yena duṣṭena pativratāyā mamodare jñānenājñānena vā garbhādhānaṃ kṛtaṃ sa mariṣyati iti śāpadānam, tatastatrāstragrahaṇaṃ cikīrṣūṇāṃ devānāmāgamanam, dadhīcinā'straprāśanaṃ kṛtamiti jñātvā'sthigrahaṇāya devaiḥ samudyogakaraṇam, vajrādiśastranirmāṇārthaṃ dadhīcinā dehatyāgakaraṇam, tato dadhīcyasthīni gṛhītvendrādibhirdevaiḥ svasvavajradaṇḍapāśādinirmāṇakaraṇam, tato dadhīcimaraṇācchokākulāyāḥ subhadrāyā devaiḥ samādhānakaraṇam, subhadrayā 'dadhīcervīryādayaṃ putra utpannaḥ iti śrutvā''hlādakaraṇam, subhadrayā dadhīceraurdhvadehikādikaraṇam, jarāyujāṇḍajasvedajodbhijjānāmutpattivarṇanam, subhadrayā svaputrasya pippalādeti nāma kṛtvā vedoktasaṃskārakaraṇam, tataḥ pippalādena pitṛhantṝndevānhantuṃ pratijñāṃ kṛtvā himālaye śivārādhanā kartuṃ gamanam , kṛtyāyā nirmāṇārthaṃ pippalādenoruṃ nirmathya bāḍavayuktavaḍavotpādanam, tato vāḍavavaḍavābhyāṃ vaḍavānalanarasyotpatti-varṇanam, devānbhakṣituṃ pippalādavacanādvaḍavānalasya svarge gamanam, tato deva-stutamahāviṣṇukṛtavaḍavānalavañcanavṛttāntavarṇanam ..... 52 1 > 32 Dadhīci, having swallowed the essence of the weapons left by the gods together with water, went to the northern direction with his wife named Subhadrā; then, while he remained in that hermitage, Subhadrā, having bathed after her period and wearing a garment covered with Dadhīci's semen, went to the river; as Subhadrā bathed in that river, she conceived a child due to the semen entering her belly; then, out of shame, standing at the base of an aśvattha tree, she abandoned the fetus and uttered a curse: “May that wicked one die, by whom, knowingly or unknowingly, this pregnancy was caused in the womb of me, a devoted wife!”; then the arrival of the gods desiring to take back their weapons; learning that the weapons had been consumed by Dadhīci, the gods made efforts to obtain his bones; Dadhīci's relinquishment of his body for the sake of fashioning the vajra and other weapons; then, having taken Dadhīci's bones, the fashioning of their respective vajra, staff, noose, and other weapons by Indra and the other gods; then the comforting of Subhadrā, who was afflicted with grief over Dadhīci's death, by the gods; Subhadrā's delight upon hearing, “This son was born from Dadhīci's semen”; Subhadrā's performance of the funeral rites and other ceremonies for Dadhīci; the description of the origin of the womb-born, egg-born, sweat-born, and plant-born beings; Subhadrā's naming her son Pippalāda and performing the Vedic rites of passage; then, Pippalāda's making a vow to slay the gods who killed his father, and going to the Himālaya to worship Śiva; Pippalāda's churning his thigh to generate a mare with a stallion for the sake of creating a kṛtyā; then the description of the origin of the submarine fire in the form of a man from the stallion and mare; the submarine fire's going to heaven at Pippalāda's command to consume the gods; then the narrative of the deception of the submarine fire performed by Mahāviṣṇu, who was praised by the gods... 52.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p35) 33 samudraṃ prati vaḍavānalasya yāpanārthaṃ kumāryāḥ sarasvatyā viṣṇunā''jñākaraṇam, tato brahmaṇā sāntvitayā sarasvatyā vaḍavānalamādāya samudre gamanam. .. 54 2 > 33 The ordering by Viṣṇu of the maiden Sarasvatī to lead the submarine fire to the ocean; then Sarasvatī, consoled by Brahmā, taking the submarine fire and going to the ocean... 54.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p36) 34 vaḍavānalātsarasvatyā varagrahaṇam, sarasvatyā vaḍavānalasamudrayoḥ stutikaraṇam, vaḍa-vānalena samudrodakasya bhakṣaṇe kriyamāṇe jalacaraiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ prati śaraṇagamanam kṛṣṇena tebhyo'bhayavacanadānam, tato'kṣayatoyayuktaṃ samudraṃ dṛṣṭvā devairviṣṇupūjā-karaṇam, prabhāsakṣetre sarasvatyavatāramāhātmyavarṇanam . .. 57 1 > 34 Sarasvatī receiving a boon from the submarine fire; Sarasvatī praising the submarine fire and the ocean; when the ocean water was being consumed by the submarine fire, the aquatic creatures seeking refuge with Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa granting them assurance of safety; then, seeing the ocean filled with inexhaustible water, the worship of Viṣṇu performed by the gods; the description of the māhātmya of the descent of Sarasvatī in the Prabhāsakṣetra... 57.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p37) 35 sarasvatyāḥ pippalamūlato nirgatya prācīṃ diśaṃ prati gamanam, tatastasyāḥ siddheśvara- paryaṃtaṃ pūrvābhimūkhībhūtvā tata ūrdhvaṃ paścimābhimukhībhavanama, tataḥ sarasvatītīra- sthānekatīrthavarṇanama, hariṇyādipañcasrotasāṃ varṇanam, sarasvatyabdhidhasamāgamāgni- tīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .... 57 2 > 35 Sarasvatī emerging from the foot of the pippala tree and going towards the eastern direction; then, after flowing eastwards up to Siddheśvara, her turning towards the west; then the description of many tīrthas situated on the bank of Sarasvatī; the description of the five streams, Hariṇī and the others; the description of the māhātmya of the Agnitīrtha at the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean... 57.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p38) 36 prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇane pāṃḍavānāṃ kauravavināśottaraṃ hastināpure kṛṣṇena saha gamanam, tato yudhiṣṭhirabhīmanakulasahadevānāṃ gajapure gamanasamaye naranārāyaṇau niṣedhyau iti dvārapālānprati yudhiṣṭhireṇa kathanam, arjunena dvārapālānprati niṣedhakāraṇajijñāsayāpraśne kṛte sati taistayoḥ 'bhīṣmādipūjyajanaduryodhanādibāṃdha- vahananena doṣabhājanānniṣedha\_ iti kathite'rjunena pāpakṣālanārthopāyādiprāyaścittārtha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prati praśnakaraṇam, tataḥ śrīkṛṣṇena prācīsarasvatītīrthasnānena pāpanivṛtti- kathanam, tadanantaraṃ sakṛṣṇenārjunena prācīsarasvatīṃ prati gamanam, tatrārjunena trirātropoṣaṇatrirātrasnānādiniyamena svapāpanivṛttikaraṇam, prācīsarasvatīprabhāvaṃ jñātvā dharmabhīmanakulasahadevādikānāmapi tatrāgamanam, arjunavatteṣāṃ snānādinā pāpanivṛttiḥ, prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇanam ..... ... 60 > 36 In the description of the māhātmya of Prācīsarasvatī, the Pāṇḍavas going to Hastināpura together with Kṛṣṇa after the destruction of the Kauravas; then, at the time of the departure of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, and Sahadeva to the city of elephants, Yudhiṣṭhira telling the doorkeepers: “Nara and Nārāyaṇa are to be turned away”; when Arjuna questioned the doorkeepers to learn the reason for being turned away, their replying: “Because of incurring guilt by slaying venerable elders such as Bhīṣma and kinsmen such as Duryodhana, you are turned away”; Arjuna asking Śrī Kṛṣṇa about the means for expiation and purifying that sin; then Śrī Kṛṣṇa declaring the removal of the sin by bathing in the Prācīsarasvatī tīrtha; thereafter Arjuna, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, going to the Prācīsarasvatī; there Arjuna bringing about the removal of his sin by the observance of a three-night fast, three-night ritual ablution, and other rites; learning of the power of Prācīsarasvatī, Dharmarāja, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva, and the others also arriving there; the removal of their sin by bathing and other rites just like Arjuna; the description of the māhātmya of Prācīsarasvatī... 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p39) 37 pārvatyā snānakāle kimarthaṃ jale kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇaṃ kāryamiti pṛṣṭena śivenendumatīvṛttāntakathanam ,tatra bṛhadrathabhūpaṃ prati kaṇvamaharṣerāgamanam , bṛhadrathena kaṇvasyātithyādi- kaṃ vidhāya mitho dharmaviṣayakakathākaraṇam, tata indumatyā nijaiśvaryaprāptikāraṇa- jijñāsayā kaṇvāya praśnakaraṇam, kaṇvena tasyā indumatyā pūrvajanmavṛttāntakatha- nam, tatra pūrvajanmani mahāśūdryāstasyāścaritrakathanam, someśvarartārthe snānakara- ṇasamaye tasyā mahāśūdryā hastato jale kaṅkaṇapatanam, tīrthe tasya kaṅkaṇasya pata- nasya prabhāveṇa janmāntare rājakule jananakathanam, tatkaṇvavākyaṃ śrutvendumatyāstra- payā'dhomukhībhūtvā tūṣṇīṃbhavanam, tataḥ kaṇvasya svasthāne gamanam, tato bṛhadrathe-nendumatyā saha prativarṣaṃ sarasvatītīre gatvā kaṃkaṇanikṣepaṇam, tena tayorbṛhadra-thendumatyordevatvaprāptivarṇanam kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇamāhātmyavarṇanam.. 61 2 > 37 Being asked by Pārvatī why a bracelet should be cast into the water at the time of ritual ablution, Śiva relating the story of Indumatī; there, the arrival of the great seer Kaṇva before King Bṛhadratha; Bṛhadratha offering hospitality to Kaṇva, and their discussing matters of dharma; then Indumatī asking Kaṇva to learn the cause of her attaining prosperity; Kaṇva telling the story of Indumatī's previous birth; there, the description of her conduct as a senior Śūdra woman in her previous life; at the time of bathing in the Someśvaratīrtha, a bracelet falling from that senior Śūdra woman's hand into the water; by the power of that bracelet falling into the tīrtha, the account of her birth in a royal family in another life; hearing those words of Kaṇva, Indumatī hanging her head in shame and remaining silent; then Kaṇva departing to his own abode; thereafter Bṛhadratha, together with Indumatī, going every year to the bank of Sarasvatī and casting a bracelet \[into it\]; by that, the description of Bṛhadratha and Indumatī attaining godhood; the description of the māhātmya of casting a bracelet... 61.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p40) 38 kapardīśvaramāhātmyavarṇane daityatrāsitairdevaiḥ pārvatyāḥ stotrakaraṇam, tato bhagavatī-vākyopari viśvasya devaiḥ someśvarāditīrthe gatvā snānādikaṃ vidhāya kapardīśvara-pūjanena punaḥ rājyakaraṇam, kapardivināyakamāhātmyavarṇanam. .. 62 1 > 38 In the description of the māhātmya of Kapardīśvara, the praising of Pārvatī by the gods terrified by the Daityas; then, trusting the words of the goddess, the gods going to Someśvara and other tīrthas, performing ritual ablutions and other rites, and regaining their sovereignty by worshipping Kapardīśvara; the description of the māhātmya of Kapardivināyaka... 62.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.367.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p41) 39 prabhāsayātrāvarṇane kaparddīśvaradarśanottaraṃ kedāreśvaratīrthe gamanam, tato bhīmeśvarasamīpasthavṛddhiliṃgapūjanam, kedāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇane śaśabiṃdusaṃjñakasya rājñaḥ patnyā saha yātrāṃ kartuṃ kedāreśvare gamanam, tatra rājñā raibhyādyṛṣigaṇāndṛṣṭvā jāgarādikaraṇam, tato raibhyādibhiḥ śaśabiṃdoḥ prāgjanmagatavṛttāntajñānāya someśvaraṃ tyaktvā kedāreśvarāgamanakāraṇajñānāya ca praśnakaraṇam, tato rājñā svaprāgjanmavṛttāntavarṇane brāhmaṇapūjakasevādharmaviśiṣṭādhikāriśūdrajanmakathanam, tato'nāvṛṣṭisamaye kṣuttṛṣābhyāṃ pīḍitasya sapatnīkasya svasya prabhāsakṣetre gamanakathanam, tatra sarvatītheṃṣu snātvā nānāliṃgapūjanādikaṃ vidhāya tato rāmasarasi gatvā pratidinaṃ rāmasarogatāni sarasijāni samādāya vikrīya tenaivodarapoṣaṇam , tataḥ kasmiṃścitsamaye kaṃcitprāsādamavalaṃbya niśi svapatnyā saha sthitena śūdreṇākasmādgītadhvaniṃ śrutvā kasmiṃścitsthale jāgaraṇaṃ pracalitamiti vijñāya tatra kamalāni vikretuṃ nijabhāryayā saha gamanam, tatra kedāreśvarāparanāmakavṛddhiliṃgadarśanam ,tatrānaṃgavatīveśyāyā darśanam , tena śūdreṇa jāgarakāraṇe pṛṣṭe kenāpyanyapuruṣeṇa taṃ prati śivarātrijāgaraṇaphalakathanam, tataḥ sapatnīkena śūdreṇa śivarātrijāgaraṇopavāsādikaraṇena janmāṃtare rājakule janmaprāptivarṇanam, kedāreśvara (rudreśvara) liṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam 63 2 > 39 In the description of the pilgrimage to Prabhāsa: going to the Kedāreśvara tīrtha after darśana of Kapardīśvara; then the worship of the Vṛddhiliṅga situated near Bhīmeśvara; in the description of the Kedāreśvaramāhātmya: the going of the king named Śaśabindu together with his wife to Kedāreśvara to perform a pilgrimage; there, the king observing a vigil and other rites upon seeing the hosts of seers such as Raibhya; then Raibhya and the others questioning \[him\] to know the story of Śaśabindu's previous birth and to know the reason for coming to Kedāreśvara while leaving Someśa; then, in the king's recounting of his previous birth, the account of his birth as a śūdra entitled to and distinguished by the virtue of serving brahmin-worshippers; then, at the time of a drought, the account of his own going, afflicted by hunger and thirst along with his wife, to the sacred field of Prabhāsa; there, having bathed in all the tīrthas and having performed the worship of various liṅgas, then going to Rāmasaras, gathering lotuses that grew in Rāmasaras every day, selling them, and maintaining his belly by that alone; then at a certain time, by that śūdra, who was staying at night leaning against a certain temple along with his own wife, suddenly hearing the sound of singing, realizing that a vigil was taking place in a certain spot, and going with his own wife to sell lotuses there; there, the darśana of the Vṛddhiliṅga, another name for Kedāreśvara; there, the darśana of the courtesan Anaṅgavatī; when the reason for the vigil was asked by that śūdra, the narration by another man to him of the fruit of the vigil on Śivarātri; then, by the śūdra along with his wife, through keeping a vigil, fasting, and other rites on Śivarātri, the description of attaining birth in a royal family in another life; the description of the māhātmya of the Kedāreśvara (Rudreśvara) liṅga. 63 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 41 of 370 passages. 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