[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) › 16.38 # Skandapurana 16.38 Skandapurāṇa 16.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ paśyetpūrvaṃ kaparddinam .. bhagavansaṃśayaṃ hyenaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / As to what was said by you, that one should first see Kapardin: / O blessed lord, you ought to explain this doubt properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.2) sa bhṛtyaḥ kila deveśa tava śambho mahāprabhaḥ .. prabhoranantaraṃ bhṛtya eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 2 .. > He is indeed your servant, O lord of the gods, O Śambhu of great splendor; / the servant comes after the master: this is the eternal law. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.3) īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yathā pūjyatamo hi saḥ .. kaparddī sarvadevānāmādyo vighneśvaraḥ prabhuḥ .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall explain how he is most worthy of worship: / Kapardī is the lord Vighneśvara, foremost among all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.4) yo'sāvatīṃdriyagrāhyaḥ prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthitaḥ .. someśvaro mahādevi liṃgarūpī sadāśivaḥ .. 4 ... > He who is beyond the grasp of the senses, residing in the Prabhāsa sacred field, / is Someśvara, O great goddess, Sadāśiva in the form of a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.5) tasya vāme sthito viṣṇurvarāha iti yaḥ smṛtaḥ .. tasya dakṣiṇabhāge tu sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ .. kaparddirūpamāsthāya sāvitryāḥ kopakāraṇāt .. 5 .. > On his left stands Viṣṇu, who is remembered as Varāha; / and on his right side stands Brahmā Prajāpati, / having assumed the form of Kapardin on account of Sāvitrī's anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.6) kṛte heraṃbanāmā tu tretāyāṃ vighnamarddanaḥ .. laṃbodaro dvāpare tu kaparddī tu kalau smṛtaḥ .. 6 .. > Named Heramba in the Kṛta age, crusher of obstacles (Vighnamardana) in the Tretā, / Lambodara in the Dvāpara, but remembered as Kapardin in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.7) evaṃ yugeyuge tasya avatāraḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. yathākāryānurūpeṇa jāyate ca punaḥpunaḥ .. 7 .. > Thus in every yuga his incarnation is distinct; / he is born again and again in accordance with the task to be done. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.8) aṣṭāviṃśatime tatra devi prāpte caturyuge .. kāraṇātmā yathotpannaḥ kaparddī tatra me śṛṇu .. 8 .. > When the twenty-eighth four-age cycle (caturyuga) had arrived, O goddess, / hear from me how Kapardin, the causal self, was born there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.9) purā dvāparasaṃdhau tu saṃprāpte ca kalau yuge .. striyo mlecchāśca śūdrāśca ye cānye pāpakāriṇaḥ .. prayāṃti svargamevāśu dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ prabhum .. 9 .. > Formerly, at the junction of the Dvāpara and the arrival of the Kali age, / women, barbarians, and Śūdras, and whatever other evildoers there were, / quickly went to heaven merely upon seeing the lord Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.10) na yajñā na tapo dānaṃ na svādhpāyo vrataṃ na ca .. kurvatopi narā devi sarve yāṃti śivālayam .. 7.1.38.10 .. > No sacrifices, no austerity, no giving, no Vedic study, and no observances; / yet men, though doing \[none of these\], O goddess, all went to Śiva's abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.11) taṃ prabhāvaṃ viditvaivaṃ someśvarasamudbhavam .. agniṣṭomādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyā naṣṭāḥ sureśvari .. 11 .. > Knowing such power arising from Someśvara, / all rites beginning with the Agniṣṭoma were destroyed, O ruler of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.12) tato bālāśca vṛddhāśca ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ .. śūdrāḥ striyo'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā prayāṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 12 .. > Then children and the elderly, seers who have mastered the Vedas, / even Śūdras and women, having seen him, attained the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.13) naṣṭayajñotsave kāle śūnye ca vasudhātale .. ūrddhvabāhubhirākrāṃtaṃ paripūrṇaṃ triviṣṭapam .. 13 .. > When sacrificial festivals were destroyed and the surface of the earth was deserted, / heaven was filled and overrun by those with upraised arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.14) tato devā maheṃdrādyā duḥkhenaiva samanvitāḥ .. paribhūtā manuṣyaiste śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. 14 .. > Then the gods, Mahendra and the others, filled with sorrow, / overcome by those mortals, went to Śaṃkara for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.15) ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarva indrādyāḥ surasattamāḥ .. vyāptoyaṃ mānuṣaiḥ svargaḥ prasādāttava śaṃkara .. 15 .. > With folded hands, all the best of the gods, Indra and the others, said: / 'By your grace, O Śaṃkara, this heaven has been overrun by mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.16) nivāsāya prabho'smākaṃ sthānaṃ kiṃcitsamādiśa .. ahaṃ śreṣṭho hyahaṃ śreṣṭha ityevaṃ te parasparam.. jalpaṃtaḥ sarvato deva paryaṭaṃti yathecchayā .. 16 .. > Assign some place for our dwelling, O lord! / Boasting mutually, "I am the best! I am the best!", / they wander about in every direction at will, O god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.17) dharmarājaḥ sudharmātmā teṣāṃ karma śubhāśubham.. svayaṃ likhitamālokya tūṣṇīmāste suvismitaḥ ..17.. > Dharmarāja, the very soul of righteousness, seeing their good and bad karma / recorded by himself, sits silent in great bewilderment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.18) yeṣāmatha kṛtaṃ sajjaṃ kumbhīpākaṃ sudāruṇam .. rauravaḥ śālmalirdeva dṛṣṭvā tāndivi saṃsthitān .. vailakṣyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā vyāpāraṃ tyaktavānasau .. .. 18 .. > Seeing those for whom the dreadful Kumbhīpāka, / Raurava, and Śālmali \[hells\] were made ready, now staying in heaven, O god, / he fell into supreme embarrassment and abandoned his duties.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.19) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. pratijñātaṃ mayā sarvaṃ bhaktyā tuṣṭena vai surāḥ .. somāya mama sāṃnidhyamasminkṣetre bhaviṣyati .. 19 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / 'Everything was promised by me, pleased by the devotion of Soma, O gods: / "My presence shall be in this sacred field." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.20) na śakyamanyathākartumātmano yadudīritam.. evaṃ yāsyaṃti te svargaṃ ye māṃ drakṣyaṃti tatra vai .. 7.1.38.20 .. > What has been uttered by oneself cannot be undone; / thus they who see me there shall indeed go to heaven.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.21) bhayodvignāstato devāḥ pārvatīṃ prekṣya viśvataḥ .. ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarve tvamasmākaṃ gatirbhava .. 21 .. > Agitated with fear, the gods, looking on all sides toward Pārvatī, / all said with folded hands: 'Be our refuge!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.22) evamuktvā'stuvandevāḥ stotreṇānena sattama .. jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ gatvā śirasyādhāya cāṃjalim .. .. 22 .. > Having spoken thus, O best of beings, the gods praised \[her\] with this hymn, / going down upon their knees on the earth and placing their folded hands upon their heads: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.23) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. namaste devadeveśi namaste viśvadhātrike .. namaste padmapatrākṣi namaste kāṃcanadyute ..23 .. > The gods said: / 'Salutations to you, O ruler of the gods! Salutations to you, O supporter of the universe! / Salutations to you, whose eyes are like lotus petals! Salutations to you, radiant as gold! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.24) namaste saṃhartri kartri namaste śaṃkarapriye .. kālarātri namastubhyaṃ namaste giriputrike..24.. > Salutations to you, destroyer and creator! Salutations to you, beloved of Śaṃkara! / Salutations to you, O Kālarātri! Salutations to you, daughter of the mountain! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.25) ārye bhadre viśālākṣi namaste lokasundari.. tvaṃ ratistvaṃ dhṛtistvaṃ śrīstvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ sudhā satī .. 25 .. > O noble lady, auspicious one, wide-eyed one, salutations to you, beauty of the world! / You are Rati, you are Dhṛti, you are Śrī, you are Svāhā, you are nectar, the faithful wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.26) tvaṃ durgā tvaṃ manirmedhā tvaṃ sarvaṃ tvaṃ vasundharā .. tvayā sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 26 .. > You are Durgā, you are thought and intellect, you are all, you are the earth. / By you this entire threefold world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.27) nadīṣu parvatāgreṣu sāgareṣu guhāsu ca .. araṇyeṣu ca caityeṣu saṃgrāmeṣvāśrameṣu ca .. 27 .. > In rivers, on mountain peaks, in oceans and in caves, / in forests and sacred sanctuaries, in battles and in hermitages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.28) trailokye tatra paśyāmo yatra tvaṃ devi na sthitā .. etajjñātvā viśālākṣi trāhi no mahato bhayāt ..28.. > in the threefold world, where can we see where you, O goddess, are not present? / Knowing this, O wide-eyed lady, save us from great peril!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.29) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evamuktā tu sā devī devairiṃdrapurogamaiḥ .. kāruṇyānnijadehaṃ tvaṃ tadā mardditavatyasi .. 29 .. > Īśvara said: / Thus addressed by the gods led by Indra, / you, O goddess, out of compassion rubbed your own body at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.30) mardayaṃtyāstava tadā saṃjātaṃ ca mahanmalam .. tatra jajñe gajeṃdrāsyaścaturbāhurmanoharaḥ .. 7.1.38.30 .. > As you were rubbing it, a great mass of dirt arose; / from it was born a handsome four-armed \[figure\] with the face of a lordly elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.31) tatobravītsurānsarvānbhavatī karuṇātmikā .. eṣa eva mayā sṛṣṭo yuṣmākaṃ hitakāmyayā .. 31 .. > Then you, full of compassion, said to all the gods: / 'This very one has been created by me wishing your welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.32) eṣa vighnāni sarvāṇi prāṇināṃ saṃvidhāsyati ..32 .. > He will arrange all obstacles for living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.33) mohena mahatā''viṣṭāḥ kāmopahatabuddhayaḥ .. somanāthamapaśyaṃto yāsyaṃti narakaṃ narāḥ ..33.. > Afflicted with great delusion, their intellects impaired by desire, / men will go to hell, not beholding Somanātha.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.34) evaṃ te vacanaṃ śrutvā sarve te hṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. svasthānaṃ bhejire devāstyaktvā mānuṣajaṃ bhayam ..34.. > Having heard your words thus, all the gods, gladdened in mind, / went to their own abode, casting off their fear born of mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.35) athe bhavadanaḥ prāha tvāṃ devi vinayānvitaḥ .. kiṃ karomi viśālākṣi ādeśo dīyatāṃ mama .. 35 .. > Then the elephant-faced one, endowed with modesty, said to you, O goddess: / 'What shall I do, O wide-eyed lady? Let a command be given to me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.36) .. śrībhagavatyuvāca .. .. gaccha prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ yatra saṃnihito haraḥ .. tadrakṣa mānuṣāṇāṃ ca yathā nāyāti gocaram ..36.. > The holy Goddess said: / 'Go to the sacred field of Prabhāsa, where Hara is present; / protect it so that it does not come within the sight of mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.37) liṃgaṃ tu devadevasya sthāpitaṃ śaśinā svayam .. bhavatyā''deśito nityaṃ nṛṇāṃ vighnaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 37 .. > The liṅga of the god of gods was established by the Moon himself. / Commanded by you, he who continually creates obstacles for men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.38) prasthitaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā somanāthaṃ prati prabhum.. sa karoti mahāvighnaṃ kapardī lokapūjitaḥ .. 38 .. > seeing a man set out toward the lord Somanātha, / that Kapardin, worshipped by the world, creates great obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.39) putradāragṛhakṣetra dhanadhānyasamudbhavam .. janayetsa mahāmohaṃ tataḥ paśyati no haram .. 39 .. > He produces great delusion arising from sons, wives, houses, fields, / wealth, and grain; thereafter, \[the man\] does not see Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.40) athavā gaḍugaṃḍādi vyādhiṃ caiva samutsṛjet .. tairgrastaḥ puruṣo mohānna paśyati tato haram.. 7.1.38.40 .. > Or else he may cast forth diseases such as tumours and swellings; / seized by them, out of delusion the man does not see Hara thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.41) tasmātsarvaprayatnena someśvaraparīpsayā .. sa nityaṃ pūjanīyastu smartavyastu divāniśam .. 41 .. > Therefore, by every effort, with the desire to reach Someśvara, / he should indeed be worshipped constantly and remembered day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.42) stotreṇānena deveśi sarvavighnāṃtakena vai.. samārādhya gaṇādhyakṣaḥ prabhāsakṣetrarakṣakaḥ ..42.. > By this hymn that ends all obstacles, O ruler of the gods, / the guardian of the sacred field of Prabhāsa, the lord of the gaṇas, is to be propitiated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.43) tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi stotraṃ tadvighramardanam.. kapardino mahādevi sāvadhānāvadhāraya .. ..43.. > I shall declare to you that obstacle-crushing hymn / of Kapardin, O great goddess; listen attentively: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.44) oṃ namo vighnarājāya namaste'stu kapardine.. namo mahogradaṃṣṭrāya prabhāsakṣetravāsine..44.. > Om! Salutations to the king of obstacles! Salutations be to Kapardin! / Salutations to the one with fierce large tusks, dwelling in the sacred field of Prabhāsa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.45) kapardinaṃ namaskṛtya yātrānirvighrahetave.. stoṣye'haṃ vighnarājānaṃ siddhibuddhipriyaṃ śubham ..45.. > Having bowed to Kapardin for the sake of a journey free from obstacles, / I shall praise the king of obstacles, dear to Siddhi and Buddhi, the auspicious one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.46) mahāgaṇapatiṃ śūramajitaṃ jayavarddhanam.. ekadaṃtaṃ ca dvidaṃtaṃ caturdaṃtaṃ caturbhujam..46.. > the great Gaṇapati, the valiant, the unconquered, the increaser of victory, / single-tusked, two-tusked, four-tusked, and four-armed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.47) tryakṣaṃ ca śūlahastaṃ ca rakta netraṃ varapradam .. ajeyaṃ śaṃkukarṇaṃ ca pracaṇḍaṃ daṃḍanāyakam.. āyaskadaṃḍinaṃ caiva hutavaktraṃ hutapriyam .. 47.. > three-eyed, holding a trident, red-eyed, the granter of boons, / invincible, with conch-shaped ears, the fierce leader of punishment, / holding an iron staff, fire-mouthed, and fond of oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.48) anarcito vighnakaraḥ sarvakāryeṣu yo nṛṇām .. taṃ namāmi gaṇādhyakṣaṃ bhīmamugramumāsutam .. 48 .. > Who, when unhonoured, causes obstacles in all the undertakings of men, / to that lord of gaṇas, terrible, fierce, the son of Umā, I bow; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.49) madavataṃ virūpākṣamibhavaktrasamaprabham .. dhruvaṃ ca niścalaṃ śāṃtaṃ taṃ namāmi vināyakam ..49.. > exuding rut, diverse-eyed, radiant as an elephant's face, / firm, unmoving, peaceful—to that Vināyaka I bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.50) tvayā pūrveṇa vapuṣā devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye .. gajarūpaṃ samāsthāya trāsitāḥ sarvadānavāḥ .. 7.1.38.50 .. > By you, in your previous form, for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods, / having assumed an elephant's shape, all the Dānavas were terrified, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.51) ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca nāyakatvaṃ prakāśitam .. 51 .. > and your leadership over the seers and deities was revealed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.52) iti stutaḥ surairagre pūjyase tvaṃ bhavātmaja .. tvāmārādhya gaṇādhyakṣamibhavaktrasamaprabham.. 52 .. > Thus praised before by the gods, you are worshipped, O son of Bhava! / Having worshipped you, the lord of gaṇas, radiant as an elephant's face, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.53) dhruvaṃ ca niścalaṃ śāṃtaṃ parītaṃ vi jayaśriyā .. kāryārthaṃ raktakusumai raktacaṃdanavāribhiḥ .. 53 .. > firm, unmoving, peaceful, surrounded by the fortune of victory, / for the sake of accomplishing \[one's\] task, with red flowers and red sandalwood water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.54) raktāṃbaradharo bhūtvā caturthyāmarcayettu yaḥ .. ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā niyato niyatāśanaḥ .. 54 .. > wearing red garments, on the fourth day, he who should worship \[him\], / once or twice a day, restrained and eating measured food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.55) rājānaṃ rājaputraṃ vā rājamaṃtriṇameva ca .. rājyaṃ vā sarvavighneśo vaśīkuryātsarāṣṭrakam .. 55 .. > the lord of all obstacles would bring under his control a king, a prince, / a royal minister, or the whole kingdom along with its realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.56) yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam.. sa tatphalamavāpnoti smṛtvā devaṃ vināyakam .. 56 .. > Whatever fruit is attained at all sacred fords, whatever fruit in all sacrifices, / that fruit he obtains by remembering the divine Vināyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.57) viṣamaṃ na bhavettasya na sa gacchetparābhavam .. na ca vighnaṃ bhavettasya jano jātismaro bhavet .. 57 .. > No adversity will befall him, nor will he suffer defeat, / nor will there be any obstacle for him; a person will remember their past lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.58) ya idaṃ paṭhati stotraṃ ṣaḍbhirmāsairvaraṃ labhet .. saṃvatsareṇa siddhiṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 58 .. > Whoever recites this hymn obtains a boon within six months; / and in a year he obtains perfection, there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.59) prasādāddarśanaṃ yāti tasya someśvaraḥ prabhuḥ.. kapardākāramudaraṃ yato'sya samudāhṛtam.. tato'sya nāma jānīhi kaparddīti mahātmanaḥ .. 59 .. > Through his grace, the lord Someśvara grants darśana. / Because his belly is said to resemble a cowrie-shell, / therefore know the name of this great-souled one to be Kapardin.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.38.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38.59_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kapardivināyakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭātriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 38 .. > Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Kapardivināyaka,' in the first \[sub-section\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, 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.16.38.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.38) · Pramāṇa