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(2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.3) pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni pāpaghnāni śubhāni ca.. tāni sūtaja kārtsnyena yathāvadvaktumarhasi..3.. > Whatever sacred fords there are on earth that destroy sin and are auspicious, / all of them you should tell in full, as they truly are, O son of Sūta. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.4) sūta uvāca.. idaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ purā devyā kailāsaśikharottame.. nānādhātuvicitrāṃge nānāratnasamanvite..4.. > Sūta said: > Formerly, this was asked by the Goddess on the supreme peak of Kailāsa, > whose slopes are adorned with various minerals and endowed with diverse jewels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.5) nānādrumalatākīrṇe nānāpuṣpopaśobhite.. yakṣavidyādharākīrṇe hyapsarogaṇasevite..5. > overspread with various trees and creepers, embellished with various flowers, > crowded with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, and attended by hosts of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.6) tatra brahamā ca viṣṇuśca skandanandigaṇeśvarāḥ.. caṃdrādityau grahaiḥ sārdhaṃ nakṣatradhruvamaṇḍalam..6.. > There were Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Skanda, Nandin, and the lords of the Gaṇas, > the moon and the sun together with the planets, the lunar mansions, and the circle of the Pole Star; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.7) vāyuśca varuṇaścaiva kubero dhanadastathā.. īśānaścāgniriṃdraśca yamo nirṛtireva ca..7.. > and Vāyu, Varuṇa, Kubera, the giver of wealth, > Īśāna, Agni, Indra, Yama, and Nirṛti; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.8) saritaḥ sāgarāḥ sarve parvatā uragāstathā.. brāhmyādyā mātaraścaiva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ..8.. > all the rivers and oceans, mountains, and serpents; > Brāhmī and the other Mothers, and the seers rich in austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.11) mūrtimaṃti ca tīrthāni kṣetrāṇyāyatanāni ca.. dānavāsuradaityāśca piśācā bhūtarākṣasāḥ..7.1.3.10 tatra siṃhāsanaṃ divyaṃ śatayojanavistṛtam..11. > the personified sacred fords, sacred fields, and shrines; > Dānavas, Asuras, Daityas, Piśācas, Bhūtas, and Rākṣasas. > There was a divine throne extending a hundred yojanas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.12) lakṣāyutasahasraiśca rudrakoṭibhirāvṛtam.. tanmadhye sarvatobhadraṃ siṃhadvāraiḥ sutoraṇaiḥ..12.. > surrounded by hundreds of thousands and tens of thousands of crores of Rudras. > In its midst was an all-auspicious pavilion with lion-gates and splendid archways, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.13) svacchamauktikasaṃkāśaṃ prākāraśikharāvṛtam.. nandīśvaramahākāladvārapālagaṇairvṛtam..13.. > resembling clear pearls, enclosed by walls and spires, > surrounded by the hosts of gatekeepers \[led by\] Nandīśvara and Mahākāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.14) kiṃkiṇījālamukharaiḥ satyatākairalaṃkṛtam.. vitānacchatrakhaṃḍaiśca muktādāmapralaṃbitaiḥ..14.. > resounding with networks of small bells, decorated with true banners, > and adorned with canopies, umbrella-cloths, and dangling pearl garlands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.15) ghaṃṭācāmaraśobhāḍhayairdarpaṇaiścopaśobhitam.. kalaśairdvāravinyastaratnapallavasaṃyutaiḥ..15.. > beautified with bells, chowries, and mirrors, > with jars placed at the doorways accompanied by jewel-sprouts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.16) citritaṃ citraśāstrajñai ratnacūrṇaiḥ samujvalaiḥ.. svastikaiḥ patravalyādyairliṃgodbhavalatādibhiḥ..16.. > painted by artists with radiant jewel-powders, > with svastikas, foliage-creepers, and vines showing the origin of the liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.17) śatasiṃhāsanākīrṇaṃ vedikābhiśca śobhitam.. āsīnai rudravṛndaiśca rudrakanyākadambakaiḥ..17.. > crowded with a hundred thrones, adorned with altars, > and filled with seated throngs of Rudras and multitudes of Rudra-maidens, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.18) lakṣapatradalāḍhyaiśca śvetapadmaiśca bhūṣitam.. apsarobhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ puṣpaprakaravistṛtam..18.. > adorned with white lotuses endowed with a hundred thousand petals, > crowded with apsarases, spread with heaps of flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.19) dhūpitaṃ dhūpavarttībhiḥ kuṃkumodakasecitam.. vaṃśavīṇāmṛdaṃgaiśca gomukhairmukhavādanaiḥ..19.. > perfumed with incense sticks, sprinkled with saffron water, > \[resounding\] with flutes, vīṇās, mṛdaṅgas, horn-instruments, and mouth-blown instruments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.20) śaṃkhabherīninādena dundubhidhvanitena ca.. garjadbhirgaṇavṛndaiśca meghasvanitanisvanaiḥ..7.1.3.20 .. > with the blare of conchs and bherī-drums, with the rumbling of dundubhi-drums, > and with the hosts of Gaṇas roaring with sounds like the rumbling of clouds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.21) gaṇānāṃ stotraśabdena sāmavedaraveṇa ca.. prekṣaṇīyairmahānādairgeyahuṅkāraśobhitam..21.. > adorned with the praises of the Gaṇas, the chanting of the Sāmaveda, > and spectacular, great shouts accompanied by vocal huṅkāras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.22) vṛṣanarditaśabdena gajavājiraveṇa ca.. kāṃcīnūpuraśabdena samākīrṇadigaṃtaram..22.. > filling all directions with the bellowing of bulls, the neighing and trumpeting of horses and elephants, > and the jingling of waistbands and anklets— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.23) sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ śrīmacchaṃkarasyaiva maṃdiram.. vaṃśa vīṇāmṛdaṃgaiśca nāditaṃ tatra tatra ha .. ṛgvedo mūrtimāṃścaiva śakranīlasamadyutiḥ .. 23 .. > the glorious abode of Śaṃkara, which bestows all prosperity. > It echoed here and there with flutes, vīṇās, and mṛdaṅgas. > And the personified Ṛgveda, having the brilliance of a sapphire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.24) divyagandhānuliptāṃgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. saṃsthitaḥ pūrvatastasya dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā .. 24 .. > his body anointed with divine perfumes, adorned with celestial ornaments, > stood to his east, blazing with his own splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.25) uttareṇa yajurvedaḥ śuddhasphaṭikasannibhaḥ .. divyakuṇḍaladhārī ca mahākāyo mahābhujaḥ .. 25 .. > To the north stood the Yajurveda, resembling pure crystal, > wearing divine earrings, having a massive body and mighty arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.26) sthitaḥ paścima digbhāge sāmavedaḥ sanātanaḥ .. raktāṃbaradharaḥ śrīmānpaprarāgasamaprabhaḥ ..26.. > Stationed on the western side was the eternal Sāmaveda, > wearing red garments, glorious, having the lustre of a ruby, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.27) sragdāmadhārī citraśca gītabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. athavāṃ'janavacchayāmaḥ sthito dakṣiṇatastathā .. 27 .. > wearing garlands, wondrous, adorned with musical embellishments. > Or, Atharvan, dark as collyrium, was likewise stationed to the south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.28) piṃgākṣo lohitagrīvo harikeśo mahātanuḥ .. itihāsaṣaḍaṃgāni purāṇānyakhilāni ca .. 28 .. > tawny-eyed, red-necked, yellow-haired, with a massive frame. > The Itihāsas, the six Vedāṅgas, all the Purāṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.29) vedopaniṣadaśchando mīmāṃsāraṇyakaṃ tathā .. svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau rahasyāni tathaiva ca ..29.. > the Upaniṣads of the Veda, the metrics, Mīmāṃsā, the Āraṇyakas, > the utterances of Svāhā and Vaṣaṭ, and likewise the secret doctrines— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.30) etaiḥ samanvitaiścaiva tatra brahmā svayaṃ sthitaḥ .. śaktirūpadharairmantrairyogaiśvaryasamanvitaiḥ.. .. 7.1.3.30 .. > accompanied by these, Brahmā himself stood there. > Along with the mantras bearing the form of Śakti, endowed with the sovereign power of yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.31) sahasrapatrakamalairaṃkitaiḥ surapūjitaiḥ .. pūjitairgaṇarudraiśca brahmaviṣviṃdravaṃditaiḥ ..31.. > marked with thousand-petaled lotuses, worshipped by the gods, > venerated by the Rudras of the Gaṇas, praised by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.32) cāmarākṣepavyajanairvījitaiśca samantataḥ .. śobhitaśca sadā śrīmāṃścaṃdrakoṭisamaprabhaḥ .. 32 .. > fanned on all sides with waved chowries and fans, > always glorious, having the splendour of ten million moons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.33) jñānāmṛtasutṛptātmā yogaiśvaryaprasādakaḥ .. yogīṃdramānasāṃbhoja rājahaṃso dvijottamaḥ .. 33 .. > his soul fully contented with the nectar of knowledge, grantor of the sovereign power of yoga, > a royal swan upon the lotus of the minds of lords of yoga, best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.34) ajñānatimiradhvaṃsī ṣaṭtriṃśattattvabhūṣaṇaḥ .. sarvasaukhyapradātā ca tatrāste caṃdraśekharaḥ ..34.. > dispeller of the darkness of ignorance, adorned with the thirty-six principles, > bestower of all happiness—there sat the moon-crested \[Lord\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.35) tasyotsaṃgagatā devī taptakāṃcanasaprabhā .. pūjito yoginīvṛndaiḥ sādhakaiḥ surakinnaraiḥ .. 35 .. > Seated on his lap was the Goddess, possessing the luster of molten gold, > worshipped by throngs of yoginīs, spiritual practitioners, gods, and Kinnaras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.36) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā .. yogasiddhipradā nityaṃ mokṣābhyudayadāyinīm .. 36 .. > complete with all auspicious marks, decorated with all ornaments, > perpetually bestowing yogic perfections, granting liberation and prosperity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.37) saubhāgyakadalīkandamūlabījaṃ ca pārvatī .. devasya mukhamālokya vismitā cārulocanā .. 37 .. > the root-seed of the plantain of good fortune—Pārvatī. > Looking upon the face of the god, astonished, the lovely-eyed one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.38) ānaṃdabhāvaṃ saṃjñāya ānandāsrāvilekṣaṇam .. uvāca devī madhuraṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭā satī .. 38 .. .. > perceiving his state of bliss, his eyes brimming with tears of joy, > the virtuous Goddess spoke sweetly, folding her hands in reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.39) devyuvāca .. .. janmakoṭisahasrāṇi janmakoṭiśatāni ca .. śodhitastvaṃ jagannātha mayā prāṇanaciṃtayā .. 39 .. > The Goddess said: > For thousands of crores of births and hundreds of crores of births, > you have been sought by me, O Lord of the Universe, by meditation upon your life-breath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.40) arddhāṃga saṃsthayā vāpi tvadvaktradhyānakāmyayā .. tathāpi te jagannātha nāṃto labdhvo maheśvara .. 7.1.3.40 .. > or even by abiding as half your body, longing to meditate upon your face; > yet no limit to you has been found, O Lord of the Universe, O Great Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.41) anantarūpiṇe tubhyaṃ devadeva namo'stu te .. namo vedarahasyāya namo vedaiḥ stutāya ca .. 41 .. > Praise be to you whose form is infinite, O God of gods! Praise be to you! > Praise be to the secret of the Vedas! Praise to the one praised by the Vedas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.42) śmaśānaratinityāya namo gaganacāriṇe .. jyeṣṭhasāmarahasyāya śatarudrapriyāya ca .. 42 .. > Praise to him who ever delights in the cremation ground, praise to the sky-farer, > to the secret of the Jyeṣṭhasāman, and to the one dear to the hundred Rudras! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.43) namo vṛṣakṛtāṃkāya yajurvedadharāya ca .. brahmāṃḍakoṭisaṃlagnamāline gaganātmane .. 43 .. > Praise to him whose emblem is the bull, and who upholds the Yajurveda, > to the one who wears the garland of crores of clinging universes, whose self is space! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.44) maṇicitritakandāya namaḥ sarvārthasiddhaye .. namo vedasvarūpāya dvija siddhipriyāya ca .. 44 .. > Praise to the bulbous root patterned with gems! Praise to the attainment of all aims! > Praise to the one whose form is the Veda, and who loves the perfection of the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.45) puṃstrīvikārarūpāya namaścaṃdrārddhadhāriṇe .. namognaye sahomāya ādityavaruṇāya ca .. 45 .. > Praise to the one whose form has the modifications of male and female, to the crescent-moon bearer! > Praise to Agni together with Soma, and to the Sun and Varuṇa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.46) pṛthivyai cāṃtarikṣāya vāyave dīkṣitāya ca .. saṃyogāya viyogāya dhātre kartre'pahāriṇe .. 46 .. > To the earth, the intermediate space, the wind, and the consecrated sacrificer; > to union, separation, the creator, the doer, and the destroyer! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.47) pradīptaśūlahastāya brahmadaṇḍadharāya ca .. namaḥ patīnāṃ pataye mahatāṃ pataye namaḥ .... .. 47 .. > To the one holding a blazing trident in his hand, and bearing the staff of Brahmā; > praise to the master of masters, praise to the master of the great! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.48) namaḥ kālāgnirudrāya saptalokanivāsine .. tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ .. 48 .. > Praise to Rudra as the fire of time, the dweller in the seven worlds! > You are the refuge of all beings; praise to the master of beings! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.49) namaste bhagavanrudra namaste bhagavañchiva .. namaste parataḥ śreṣṭha namaste parataḥ para .. 49 .. > Praise to you, O Lord Rudra! Praise to you, O Lord Śiva! > Praise to you, supreme beyond the high! Praise to you, higher than the highest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.50) jihvācāpalyabhāvena khedito'si mayā prabho .. tatkṣantavyaṃ maheśāna jñānadivya namo'stu te ..7.1.3.50 .. > Out of the restlessness of my tongue, you have been vexed by me, O Lord; > that should be forgiven, O Great Lord, O divine in knowledge, praise be to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.51) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. mamotsaṃgasthitā devi kiṃ tvaṃ sāsrāvilekṣaṇā .. adyāpi kimapūrṇaṃ te tatsarvaṃ karavāṇyaham .. 51 .. > Īśvara said: > Seated on my lap, O goddess, why are your eyes clouded with tears? / What is still unfulfilled for you today? I shall do all of that. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.52) varaṃ bravīhi bhadraṃ te stavenānena suvrate .. dadāmi te na saṃdehaḥ śokaṃ tyaja maheśvari .. 52 .. > Choose a boon, bless you, because of this hymn of praise, O lady of good vows! / I grant it to you without doubt; abandon your grief, O Maheśvarī! (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.53) niṣkale sakale devi sthūle sūkṣme carācare .. na tatpaśyāmi deveśi yattvayā rahitaṃ bhavet .. 53 .. > In the partless and in the embodied, O goddess, in the gross and in the subtle, in all that moves and is still, / I see nothing, O ruler of gods, that could exist devoid of you. (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.54) ahaṃ te hṛdaye gauri tvaṃ ca me hṛdi saṃsthitā .. ahaṃ bhrātā ca putraśca baṃdhurbhartā tathaiva ca .. 54 .. > I dwell in your heart, O Gaurī, and you abide in my heart; / I am the brother and the son, the kinsman and likewise the husband. (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.55) tvaṃ tu me bhaginī bhāryā duhitā bāṃdhavī snuṣā .. ahaṃ yajñapatiryajvā tvaṃ ca śraddhā sadakṣiṇā .. 55 .. > You are indeed my sister, wife, daughter, female relation, and daughter-in-law; / I am the lord of the sacrifice and the sacrificer, and you are faith accompanied by the priestly gift. (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.56) oṃkāro'haṃ vaṣaṭkāraḥ sāmāhamṛgyajustathā .. ahamagniśca hotā ca yajamānastathaiva ca .. 56 .. > I am the syllable Om, the vaṣaṭ-call; I am the Sāman, the Ṛc, and the Yajus; / I am the fire, the invoking priest, and likewise the patron of the sacrifice. (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.57) adhvaryurahamudgātā brahmāhaṃ brahmavittathā .. tvaṃ tu devyaraṇī caiva patnī tu parikīrtyase .. 57 .. > I am the Adhvaryu, the Udgātṛ, Brahmā, and the knower of the Veda; / you, O goddess, are proclaimed as the fire-drill and the sacrificer's wife. (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.58) svāhā svadhā ca suśroṇi tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. ahamiṣṭo mahāyajñaḥ pūrvo yajñastvamucyase .. 58 .. > Svāhā and Svadhā, O fair-hipped lady; everything is established in you. / I am the offered great sacrifice; you are called the primeval sacrifice. (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.59) puruṣo'haṃ varārohe prakṛtistvaṃ nigadyase .. ahaṃ viṣṇurmahāvīryastvaṃ lakṣmīrlokabhāvinī .. 59 .. > I am Puruṣa, O beautiful woman; you are declared to be Prakṛti. / I am Viṣṇu of great prowess; you are Lakṣmī, who causes the world to prosper. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.60) ahamindro mahātejāḥ prācī tvaṃ parameśvarī .. prajāpatīnāṃ rūpeṇa sarvamāhaṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. 7.1.3.60 .. > I am Indra of great splendor; you are the eastern quarter, O supreme sovereign. / In the form of the lords of creatures, I exist as all. (60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.61) teṣāṃ yā nāyikāstāstvaṃ rūpaistaistairavasthitā .. divaso'haṃ mahādevi rajanī tvaṃ nigadyase .. 61 .. > You abide in those various forms as their sovereign consorts. / I am the day, O great goddess; you are declared to be the night. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.62) nimeṣo'haṃ muhūrtaśca tvaṃ kalā siddhireva ca .. ahaṃ tejo'dhikaḥ sūryastvaṃ tu saṃdhyā prakīrttyase .. 62 .. > I am the twinkle of an eye and the hour; you are the minute and accomplishment itself. / I am the sun exceeding in radiance; you are celebrated as the twilight. (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.63) ahaṃ bījadharaḥ śreṣṭhastvaṃ tu kṣetraṃ varānane. ahaṃ vanaspatiḥ plakṣastvaṃ vanaspatirucyase .. .. 63 .. > I am the supreme bearer of the seed, while you are the field, O fair-faced lady. / I am the lord of the forest, the fig tree; you are spoken of as the sacred tree. (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.64) śeṣarūpadharo nitye phaṇāmaṇivibhūṣitaḥ .. revatī tvaṃ viśālākṣi madavibhramalocanā .. 64 .. > I bear the form of Śeṣa, O eternal one, adorned with the jewel on the hood; / you are Revatī, O large-eyed one, with eyes rolling in intoxication. (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.65) mokṣo'haṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ tvaṃ tu devi parā gatiḥ .. apāṃ patirahaṃ bhadre tvaṃ tu devi saridvarā .. 65 .. > I am liberation from all sorrows; you, O goddess, are the supreme goal. / I am the lord of the waters, O auspicious one; you, O goddess, are the best of rivers. (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.66) vaḍavāgnirahaṃ bhadre tvaṃ tu dīptiḥ prakīrtitā .. prajāpatirahaṃ karttā tvaṃ prajā prakṛtistathā .. .. 66 .. > I am the submarine fire, O auspicious one; you are proclaimed as its brilliance. / I am the lord of creatures, the maker; you are the creatures and likewise primordial nature. (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.67) nāgānāmadhipaścāhaṃ pātālatalavāsinām .. tvaṃ nāgī nāgarājo'haṃ sahasraphaṇabhūṣitaḥ .. 67 .. > I am the lord of the serpents dwelling in the realm of Pātāla; / you are the serpent-goddess, and I am the king of serpents adorned with a thousand hoods. (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.68) niśākaravaraścāhaṃ śreṣṭhā tvaṃ rajanīkarī .. kāmo'haṃ kāmado devi tvaṃ ratiḥ smṛtireva ca .. 68 .. > I am the best maker of night \[the moon\]; you are the supreme illuminator of the night. / I am Kāma, the bestower of desire, O goddess; you are Rati and memory itself. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.69) durvāsāścāpyahaṃ bhadre tvaṃ kṣamā samacāriṇī .. lobhamohatapaścāhaṃ tvaṃ tṛṣṇā tāmasī smṛtā .. 69 .. > I am Durvāsas, O auspicious one; you are forbearance walking beside him. / I am greed, delusion, and austerity; you are remembered as desire steeped in darkness. (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.70) kakudmānvṛṣabhaścāhaṃ yogamātā tapasvinī .. vāyurapyahamavyaktastvaṃ gatirmanasūdanī .. 7.1.3.70 .. > I am the humped bull; you are the ascetic mother of yoga. / I am also the unmanifest wind; you are its motion, destroyer of the mind. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.71) ahaṃ mocayitā lobhe nirmamā tvaṃ yaśasvini .. nayo'haṃ sarvakāryeṣu nītistvaṃ kamalekṣaṇā .. 71 .. > I am the deliverer in greed; you are the unattached one, O renowned lady. / I am prudence in all affairs; you are policy, O lotus-eyed lady. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.72) ahamannaṃ ca bhoktā ca oṣadhī tvaṃ nigadyase .. ahamagniśca dhūmaśca tvamūṣmā jvālameva ca .. 72 .. > I am the food and the eater; you are declared to be the medicinal herb. / I am the fire and the smoke; you are the heat and the flame. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.73) ahaṃ saṃvarttako meghastvaṃ ca dhārā hyanekaśaḥ .. ahaṃ munīnāṃ rūpeṇa tvaṃ tatpatnī prakīrtitā .. 73 .. > I am the cloud of world-dissolution, and you are its manifold streams. / I appear in the form of the sages; you are proclaimed as their wives. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.74) ahaṃ saṃsārakarttā vai tvaṃ tu sṛṣṭirvarānane .. ahaṃ śukrāsthiromāṇi tvaṃ majjā balameva ca .. 74 .. > I am the maker of the cycle of existence; you are the creation, O fair-faced lady. / I am semen, bones, and hairs; you are marrow and strength. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.75) parjanyo'haṃ mahābhāge tvaṃ vṛṣṭiḥ parameśvari .. ahaṃ saṃvatsaro devi tvamṛtuḥ parikīrttitā .. 75 .. > I am the rain-cloud, O highly fortunate one; you are the rain, O supreme sovereign. / I am the year, O goddess; you are celebrated as the season. (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.76) ahaṃ kṛtayugo devi tvaṃ tu tretā nigadyase .. yugo'haṃ dvāparaḥ śrīmāṃstvaṃ kaliḥ parameśvari .. 76 .. > I am the Kṛta age, O goddess; you are declared to be the Tretā age. / I am the glorious Dvāpara age; you are the Kali age, O supreme sovereign. (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.77) ākāśaścāpyahaṃ bhadre pṛthivī tvamihocyase .. ahamadṛśyamūrtiśca dṛśyamūrtistvamucyase .. 77 .. > I am space, O auspicious one; you are spoken of here as the earth. / I am the invisible form, and you are called the visible form. (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.78) varado'haṃ varārohe maṃtrastvamiti cocyase .. ahaṃ draṣṭā ca śrotā ca tvaṃ dṛśyā śrutireva ca ..78.. > I am the bestower of boons, O lady of beautiful hips; and you are spoken of as the mantra. / I am the seer and the hearer; you are the visible and the heard revelation. (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.79) ahaṃ vaktā ramayitā tvaṃ vācyā parameśvari .. ahaṃ śrotā ca gātā ca tvaṃ gītirgeyameva ca..79.. > I am the speaker and the delighter; you are that which is to be spoken, O supreme sovereign. / I am the listener and the singer; you are the song and that which is to be sung. (79) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.80) ahaṃ trātā ca gandhaśca tvaṃ tu nighrāṇameva ca .. ahaṃ sparśayitā kartā sparśyastvaṃ sṛṣṭameva ca .. 7.1.3.80 .. > I am the protector and the fragrance; you are the sense of smell. / I am the caresser and the agent; you are the touched and the created. (80) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.81) ahaṃ sarvamidaṃ bhūtaṃ tvaṃ tu devi na saṃśayaḥ .. sraṣṭā'haṃ tava deveśi tvaṃ sṛjasyakhilaṃ jagat .. 81 .. > I am this entire universe, and you are too, O goddess, without doubt. / I am your creator, O ruler of gods, and you create the entire world. (81) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.82) tvayā mayā ca deveśi otaprotamidaṃ jagat .. ekadhā daśadhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā .. 82 .. > By you and by me, O ruler of gods, this world is woven warp and woof, / in a single form, in tenfold form, and likewise in hundreds and thousands of forms. (82) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.83) aiśvaryeṇa tu saṃyuktau sarvaprāṇi vyavasthitau .. ahaṃ tvaṃ ca viśālākṣi satataṃ saṃpratiṣṭhitau .. 83 .. > Endowed with sovereignty, abiding in all living beings, / I and you, O large-eyed one, are constantly established. (83) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.84) krīḍāmi krīḍayā devi tvayā sārddhaṃ varānane .. tvaṃ dhṛtirdhāriṇī lakṣmīḥ kāṃtā matprakṛtirdhruvam .. 84 .. > I play sportively with you, O goddess, O fair-faced one! / You are firmness, the earth, fortune, the beloved, and certainly my Prakṛti. (84) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.85) ratiḥ smṛtiḥ kāmacārī mama cāṃganivāsinī .. devi kiṃ bahunoktena prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. 85 .. > Pleasure, memory, moving at will, and dwelling within my body— / O goddess, what need is there to say much? You are dearer than life itself. (85) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.86) varaṃ varaya devaśi yatkiṃcinmanasi sthitam.. tatte dadāmi tuṣṭo'haṃ yadyapi syātsudurllabham .. 86 .. > Choose a boon, O ruler of gods, whatever lies in your heart; / pleased as I am, I give that to you, even if it were very hard to attain. (86) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.87) .. devyuvāca .. .. dhanyāhaṃ kṛtapuṇyāhaṃ tapaḥ sucaritaṃ mayā .. yattvayā'haṃ jagannātha harṣadṛṣṭyā'valokitā .. 87 .. > The goddess said: > I am blessed, my merit is accomplished, my austerity has been well performed, / since I have been looked upon by you, O Lord of the universe, with a gaze of joy. (87) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.88) yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi .. tanme kathaya deveśa sāṃprataṃ tīrthavistaram .. .. 88 .. > If you are pleased with me, O god, and wish to give me a boon, / then tell me now, O lord of gods, the detailed account of sacred fords. (88) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.89) pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni pāpaghnāni śivāni ca .. tāni deveśa kārtsnyena yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 89 .. > Whatever sacred fords there are on earth that destroy sin and are auspicious, / you ought to tell of them in full, as they are, O lord of gods. (89) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.90) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .. sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ puṇyaṃ devarṣisatkṛtam .. 7.1.3.90 .. > Īśvara said: > Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim the supreme māhātmya of sacred fords, / which takes away all sins of mortals, is meritorious, and is honored by divine seers. (90) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.91) tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ snānaṃ caiva sureśvari .. śravaṇaṃ ca praśaṃsaṃti sadaiva ṛṣisattamāḥ .. 91 .. > The best seers ever praise the darśana of sacred fords, / ritual ablution in them, O ruler of gods, and hearing about them. (91) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.92) pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthamaṃtarikṣe ca puṣkaram .. kedāraṃ ca prayāgaṃ ca vipāśā cormilā tathā .. 92 .. > On earth is the sacred ford of Naimiṣa, and in the atmosphere Puṣkara; / and Kedāra, Prayāga, Vipāśā, and likewise Urmilā, (92) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.93) karṇaveṇā mahādevī caṃdrabhāgā sarasvatī .. gaṃgāsāgarasaṃbhedastathā vārāṇasī śubhā .. 93 .. > Karṇaveṇā, Mahādevī, Candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, / the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean, and auspicious Vārāṇasī. (93) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.94) arghatīrthaṃ samākhyātaṃ gaṃgādvāraṃ tathaiva ca .. himasthānaṃ mahātīrthaṃ tathā māyāpurī śubhā .. 94 .. > Arghatīrtha is proclaimed, and likewise Gaṅgādvāra, / the great sacred ford Himasthāna, and likewise auspicious Māyāpurī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.95) śatabhadrā mahābhāgā sindhuścaiva mahā nadī .. airāvatī ca kapilā śoṇaścaiva mahānadaḥ .. 95 .. > the most fortunate Śatabhadrā, and the Sindhu, that great river, / the Airāvatī, the Kapilā, and the Śoṇa, that great river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.96) payodhiḥ kauśikī tadvattathā godāvarī śubhā .. devakhātaṃ gayā caiva tathā dvārāvatī śubhā .. 96 .. > likewise the Ocean, the Kauśikī, and the auspicious Godāvarī, / Devakhāta, Gayā, and auspicious Dvārāvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.97) prabhāsaṃ ca mahātīrthaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 97 .. > and the great sacred ford Prabhāsa, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.98) evamādīni tīrthāni yāni saṃti mahītale .. tāni dṛṣṭvā tu deveśi punarjanma na vindate ..98.. > Having seen these and other sacred fords that exist on the face of the earth, / O queen of the gods, one does not undergo rebirth again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.99) tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale .. saṃjātāni pavitrāṇi sarvapāpaharāṇi ca ..99.. > Three and a half crores of sacred fords on this earth / have come into being, pure and removing all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.100) gaṃtavyāni mahādevi svadharmasya vivṛddhaye .. aśakyāni śivānyevaṃ gaṃtuṃ caiva sureśvari .. manasā tāni sarvāṇi gaṃtavyāni samāhitaiḥ .. 7.1.3.100 .. > One must visit them, O great goddess, for the increase of one's own dharma. / But since it is impossible to visit them \[all\] physically, O queen of gods, / they should all be visited mentally by the concentrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.101) . devyuvāca.. bhagavanprāṇinaḥ sarve sarvopadravasaṃkulāḥ.. alpāyuṣaḥ sadā baddhā vyāmohairmaṃdirodbhavaiḥ..101.. > The goddess said: / O Lord, all living beings are beset with all kinds of distress; / short-lived, they are constantly bound by delusions born of home and family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.102) tretāyāṃ dvāpare caiva kiṃ nu vai dāruṇe kalau .. tasmātteṣāṃ hitārthāya tattīrthaṃ tvaṃ prakīrtaya .. yena dṛṣṭena sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ labhyate phalam ..102.. > If it is so in the Tretā and Dvāpara \[ages\], what of the dreadful Kali \[age\]? / Therefore, for their benefit, proclaim that sacred ford / by seeing which the fruit of all sacred fords is obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.103) evamuktastu pārvatyā prahasya parameśvaraḥ .. uvāca parayā prītyā vācā madhurayā prabhuḥ ..103.. .. > Thus addressed by Pārvatī, the supreme Lord, smiling, / the master spoke with supreme affection in sweet words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.104) īśvara uvāca .. .. tvameva hi carāḥ prāṇāḥ sarvasya jagatoraṇiḥ .. tvayā virahito devi muhūrtamapi notsahe ..104.. > Īśvara said: / You alone are my moving breath of life, the kindling-stick of the entire universe; / separated from you, O goddess, I cannot bear even a moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.105) śivasya ca tathā śakteraṃtaraṃ nāsti pārvati .. na tadasti mahādevi yanna jānāsi śobhane .. 105 .. > Between Śiva and Śakti there is no difference, O Pārvatī; / there is nothing, O great goddess, beautiful one, that you do not know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.106) tvayā vinā'haṃ na kvāsmi na tvaṃ devi mayā vinā .. caṃdracaṃdrikayoryadvadagneruṣṇatvameva hi .. 106 .. > Without you, where am I? And you are not without me, O goddess— / just as between the moon and moonlight, or heat in fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.107) tava devi mamāpīha nāsti caivāṃtaraṃ priye .. sarvaṃ caiva sureśāni yathāvatkathayāmyaham .. 107 .. > Between you, O goddess, and me here, there is indeed no difference, my beloved; / and I will tell you everything as it truly is, O queen of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.108) rahasyānāṃ rahasyaṃ tu gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ .. nāstikāya na dātavyaṃ na ca pāparatāya ca .. 108 .. > This secret of secrets, however, must be guarded with effort; / it must not be given to an atheist, nor to one devoted to sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.109) dātavyaṃ bhakti yuktāya svaśiṣyāya sutāya vā .. pūrvameva mayā khyātaṃ sārātsārataraṃ priye ..109.. > It should be given to one endowed with devotion, to one's own disciple or son. / That which is more essential than the essence was previously proclaimed by me, beloved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.110) tīrthopaniṣadaḥ khyātā liṃgopaniṣadastathā .. yogopaniṣado devi pūrvaṃ vai kathitāstava .. 7.1.3.110 .. > the Secret Doctrines of the sacred fords were proclaimed, likewise the Secret Doctrines of the liṅgas, / and the Secret Doctrines of yoga, O goddess, were formerly told to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.111) .. pārvatyuvāca .. .. leśenāpi na siddhyaṃti kāṃkṣamāṇāḥ paraṃ padam .. yonīrbhramaṃto dṛśyaṃte narā nāstikavṛttayaḥ.. .. 111 .. > Pārvatī said: / Though desiring the supreme state, they do not succeed even in the least; / men of atheistic conduct are seen wandering from womb to womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.112) tīrthavratāni sevante pratyayo naiva jāyate .. mohitaṃ tu jagatpūrvaṃ mithyājñānena śaṃkara .. 112 .. > They observe vows at sacred fords, yet conviction never arises. / Formerly the world was deluded by false knowledge, O Śaṃkara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.113) kiṃ te phalaṃ suraśreṣṭha jagadvyāmohane kṛte .. 113 .. > what fruit was yours, O best of gods, when that bewilderment of the world was made? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.114) sārātsārataraṃ nātha tava prāṇapriyaṃ hi yat .. tanme kathaya deveśa priyāhaṃ yadi te prabho .. 114 .. > Tell me, O Lord of gods, if I am dear to you, O master, / that which is more essential than the essence, my Lord, which is as dear to you as life itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.115) ityuktaḥ sa tayā devyā śrīkaṃṭhaḥ suranāyakaḥ .. prahasyovāca bhagavāngaṃbhīrārthamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 115 .. > Thus addressed by that goddess, the Lord Śrīkaṇṭha, leader of the gods, / smiled and spoke these words of profound meaning: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.116) ..īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇuṣvāvahitā bhūtvā pṛṣṭo'haṃ yastvayā'dhunā .. niṣphalaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi vastutattvaṃ yathāsthitam .. 116 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen attentively, since I am now asked by you; / I will tell you the true nature of things as it is, which is never without result. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.117) pūrvamuktāni tīrthāni yāni te surasuṃdari .. tisraḥ koṭyo'rddhakoṭī ca brahmāṃḍe sacarācare ..117.. > Those sacred fords previously spoken of to you, O beauty of the gods, / three and a half crores throughout the cosmic egg of moving and unmoving beings— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.118) teṣāṃ ca gopitaṃ tīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ caiva suvrate ..118.. > among them the sacred ford Prabhāsa has been kept concealed, O woman of good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.119) evamuktaṃ mahādevi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. dṛṣṭvā saṃskārarahitāḥ kalau pāpena mohitāḥ .. 119 .. > Thus has the supreme sacred field Prabhāsa been spoken of, O great goddess. / But seeing it, those devoid of proper purifications, deluded by sin in the Kali age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.120) rājasāstāmasāścaiva pāpopahatacetasaḥ .. paradāraparadravyaparahiṃsāratā narāḥ .. 7.1.3.120 .. > governed by passion and darkness, their minds afflicted by sin, / men devoted to other men's wives, other men's wealth, and harming others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.121) udvegaṃ ca paraṃ yāṃti pratapyaṃti yatastataḥ .. ātmasaṃbhāvitā mūḍhā mithyājñānena mohitāḥ.. varṇāśramaviruddhaṃ tu tīrthe kurvanti ye'dhamāḥ..121.. > fall into supreme agitation and suffer torment here and there. / Self-conceited fools, deluded by false knowledge, / those base men who act contrary to caste and stage of life at a sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.122) tīrthayātrāṃ prakurvaṃti daṃbhena kapaṭena ca.. tīrthe mṛtā na sidhyaṃti te narā varavarṇini .. 122 .. > who undertake a pilgrimage to a sacred ford with deceit and hypocrisy— / even if they die at a sacred ford, those men do not attain perfection, O fair-complexioned one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.123) etadarthaṃ mayā devi tīrthāni vividhāni ca .. liṃgāni caiva suśroṇi gopitāni prayatnataḥ .. na siddhidāni deveśi kalau kalmaṣakāriṇām .. 123 .. > For this reason, O goddess, the various sacred fords / and the liṅgas, O shapely-hipped woman, were kept concealed with effort; / they do not grant perfection, O queen of gods, to evildoers in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.124) ye narāstu jitakrodhā jitalobhā jiteṃdriyāḥ .. brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścādambhamatsarāḥ .. 124 .. > Those men, however, who have conquered anger, conquered greed, and conquered the senses, / brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras free from deceit and malice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.125) madbhāvabhāvitā devi tīrthaṃ sevaṃti suvratāḥ .. teṣāṃ caiva hitārthāya kathayāmi yaśaśvini .. 125 .. > filled with devotion to me, O goddess, who observe vows and frequent the sacred ford— / for their benefit alone I speak, O renowned one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.126) prabhāsamiti vikhyātaṃ kṣetraṃ trailokyavaṃditam .. tatkṣetraṃ naiva jānaṃti mama māyāvimohitāḥ .. 126 .. > The sacred field known as Prabhāsa is praised throughout the three worlds; / deluded by my māyā, they do not recognize that sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.127) parohaṃ tvekacittaiśca bahujanmabhirarcitaḥ .. te vidaṃti paraṃ kṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 127 .. > Only those by whom I, the Supreme, have been worshipped with single-minded focus through many births, / know the supreme sacred field Prabhāsa, which destroys sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.128) madbhāvabhāvitā devi mama vrataniṣeviṇaḥ .. teṣāṃ prabhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ viditaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 128 .. > Those imbued with devotion to me, O goddess, who observe my vows— / by them the sacred field of Prabhāsa is known; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.129) yamaiśca niyamairyuktā ahaṃkāravivarjjitāḥ .. teṣāmarthe vadiṣyāmi tava praśnaṃ sudurllabham .. brahmaviṣṇvindradevānāṃ purāṇaṃ kathitaṃ mayā .. 129 .. > Endowed with restraints and observances, free from egotism— / for their sake I will answer your question, which is very hard to obtain. / Formerly it was told by me to Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.130) so'haṃ devi vadiṣyāmi karṇaṃ dehi varānane .. pṛthivyāmapi sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ surasuṃdari .. 7.1.3.130 .. > That I will declare, O goddess; give ear, O fair-faced one! / Among all the sacred fords on earth, O beauty of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.131) ekaṃ me vallabhaṃ tatra prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. tasmiṃścaiva mahākṣetre tīrthaiḥ somena pūjitaḥ .. varāṃstasmai pradāyātha sadaikāṃte sthito hyaham ..131.. > there is one dear to me: the supreme sacred field Prabhāsa. / And in that great sacred field, worshipped with sacred fords by Soma, / after granting boons to him, I abide perpetually in solitude. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.132) tena guhyaṃ kṛtaṃ sthānaṃ tava devi prakāśitam.. tatra me yogayuktasya divyaṃ liṃgaṃ babhūva ha .. 132 .. > That secret place made by him has been revealed to you, O goddess; / there, as I was absorbed in yoga, a celestial liṅga appeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.133) divyatejassamā yuktaṃ vahnimekhalamaṃḍitam .. lakṣamātrasthitaṃ śāṃtaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ tu mānavaiḥ .. 133 .. > Endowed with celestial splendour, encircled by a girdle of fire, / extending a mere hundred thousand \[measures\], tranquil, yet difficult for mortals to behold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.134) icchājñānakriyākhyāśca tisro vai śaktayaśca yāḥ .. tasmālliṃgātsamutpannā jagatkartṛtvahetave .. 134 .. > And the three powers known as will, knowledge, and action / arose from that liṅga for the purpose of creating the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.135) tasmim̐lliṃge layaṃ yāti jagadetaccarācaram .. punastenaiva saṃbhūtaṃ dṛśyate sacarācaram .. 135 .. > Into that liṅga this universe of moving and unmoving beings dissolves, / and from that alone it is seen to arise again with its moving and unmoving beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.136) guhyaṃ caiva tu saṃbhūtaṃ na kaścidveda tatparam .. janmābhyāsena talliṃgaṃ jñāyate bhuvi mānavaiḥ .. 136 .. > It arose as a mystery, and no one knows what lies beyond it. / Through the practice of \[many\] births, that liṅga is recognized by mortals on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.137) kṣetraṃ prabhāsikaṃ proktaṃ kṣetrajño'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. tatra someśanāmāhamasminkṣetraṃ varānane .. 137 .. > The sacred field is called Prabhāsa, and I am the Knower of the Field without doubt. / There, in this sacred field, O fair-faced lady, I bear the name Someśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.138) mamāṃśasaṃbhavā ye ca asminkṣetre samudbhavāḥ .. teṣāṃ tu viditaṃ liṃgaṃ pūrvakalpe tu bhairavam .. 138 .. > Those who are born of my portion and are born in this sacred field, / to them this formidable liṅga was known even in a previous kalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.139) anyairapi yugairdevi idaṃ liṃgaṃ sudurlabham .. ghore kaliyuge pāpe viśeṣeṇa ca durlabham .. 139 .. > Even in other ages, O goddess, this liṅga is very difficult to attain; / in the dreadful and sinful Kali age, it is especially difficult to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.140) anyannidarśanaṃ tatra tatpravakṣyāmi pārvati .. 7.1.3.140 .. > There is another illustration in this matter; I shall declare it, O Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.141) kalau yuge mahāghore hetuvādaratā narāḥ .. vadiṣyaṃti mahāpāpāḥ sarve pākhaṇḍasaṃsthitāḥ .. 141 .. > In the exceedingly dreadful Kali age, men devoted to sophistry, / greatly sinful and entirely given to heresy, will say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.142) mithyā caitatkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ mūrkhaiścāpi prakīrtitam .. kva kṣetraṃ kva prabhāvaśca kutra vai santi devatāḥ .. 142 .. > “All this is falsely made up and proclaimed by fools! / Where is the sacred field, where is its power, and where indeed are the deities?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.143) sarvaṃ cāpi tathālīkaṃ mūḍhaiścāpi prakīrtitam .. 143 .. > “And it is all likewise false, proclaimed by fools!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.144) evaṃ mūrkhā vadiṣyaṃti prahasiṣyanti cāpare .. nārakā nāstikā lokāḥ pāpopahatacetasaḥ .. siddhiṃ naiva prayāsyaṃti saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge..144.. > Thus the fools will say, and others will mock. / Hell-bound, atheistic people, their minds ruined by sin, / will never attain perfection when the Kali age arrives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.145) tīrthe caiva mṛtā ye tu śivanindāparāyaṇāḥ.. tiryagyoniprasūtāśca dṛśyante sarvayoniṣu..145.. > And those who die in the sacred ford, being devoted to reviling Śiva, / are seen born in animal wombs, among all types of wombs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.146) etasmātkāraṇāddevi tīrthe caiva suduḥkhitāḥ .. dṛśyante yugamāhātmyātsatyaśaucavivarjitāḥ .. 146 .. > For this reason, O goddess, even in the sacred ford they are seen to be deeply distressed, / devoid of truth and purity on account of the power of the age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.147) idaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ proktaṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ caiva gopane .. etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ siddhiryena sudurllabhā .. 147 .. > This is stated as the reason for the concealment of sacred fields. / All this has been declared to you, on account of which perfection is very difficult to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.148) yugeyuge tu tīrthāni kīrtitāni sureśvari .. teṣāṃ me vallabhaṃ devi prabhāsaṃ kṣetrameva ca .. 148 .. > In age after age sacred fords have been praised, O ruler of the gods; / among them, O goddess, the sacred field Prabhāsa is indeed dear to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.149) ityetatkathitaṃ devi rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. kṣetrabījaṃ mahādevi kimanyatparipṛcchasi .. 149 .. > Thus this secret that destroys sin has been declared, O goddess, / the seed of the sacred field, O great goddess. What else do you ask? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.150) idaṃ mahāpātakanāśanaṃ ye śroṣyaṃti vai kṣetramahāprabhāvam .. te cāpi yāsyanti mama prabhāvāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam .. 7.1.3.150 .. > Those who will listen to this great majesty of the sacred field, which destroys grave sins, / they too, by my power, shall go to heaven, the abode of the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.3.150\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3.150_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devīpraśnavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 .. > Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Goddess’s Question' in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.10.573) — Sanskrit - [Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.paddhati.isanasivagurudevapaddhati.3.1.198) — Īśānaśivagurudeva, Sanskrit - [Pauṣkarasaṃhitā (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.pauskara*complete.3.1173) — Sanskrit - [Jayākhyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.jayakhya.8.13) — Sanskrit - [Pūjāprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.pujaprakasa.8.p120) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.3) · Pramāṇa