[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) › 16.37 # Skandapurana 16.37 Skandapurāṇa 16.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. kimarthaṃ kaṃkaṇaṃ deva kṣipyate lavaṇāṃbhasi .. tasyā puṇyaṃ na pūrvoktaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 1 .. > The Goddess said: / "For what purpose, O God, is a bracelet cast into the salt water? / Its merit was not told before; please explain it properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.2) ke maṃtrāḥ kiṃ vidhānaṃ tatkasminkāle mahatphalam .. kiṃ purābhūcca tadvṛttaṃ bhagavankaṃkaṇāśritam .. 2 .. .. > What are the mantras? What is that ritual procedure? At what time is there great fruit? / And what happened in the past, O Lord, concerning this bracelet?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. āsītpurā mahīpālo bṛhadratha iti śrutaḥ .. tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī nāmnā ceṃdumatī priyā .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / "Formerly there was a king known as Bṛhadratha; / his wife was a virtuous and beloved woman named Indumatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.4) na devī na ca gandharvī nāsurī na ca kiṃnarī .. tādṛgrūpā mahādevi yādṛśī sā sumadhyamā .. 4 .. > Neither a goddess, nor a gandharva woman, nor an asura woman, nor a kinnara woman / was of such form, O great Goddess, as that slender-waisted lady was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.5) śīlarūpaguṇopetā nityaṃ sā tu pativatā .. sarvayoṣidguṇairyuktā yathā sādhvī hyarundhatī .. 5 .. > Endowed with good character, beauty, and virtues, she was always devoted to her husband, / equipped with all the virtues of women, just like the virtuous Arundhatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.6) pradhāna (?)hasrasya saubhāgyamadagarvitā .. na vinā sa tayā reme muhūrttamapi pārthivaḥ .. 6 .. > \[...\] proud with the pride of good fortune; / without her, the ruler of the earth did not find delight even for a moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.7) ekadā tasyarājarṣerarddhāsanagatā satī.. yāvattiṣṭhati rājeṃdramṛṣistāvadupāgataḥ.. kaṇvo nāma mahātejāstapasvī vedapāragaḥ..7.. > Once, while that virtuous woman was sharing half the seat of that royal seer, / O king of kings, a seer arrived— / Kanva by name, of great splendour, an ascetic who had mastered the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.8) tamāgatamatho dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya pārthivaḥ.. pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ dattvā cārghyamanuttamam..8.. > Seeing him arrived, the ruler of the earth immediately arose, / performed worship according to rule, and offered excellent water of guest-offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.9) sukhāsīnaṃ tato matvā viśrāṃtaṃ munipuṃgavam.. āpṛcchatkuśalaṃ rājā sa sarvaṃ cānvamodayat .. 9 .. > Then, knowing that bull among sages to be comfortably seated and rested, / the king inquired about his welfare, and he approved of everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.10) tato dharmakathāṃ cakre sa ṛṣirnṛpasannidhau .. 7.1.37.10 .. > Then that seer delivered a discourse on dharma in the presence of the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.11) tataḥ kathāvasāne sā bhāryā tasya mahīpateḥ .. abravīdamṛtaṃ vākyaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭā satī .. 11 .. > Then, at the conclusion of the discourse, the chaste wife of that king, / with folded hands, spoke nectar-like words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.12) .. indumatyuvāca .. .. tvaṃ vetsi bhagavansarvamatītānāgataṃ vibho .. pṛcche tvāṃ kautukāviṣṭā tasmāttvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi .. .. 12 .. > Indumatī said: / You know everything, O blessed lord, past and future, O all-pervading one. / Filled with curiosity, I ask you; therefore you ought to forgive me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.13) anyadehodbhavaṃ karma mama sarvaṃ prakīrttaya .. īdṛśaṃ mama saubhāgyaṃ patirdevasutopamaḥ .. 13 .. > Tell me all the karma born of my other body \[in a previous birth\], / \[which caused\] such good fortune of mine, and a husband comparable to the son of a god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.14) saubhāgyaṃ patidevatvaṃ śīlaṃ trailokyaviśrutam.. kiṃ prabhāvo vratasyaiṣa utāhopoṣitasya vā .. 14 .. > Good fortune, devotion to my husband, and conduct renowned throughout the three worlds: / is this the power of an observance, or perhaps of fasting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.15) dānasya vā muniśreṣṭha yanme saubhāgyamuttamam.. vaśo rājā mahābāhurmama vākyānugaḥ sadā .. .. 15 .. > or of giving, O best of sages, that gives me such supreme good fortune? / The mighty-armed king is subject to me, ever obedient to my word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.16) etanme sarvamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 16 .. > Tell me all this, for my curiosity is great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.17) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā dhyātvā ca suciraṃ muniḥ .. abravītprahasanvākyaṃ kaṇvo vedavidāṃ varaḥ .. 17 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard her word and meditated for a long time, the sage / Kaṇva, the best of the knowers of the Veda, smiled and spoke these words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.18) .. kaṇva uvāca .. .. śṛṇu rājñi pravakṣyāmi anyadehodbhavaṃ tava .. na roṣaśca tvayā kāryo lajjā vāpi sumadhyame .. 18 .. > Kaṇva said: / Listen, O queen, I shall tell you what arose in your other body. / You should not feel anger, nor indeed shame, O slender-waisted lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.19) tvamāsīdanyadehe tu ābhīrī paṃcabhartṛkā .. saurāṣṭraviṣaye hīnā devaṃ someśvaraṃ gatā .. 19 .. > In another body you were a cowherd woman (ābhīrī) having five husbands; / of low birth in the land of Saurāṣṭra, you went to the god Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.20) tataḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭā ca sāgare lavaṇāṃbhasi .. hatā kallolamālābhirvihvalatvamupāgatā .. 7.1.37.20 .. > Then, having entered the salty waters of the ocean to bathe, / struck by rows of large waves, you were overcome with distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.21) tava hastāccyutaṃ tatra haimaṃ kaṃkaṇameva ca .. naṣṭaṃ samudrasalile paścāttāpastu te sthitaḥ .. 21 .. > There, a golden bangle slipped from your hand / and was lost in the water of the ocean; but remorse remained within you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.22) atha kālena mahatā paṃcatvaṃ tvamupāgatā .. daśārṇādhipatergehe tato jātāsi sundari .. 22 .. > Then after a long time you met your death. / Thereupon you were born in the house of the lord of Daśārṇa, O lovely lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.23) bṛhadrathena coḍhāsi kaṃkaṇasya prabhā vataḥ.. na vrataṃ na tapo dānaṃ tvayā cīrṇaṃ purā śubhe .. 23 .. > And you were wedded by Bṛhadratha, through the power of the bangle. / Neither observance, nor austerity, nor gift was performed by you formerly, O auspicious lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.24) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. tacchrutvā sā viśālākṣī trapayā'dho mukhī tathā .. āsīttūṣṇīṃ tadā devī śrutvā vākyaṃ ca tādṛśam .. 24 .. > All this has been related to you, which you asked me. / Having heard that, the large-eyed lady cast her face downward in modesty; / the queen then remained silent having heard such words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.25) evaṃ nivedya sa munī rājapatnīṃ varānane .. jagāma bhavanaṃ svaṃ ca āmaṃtrya vasudhādhipam .. 25 .. > Having thus informed the king's wife, O fair-faced one, / that sage took leave of the lord of the earth and went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.26) jñātvā phalaṃ kaṃkaṇasya munestasya prabhāvataḥ .. gatvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ snātvā ca lavaṇāṃbhasi .. 26 .. > Knowing the fruit of the bangle through the power of that sage, / she went to the god Someśvara, bathed in the salt water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.27) prākṣipatkaṃkaṇaṃ tatra prativarṣaṃ(?) mahāprabhe .. tato devatvamāpannā prabhāvāttasya bhāmini .. 27 .. > and cast a bangle there every year, O greatly radiant one; / thereupon she attained godhood through the power of that, O passionate lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.28) īśvara uvāca .. .. eṣa prabhāvaḥ sumahānkaṃkaṇasya prakīrtitaḥ .. sarvakāmaprado devi sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ .. 28 .. > Īśvara said: / This great power of the bangle has been proclaimed, / which grants all desires, O goddess, and destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37.37) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye someśvaramāhātmye kaṃkaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 37 .. .. .. > Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Bangle' in the Glory of Someśvara, in the Glory of the Prabhāsa Sacred Field, in the First \[Part of\] the Prabhāsa Section, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.37.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.46.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.37) · Pramāṇa