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# Skandapurana 16.45

Skandapurāṇa 16.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi aṃgāreśvaramuttamam ..  
sthāpitaṃ bhūmiputreṇa someśādīśa gocare .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Aṅgāreśvara,  
> established by the son of the Earth within the range of north-east from Someśa. / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.2)

tripuraṃ dagdhukāmasya purā mama varānane ..  
krodhādaśru viniṣkrāṃtaṃ locanatritayena tu ..2..

> Anciently, O lovely-faced lady, when I desired to burn Tripura,  
> a tear came forth out of anger from my trio of eyes. / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.3)

tacca bhūmau nipatitaṃ tato bhūbhisuto'bhavat ..  
sa prabhāsaṃ tato gatvā bālyātprabhṛti śaṃkaram .. 3 ..

> And that fell on the ground; then the son of the Earth was born.  
> He, having gone to Prabhāsa, propitiated Śaṃkara with austerity / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.4)

tapasā''rādhayāmāsa bahūnvarṣagaṇānpriye ..  
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ suprītātmā varaṃ dadau .. 4 ..

> from his childhood for many groups of years, O beloved.  
> Mahādeva, pleased with him and well-disposed in mind, granted a boon. / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.5)

so'bravīdyadi me deva tuṣṭosi vṛṣabhadhvaja ..  
grahatvaṃ dehi sarveśa na cānyaṃ varamutsahe .. 5 ..

> He said: ‘If you are pleased with me, O god whose banner bears a bull,  
> grant \[me\] the status of a planet, O Lord of all; I do not desire any other boon.’ / 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.6)

sa tatheti pratijñāya punastaṃ vākyamabravīt ..  
ihāgatya naro yo māṃ pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. 6 ..

> Having promised ‘So be it’, he spoke this word again to him:  
> ‘Whichsoever person, having arrived here, worships me with devotion, / 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.7)

na bhaviṣyati vai pīḍā tāvakī tasya kutracit ..  
puṣpāṇi raktavarṇāni madhvājyāktāni bhūriśaḥ .. 7 ..

> no affliction caused by you shall ever befall him.  
> Red-colored flowers in abundance smeared with honey and ghee, / 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.8)

homayiṣyati yo bhaktyā lakṣamekaṃ tadagrataḥ ..  
paṃcopacāravidhinā tvāṃ tu saṃpūjya yatnataḥ .. 8 ..

> whoever offers as oblation in fire with devotion, one hundred thousand before it,  
> having worshipped you carefully by the rite of fivefold service, / 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.9)

tasya janmāvadhirnaiva tava pīḍā bhaviṣyati ...  
tathā vidrumadānena lapsyate phalamīpsitam .. 9 ..

> as long as his life lasts there shall be no affliction from you;  
> likewise, through the gift of coral, he will obtain his desired fruit.’ / 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.10)

evamuktvā sa bhagavānatraivāṃtaradhīyana ..  
bhaumo'pi grahamadhyastho vimānena virājate ..7.1.45.10..

> Having spoken thus, the Lord disappeared right there.  
> Bhauma also, abiding in the midst of the planets, shines in an aerial chariot. / 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.11)

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaumamāhātmyamuttamam..  
śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃ prayacchati .. 11 ..

> Thus the excellent greatness of Bhauma has been declared in brief;  
> heard, it removes sins and bestows good health. / 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.45.45)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyeṃ'gāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 45 ..

> Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Aṅgāreśvara, in the first \[part\], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.45.1) — English, machine translation

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