[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) › 16.4 # Skandapurana 16.4 Skandapurāṇa 16.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ munīndrāḥ kathite prabhāve śaṃkareṇa tu .. punaḥ papraccha sā devī kṛtāṃjalipuṭā satī .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When its majesty was thus declared by Śaṃkara, O chief sages, / the virtuous goddess asked again with joined palms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.2) .. devyuvāca .. .. devadeva jagannātha kṣetratīrthamaya prabho .. prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyaṃ vistarātkathayasva me .. 2 .. > The goddess said: / O God of gods, Lord of the universe, Lord who consists of sacred fields and sacred fords, / declare to me in detail the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.3) kathaṃ tuṣyasi martyānāṃ kṣetre tatra vicetasām .. japtaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ yaṣṭaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat .. prabhāse tu mahākṣetre kasmāttatrākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 3 .. > How are you pleased with foolish mortals in that sacred field? / Whatever is recited, given, offered in fire, sacrificed, and whatever austerity is performed— / why does it become imperishable there in the great sacred field of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.4) jātyaṃtarasahasreṣu yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam .. tatkathaṃ kṣayamāpnoti tanmamācakṣva śaṃkara .. 4 .. > Whatever sin has been accumulated previously through thousands of other births, / how does it meet its destruction? Tell me that, O Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.5) yadi prabhāsaṃ sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ matam.. kimanyairbahubhistatra karttavyaṃ tīrthavistaraiḥ .. 5 .. > If Prabhāsa is considered the foremost of all sacred fords, / what need is there for many other extensive sacred fords there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.6) ekaṃ yadi bhavettīrthaṃ mano niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhavet .. bahutve sati tīrthānāṃ mano vicalate nṛṇām .. 6 .. > If there is only one sacred ford, the mind becomes free of doubt; / when there is a multiplicity of sacred fords, the minds of men waver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.7) tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya tīrthajālaṃ savistaram .. prabhāsasyaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva sureśvara .. 7 .. > Therefore, setting aside the entire vast collection of sacred fords, / declare the māhātmya of Prabhāsa alone, O ruler of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.8) kṣetrapramāṇaṃ sīmāṃ ca kṣetrasāraṃ hi yatprabho .. vaktumarhasi tatsarvaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 8 .. .. > The measure of the sacred field, its boundary, and the essence of the field, O Lord, / you ought to declare all that, for great indeed is my curiosity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.9) īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kṣetrāṇāṃ kṣetramuttamam .. sarvakṣetreṣu yatkṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ tu priyaṃ mama .. 9 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall declare the best field among sacred fields, / that sacred field among all sacred fields, Prabhāsa, which is dear to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.10) prabhāse tu parā siddhiḥ prabhāse tu parā gatiḥ .. yatra saṃnihito nityamahaṃ bhadre nirantaram .. 7.1.4.10 .. > In Prabhāsa is the supreme perfection; in Prabhāsa is the supreme goal, / where I am always and constantly present, O auspicious lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.11) tasya pramāṇaṃ vakṣyāmi sarvasīmāsamanvitam.. kṣetraṃ tu trividha proktaṃ tatte vakṣyāmyanukramāt .. 11 .. > I shall declare its extent, together with all its boundaries. / The sacred field is said to be threefold; that I shall tell you in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.12) kṣetraṃ pīṭhaṃ garbhagṛhaṃ prabhāsasya prakīrtyate .. yathākramaṃ phalaṃ tasya koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ smṛtam .. 12 .. > The field, the seat, and the inner sanctum of Prabhāsa are celebrated; / their fruits are remembered to be millions and millions of times greater in succession. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.13) kṣetraṃ tu prathamaṃ proktaṃ tacca dvādaśayojanam .. pañcayojanamānena kṣetrapīṭhaṃ prakīrtitam .. 13 .. > The field is declared to be the first, and that is twelve yojanas. / The seat of the field is proclaimed to have a measure of five yojanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.14) garbhagṛhaṃ ca gavyūtiḥ karṇikā sā mama priyā .. kṣetrasīmā pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu devi yathākramam .. 14 .. > And the inner sanctum is a gavyūti; that pericarp is dear to me. / I shall declare the boundary of the sacred field; listen, O goddess, in due order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.15) āyāmavyāsataścaiva ādimadhyāntasaṃsthitam .. pūrve taptodaka svāmī paścime mādhavaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 15 .. > In length and breadth, situated from beginning, middle, to end: / in the east is Taptodakasvāmin, in the west Mādhava is remembered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.16) dakṣiṇe sāgarastadvadbhadrā nadyuttare matā .. evaṃ sīmāsamāyuktaṃ kṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanam .. 16 .. > in the south is the ocean, and likewise in the north the river Bhadrā is recognized. / Thus endowed with boundaries is the sacred field of twelve yojanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.17) etatprābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvapātakanāśanam.. tanmadhye pīṭhikā proktā pañcayojanavistṛtā .. 17 .. > This is the sacred field of Prabhāsa, destroying all sins. / Within it, the seat is declared to extend five yojanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.18) nyaṃkumanyapareṇaiva vajriṇyāḥ pūrvatastathā .. māheśvaryā dakṣiṇataḥ samudrottaratastathā .. 18 .. > To the west of the Nyaṅku river and to the east of Vajriṇī, / to the south of Māheśvarī and to the north of the ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.19) āyāmavyāsataścaiva pañcayojanavistaram .. pīṭhametatsamākhyātamatho garbhagṛhaṃ śṛṇu .. 19 .. > in length and breadth an extent of five yojanas, / this is declared to be the seat; now listen to the inner sanctum. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.20) dakṣiṇottarato yāvatsamudrā tkauraveśvarī .. pūrvapaścimato yāvadgomukhāccāśvamedhikam .. etadgarbhagṛhaṃ proktaṃ kailāsānmama vallabham .. 7.1.4.20 .. > From south to north, from the ocean as far as Kauraveśvarī; / from east to west, from Gomukha as far as Āśvamedhika: / this is declared to be the inner sanctum, dearer to me than Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.21) atrāntare tu deveśi yāni tīrthāni bhūtale .. vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca ..21.. > In this intervening space, O ruler of gods, whatever sacred fords there are on the earth, / stepped wells, wells, ponds, and temples of deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.22) sarāṃsi saritaścaiva palvalāni hradāstathā .. tāni medhyāni sarvāṇi sarvapāpaharāṇi ca..22.. > lakes, rivers, puddles, and pools— / all of them are pure and destroy all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.23) yatra tatra naraḥ snātvā svargaloke mahīyate .. kṣetrasya prathamo bhāgo medhyo māheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 23 .. > Bathing anywhere \[there\], a man is honoured in the world of heaven. / The first pure portion of the field is remembered as belonging to Maheśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.24) dvitīyo vaiṣṇavo bhāgo brahmabhāgastṛtīyakaḥ .. tīrthānāṃ koṭirekā tu brāhme bhāge vyavasthitā .. 24 .. > the second portion belongs to Viṣṇu, and the third portion belongs to Brahmā. / One crore of sacred fords is situated in the portion belonging to Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.25) vaiṣṇave koṭirekā tu tīrthānāṃ varavarṇini .. sārddhakoṭistu saṃproktā rudrabhāge ca madhyataḥ .. ..25.. > one crore of sacred fords is in the portion belonging to Viṣṇu, O fair-complexioned lady, / and one and a half crores are declared in the central portion belonging to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.26) evaṃ devi samākhyātaṃ tatkṣetraṃ hi tridaivatam .. guhyādguhyataraṃ kṣetraṃ mama priyataraṃ śubhe ..26.. > Thus, O goddess, that sacred field has been declared to belong to three deities. / A sacred field more secret than the secret, it is most dear to me, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.27) tisraḥ koṭyo'rddhakoṭiśca kṣetre proktā vibhāgataḥ .. yātrā tu trividhā jñeyā tāṃ śṛṇuṣva varānane .. 27 .. > Three and a half crores \[of sacred fords\] are declared in the sacred field according to its divisions. / The pilgrimage is known to be threefold; listen to it, O fair-faced lady! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.28) raudrī tu prathamā yātrā vaiṣṇavī ca dvitīyikā.. brāhmī tṛtīyā saṃkhyātā sarvapātakanāśinī .. .. 28 .. > The first pilgrimage is of Rudra, the second of Viṣṇu, / and the third is recorded as of Brahmā, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.29) brāhme vibhāge saṃproktā icchāśaktirvarānane .. kriyā ca vaiṣṇave bhāge dvitīye tu prakīrtitā ..29.. > In the division of Brahmā, the power of will (icchāśakti) is declared, O fair-faced lady; / and action (kriyāśakti) is proclaimed in the second division, that of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.30) raudre bhāge tṛtīye tu jñānaśaktirvarānane .. yadi pāpo yadi śaṭho yadi naiṣkṛtiko naraḥ .. 7.1.4.30 .. > And in the third division, that of Rudra, the power of knowledge (jñānaśakti) \[abides\], O fair-faced lady. / Even if a man is sinful, even if he is deceitful, even if he is treacherous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.31) nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo madhyabhāge vasettu yaḥ .. himavaṃtaṃ parityajya parvataṃ gaṃdhamādanam .. 31 .. > he is freed from all sins if he dwells in the central division. / Leaving the Himālaya and the Gandhamādana mountain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.32) kailāsaṃ niṣadhaṃ caiva merupṛṣṭhaṃ mahādyutim .. ramyaṃ triśikharaṃ caiva mānasaṃ ca mahāgirim ..32.. > and Kailāsa, Niṣadha, and the brilliantly shining surface of Meru, / and the charming Triśikhara and the great mountain Mānasa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.33) devodyānāni ramyāṇi naṃdanaṃ vanameva ca .. svargasthānāni ramyāṇi tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. tāni sarvāṇi saṃtyajya prabhāse tu ratirmama .. 33 .. > and the delightful gardens of the gods, and the Nandana forest, / the delightful dwellings of heaven, the sacred fords and temples— / abandoning all of them, my delight is in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.34) yastatra vasate devi saṃyatātmā samāhitaḥ .. trikālamapi bhuṃjāno vāyubhakṣasamo bhavet .. 34 .. > Whoever dwells there, O goddess, self-restrained and concentrated in mind, / even if eating at the three times \[of day\], becomes equal to one who lives on air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.35) vighnairāloḍyamāno'pi yaḥ prabhāsaṃ na muṃcati .. sa muṃcati jarāṃ mṛtyuṃ janmacakramaśāśvatam .. 35 .. > Even when tossed about by obstacles, whoever does not abandon Prabhāsa / casts off old age, death, and the impermanent cycle of birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.36) janmāṃtaraśatairdevi yogo vā yadi labhyate .. mokṣasya ca sahasreṇa janmanāṃ labhyate na ca .. 36 .. > Even if yoga is obtained through hundreds of other births, O goddess, / liberation is still not obtained through a thousand births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.37) prabhāse tu mahādevi ye sthitā kṛtaniścayāḥ .. ekena janmanā teṣāṃ mokṣo naivātra saṃśayaḥ .. 37 .. > Those who abide in Prabhāsa with firm resolve, O great goddess— / their liberation occurs within a single birth; there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.38) prabhāse tu sthitā ye vai brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .. mṛtyuṃjayena saṃyuktaṃ japaṃti śatarudriyam .. 38 .. > Those brahmins of strict vows who dwell in Prabhāsa / and recite the Śatarudrīya joined with the Mṛtyuṃjaya \[mantra\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.39) kālāgnirudrasāṃnidhye dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritāḥ .. jñānaṃ cotpadyate tatra ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtareṇa tu .. 39 .. > resorting to the southern direction in the presence of Kālāgnirudra, / knowledge arises there \[in them\] within six months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.40) śivastu procyate vedo nāmaparyāyavācakaiḥ .. tasya cātmasvarūpaṃ tu śatarudraṃ prakīrtitam .. 7.1.4.40 .. > Śiva is declared by the Veda through synonyms of his names, / and the Śatarudra is proclaimed to be his essential self-nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.41) kalpeṣu vedāśca punaḥpunarāvartakāḥ smṛtāḥ .. maṃtrāścaiva tathā devi muktvā tu śatarudriyam .. 41 .. > In the cosmic cycles (kalpas), the Vedas are remembered as recurring again and again, / and the mantras likewise, O goddess, except for the Śatarudrīya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.42) īḍyaṃ caiva tu maṃtreṇa māmeva hi yajaṃti ye .. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya te muktā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 42 .. > Those who, having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / worship only me with that praiseworthy mantra, are liberated; there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.43) samaṃtro'maṃtrako vāpi yastatra vasate naraḥ .. so'pi yāṃ gatimāpnoti yajñairdānairna sādhyate .. 43 .. > A man who dwells there, whether with mantra or without mantra, / also attains that state which cannot be accomplished by sacrifices or gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.44) asmikṣetre svayaṃbhūśca sthitaḥ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ .. rudrāṇāṃ koṭayaścaiva prabhāse saṃvyavasthitāḥ .. 44 .. > The self-manifest Maheśvara is visibly present in this sacred field, / and crores of Rudras are situated in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.45) dhyāyamānāstathoṃkāraṃ sthitāḥ someśadakṣiṇe ..45 .. > Meditating likewise on the syllable Oṃ, they dwell to the south of Someśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.46) brahmāṃḍodaramadhye tu yāni tīrthāni suvrate .. someśvaraṃ gamiṣyaṃti vaiśākhasya caturdaśī ..46.. > Whatever sacred fords there are within the womb of the cosmic egg, O lady of good vows, / they go to Someśvara on the fourteenth day of Vaiśākha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.47) manobuddhirahaṃkāraḥ kāmakrodhau tathā'pare .. ete rakṣaṃti satataṃ someśaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 47 .. > Mind, intellect, egoity, desire and anger, and others— / these constantly protect Someśa, the destroyer of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.48) na sā gatiḥ kurukṣetre gaṃgādvāre tripuṣkare .. yā gatirvihitā puṃsāṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinām .. 48 .. > That goal is not found in Kurukṣetra, at Gaṅgādvāra, or at Tripuṣkara, / which is ordained for men who dwell in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.49) tiryagyonigatāḥ sattvā ye prabhāse kṛtālayāḥ .. kālena nidhanaṃ prāptāstepi yāṃti parāṃ gatim .. 49 .. > Even creatures born in animal wombs who make their abode in Prabhāsa / and meet their end in the course of time attain the supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.50) tadguhyaṃ devadevasya tattīrthaṃ tattapovanam .. tatra brahmādayo devā nārāyaṇapurogamāḥ .. 7.1.4.50 .. > That is the secret place of the God of gods, that sacred ford, that penance-grove; / there, the gods headed by Brahmā and led by Nārāyaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.51) yoginaśca tathā sāṃkhyā bhagavaṃtaṃ sanātanam .. upāsate prabhāsaṃ tu madbhaktā matparāyaṇāḥ .. 51 .. > as well as yogins and followers of Sāṃkhya, devoted to me and intent upon me, / worship the eternal Lord at Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.52) aṣṭau māsānvihāraḥ syādyatīnāṃ saṃyatātmanām .. eke ca caturo māsānaṣṭau vā niyataṃ vaset .. 52 .. > For self-restrained ascetics, wandering should be for eight months; / and some say one should dwell fixedly for four months or for eight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.53) prabhāse tu praviṣṭānāṃ vihārastu na vidyate .. atra yogaśca mokṣaśca prāpyate durlabho naraiḥ .. 53 .. > For those who have entered Prabhāsa, however, no wandering exists; / here yoga and liberation, so difficult for men to attain, are obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.54) tasmātprabhāsaṃ saṃtyajya nānyadgacchettapovanam .. prabhāsaṃ ye na sevaṃte mūḍhāste tamasā vṛtāḥ .. 54 .. > Therefore, one should not leave Prabhāsa and go to another penance-grove. / Those fools who do not resort to Prabhāsa are shrouded in darkness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.55) viṇmūtraretasāṃ madhye saṃbhavaṃti punaḥpunaḥ .. kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobho daṃbhaḥ staṃbho'tha matsaraḥ .. .. 55 .. > they are born again and again amidst feces, urine, and semen. / Desire, anger, greed, hypocrisy, arrogance, envy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.56) nidrā taṃdrā tathā''lasyaṃ paiśunyamiti te daśa .. ete rakṣaṃti satataṃ someśaṃ tīrthanāyakam .. 56 .. > sleep, torpor, laziness, and slander—these ten / constantly protect Someśa, the lord of sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.57) na prabhāse mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ yāti kilbiṣī .. yāvajjīvaṃ naro yastu vasate kṛtaniścayaḥ ..57.. > No sinner who dies in Prabhāsa goes to hell, / nor any man who dwells \[there\] with firm resolve as long as he lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.58) agnihotraiśca saṃnyāsairāśramaiśca supālitaiḥ .. tridaṃḍairekadaṃḍaiśca śaivaiḥ pāśupatairapi ..58.. > Whatever auspicious reward is obtained through agnihotras, renunciation, well-kept hermitages, / by triple-staffed and single-staffed \[ascetics\], by Śaivas and Pāśupatas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.59) etairanyaiśca yatibhiḥ prāpyate yatphalaṃ śubham .. tatsarvaṃ labhyate devi śrīsomeśvarayātrayā .. 59 .. > and by other ascetics, / all of that is obtained, O goddess, by the pilgrimage to holy Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.59_1) eko hyarcayate liṃgaṃ tapasyati tathāparaḥ .. tayormadhye tu śreṣṭho yaḥ someśaṃ ca prapūjayet ..7.1.4.6... > One indeed worships the liṅga, while another performs austerity; / between the two, the one who worships Someśa is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.61) yattadyoge ca sāṃkhye ca siddhāṃte paṃcarātrike .. anyaiśca śāstrairvijñeyaṃ prabhāse saṃvyavasthitam ..61.. > Whatever is to be known in Yoga, Sāṃkhya, the Siddhānta, the Pāñcarātra, / and other treatises is firmly established in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.62) liṃge caiva sthitaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram.. tasmālliṃge sadā devaḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ .. 62 .. > And in the liṅga resides this entire world, both moving and unmoving; / therefore the god should always be worshipped in the liṅga with diligence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.63) mamaiva sā parā mūrtiḥ śrīsomeśākhyayā sthitā .. tena caiṣā tmanātmānamārādhanaparo hyaham .. 63 .. > My supreme form itself abides under the name of holy Someśa; / therefore I myself, through myself, am intent upon worshipping myself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.64) anekajanmasāhasrairbhramamāṇastu janmabhiḥ .. kastāṃ prāpnoti vai muktiṃ vinā someśapūjanāt ..64.. > Wandering through many thousands of births, / who indeed attains that liberation without the worship of Someśa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.65) yatkiñcidaśubhaṃ karma kṛtaṃ mānuṣabuddhinā .. tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti śrīsomeśvarapūjanāt ..65.. > Whatever inauspicious deed was done with human understanding, / all of that vanishes through the worship of holy Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.66) anekajanmakoṭībhirjaṃtubhiryatkṛtaṃ hyagham .. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śrīsomeśvarapūjanāt .. 66 .. > Whatever sin has been committed by beings through crores of various births, / all of that comes to destruction through the worship of holy Someśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.67) tīrthāni yāni loke'sminsevyaṃte pāpamokṣibhiḥ .. tāni sarvāṇi śuddhyarthaṃ prabhāse saṃviśaṃti hi ..67.. > Whatever sacred fords in this world are frequented by those seeking release from sin, / all of them indeed enter Prabhāsa for the sake of their purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.68) yo'sau kālāgnirudrastu procyate vedavādibhiḥ .. so'yaṃ bhairavanāmnā tu prabhāse saṃvyavasthitaḥ .. 68 .. > He who is called Kālāgnirudra by those who expound the Veda / resides in Prabhāsa under the name of Bhairava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.69) janānāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ kṣetramadhye vyavasthitaḥ .. bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya nāśayāmi sureśvari .. 69 .. > Stationed within the sacred field, having assumed the form of Bhairava, / I destroy all the misdeeds of people, O ruler of gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.70) jagatsarvaṃ caritvā tu sthito'haṃ sacarācaram .. tena bhairavanāmāhaṃ prabhāse saṃvyavasthitaḥ .. 7.1.4.70 .. > Having roamed throughout the entire world, moving and unmoving, I have settled \[here\]; / therefore, bearing the name Bhairava, I reside in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.71) agninā yatra taptaṃ tu divyābdānāṃ caturyugam .. meghavāhanakalpe tu tatra liṃgaṃ babhūva ha ..71.. > Where fire performed austerities for a four-age cycle of divine years, / there, indeed, the liṅga arose in the Meghavāhana kalpa. // 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.72) agnimīḍeti vedoktaprabhāvaḥ surasuṃdari .. kālāgnirudranāmā ca devaiḥ sarvairudāhṛtam .. 72 .. > O beautiful goddess, its glory is declared in the Veda with the words 'Agnim īḍe', / and it is called by all the gods by the name Kālāgnirudra. // 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.73) agnīśāneti deveśi nāmatritayamucyate .. kalpekalpe tu nāmāni kathituṃ naiva śakyate .. asaṃkhyatvācca kalpānāṃ brahmaṇā ca varānane .. 73 .. > O ruler of the gods, three names are proclaimed: Agni, Īśa, and Ina. / Yet in every kalpa the names cannot be fully told, / O fair-faced one, even by Brahmā, because the kalpas are countless. // 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.74) evaṃ caiva rahasyaṃ ca mahāgopyaṃ varānane .. snehānmahatyā bhaktyā ca mayā te parikīrtitam ..74.. > And so this secret, highly concealed, O fair-faced one, / has been proclaimed to you by me out of great love and devotion. // 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.75) ekatastu jagatsarvaṃ karma kāṃḍe pratiṣṭhitam .. yajñadānatapohomaiḥ svādhyāyaiḥ pitṛtarpaṇaiḥ ..75.. > On the one side stands the entire world established in the ritual section, / through sacrifices, gifts, austerities, oblations, personal recitations, and libations to ancestors, // 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.76) upavāsairvrataiḥ kṛtsnaiścāṃdrāyaṇaśataistathā .. ṣaḍrātraiśca trirātraiśca tīrthādigamanaiḥ paraiḥ ..76.. > through fasts, entire observances, and hundreds of cāndrāyaṇa penances, / through six-night and three-night fasts, and eminent journeys to sacred fords and other holy places, // 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.77) āśramairvividhākārairyatibhirbrahmacāribhiḥ .. vānaprasthairgṛhasthaiśca vedakarmaparāyaṇaiḥ ..77.. > through the stages of life of various forms—renunciants and celibate students, / forest dwellers and householders devoted to Vedic rituals— // 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.78) anyaiśca vividhākārairlokamārgasthitaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. na tatpadaṃ paraṃ devi śakyaṃ vīkṣayituṃ kvacit .. 78 .. > and through other auspicious ways of life established on worldly paths. / Yet that supreme state, O goddess, cannot be seen anywhere \[by such means\], // 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.79) yāvanna cārcayeddevi someśaṃ liṃganāyakam .. līlayā vāpi tairdraṣṭuṃ tatpadaṃ durlabhaṃ param .. 79 .. > as long as one does not worship Someśa, the sovereign of liṅgas, O goddess. / Even in play, that supreme state is difficult for them to behold. // 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.80) pūjito yairjagannāthaḥ someśaḥ kila bhairavaḥ .. tiryagyonigatā ye tu paśupakṣipipīlikāḥ .. 7.1.4.80 .. > Those who have worshipped the Lord of the Universe, Someśa, indeed Bhairava— / even those who have entered animal wombs: beasts, birds, and ants, // 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.82) antarjjalagatā ye tu kṛmikīṭapataṃgakāḥ .. sthāvarā jaṃgamāścānye manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ striyaḥ .. 8! .. bālā vṛddhāstathā ṣaṇḍhāḥ śvānagarddabhavāyasāḥ .. caṃḍālāḥ puṣkasāḥ śūdrā mlecchā ye'nye viyonijāḥ .. 82 .. > those residing in water: worms, insects, and moths; / other motionless and moving beings, men, beasts, women, / children, the elderly, eunuchs, dogs, donkeys, crows, / outcasts, caṇḍālas, puṣkasas, śūdras, mlecchas, and whatever others are of impure birth, // 81–82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.83) mūrkhāstu paṇḍitāścāpi ye cānye kutsitā bhuvi .. te sarve muktimāyāṃti prabhāse ye mṛtāḥ śubhe .. 83 .. > fools as well as scholars, and whatever other vile beings there are on earth— / all of them attain liberation if they die in auspicious Prabhāsa. // 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.84) kālānalasya rudrasya kālarājena cāgninā .. dagdhāste jantavaḥ sarve prabhāse ye mṛtāḥ śubhe .. 84 .. > By the fire of Rudra the all-destroying flame, and by the fire of Kalarāja, / all those creatures who die in auspicious Prabhāsa are consumed \[and purified\]. // 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.85) durllabhaṃ tu mama kṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ devi pāpinām .. na tatra labhate mṛtyuṃ pāpātmā lokavaṃdite .. 85 .. > Yet my sacred field, Prabhāsa, O goddess, is hard for sinners to reach; / a sinful soul does not meet death there, O one praised by the world. // 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.86) mayā dakṣiṇabhāge ca vighneśaḥ saṃpratiṣṭhitaḥ .. uttare daṇḍapāṇistu kṣetrametacca rakṣati .. 86 .. > By me Vighneśa was established on the southern side, / and Daṇḍapāṇi guards this sacred field on the north. // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.87) tathānye gaṇapāḥ sarve madājñāvaśavartinaḥ .. kṣetraṃ rakṣaṃti deveśi teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu .. 87 .. > Likewise, all the other leaders of gaṇas, obedient to my command, / protect the sacred field, O ruler of the gods; hear their names from me: // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.88) mahābalastu caṇḍīśo ghaṃṭākarṇastu gomukhaḥ .. vināyako mahānādaḥ kākavaktraḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ .. ekākṣo dundubhiścaṃḍastālajaṃghastathaiva ca .. 88 .. > Mahābala, Caṇḍīśa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Gomukha, / Vināyaka, Mahānāda, Kākavaktra, Śubhekṣaṇa, / Ekākṣa, Dundubhi, Caṇḍa, and likewise Tālajaṅgha, // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989) bhūmidaṃḍaśca caṃḍaśca śaṃkukarṇaśca vaidhṛtiḥ .. tālacaṇḍo mahātejā vikaṭāsyo hayānanaḥ .. 989 .. > Bhūmidaṇḍa, Caṇḍa, Śaṅkukarṇa, Vaidhṛti, / Tālacaṇḍa, Mahātejas, Vikaṭāsya, Hayānana, // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_2) hastivaktraḥ śvānavaktro biḍālavadanastathā .. siṃhavyāghramukhāścānye vīrabhadrādayastathā .. 7.1.4.90 .. > Hastivaktra, Śvānavaktra, Biḍālavadana, / and others with faces of lions and tigers, as well as Vīrabhadra and the rest. // 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_3) vināyakaṃ puraskṛtya deva devaṃ kaparddinam .. ekādaśa tathā koṭyo niyutāni trayodaśa .. 91 .. > Placing Vināyaka at their head, \[they serve\] the god of gods, the matted-haired one. / Eleven crores, thirteen millions, // 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_4) arbudaṃ ca gaṇānāṃ ca prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritāḥ .. dvāridvāri pracaṃḍāste śūlamudgarapāṇayaḥ .. 92 .. > and one hundred million gaṇas resort to the sacred field of Prabhāsa. / Fierce at every gate, they hold tridents and clubs in their hands. // 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_5) prabhāsakṣetraṃ rakṣaṃti devadevasya vai gṛham .. na kaścidduṣṭabuddhyā tu praviśediti saṃsthitiḥ .. 93 .. > They protect the sacred field of Prabhāsa, the very dwelling of the God of gods; / it is ordained that no one may enter with wicked intent. // 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_6) śatakoṭigaṇaiścāpi pūrvadvāri tu saṃvṛtaḥ .. aṭṭahāso gaṇo nāma prabhāsaṃ tatra rakṣati .. 94 .. > Surrounded by a hundred crore gaṇas at the eastern gate, / the gaṇa named Aṭṭahāsa protects Prabhāsa there. // 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_7) kālākṣo bhīṣaṇaścaṃḍo vṛto'ṣṭādaśakoṭibhiḥ .. ghaṃṭākarṇagaṇo nāma dakṣiṇaṃ dvāramāśritaḥ ..95.. > The gaṇa named Ghaṇṭākarṇa—dark-eyed, terrifying, and fierce— / surrounded by eighteen crores, guards the southern gate. // 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_8) paścimadvāramāśritya sthitavānviṣṭaro gaṇaḥ .. daṇḍapāṇiḥ sthitastatra devadevasya cottare ..96.. > Resorting to the western gate stands the gaṇa Viṣṭara; / Daṇḍapāṇi stands on the north of the God of gods, // 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_9) yogakṣemaṃ vahannityaṃ prabhāse bhāvitātmanām.. bhīṣaṇākṣastathaiśānyāmāgneyyāṃ chāgavaktrakaḥ .. 97 .. > ever securing the welfare of the devout in Prabhāsa. / Likewise, Bhīṣaṇākṣa is in the northeast, and Chāgavaktraka in the southeast; // 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_10) nairṛtyāṃ caṃḍanādastu vāyavyāṃ bhairavānanaḥ .. nandī caiva mahākālo daṇḍapāṇirvināyakaḥ .. .. 98 .. > Caṇḍanāda is in the southwest, and Bhairavānana in the northwest. / Nandin, Mahākāla, Daṇḍapāṇi, and Vināyaka— // 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_11) eteṅgarakṣakā madhye śatakoṭigaṇairvṛtāḥ .. evaṃ rakṣaṃti bahavo hyasaṃkhyeyā gaṇeśvarāḥ .. 99 .. > these bodyguards stand in the middle, surrounded by a hundred crore gaṇas. / Thus do numerous, innumerable lords of gaṇas protect \[it\]. // 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_12) kalikalmaṣasaṃbhūtyā yeṣāṃ copahatā matiḥ .. na teṣāṃ tadbhavedgamyaṃ sthānamardhendumaulinaḥ .. 7.1.4.100 .. > Those whose minds are corrupted by the rise of Kali-age defilement / cannot reach that abode of the crescent-crested god. // 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_13) gaṃdharvaiḥ kinnarairyakṣairapsarobhistathoragaiḥ .. siddhaiḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ someśaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 101 .. > Having worshipped Someśa, the Lord of gods, the destroyer of sins, / gandharvas, kinnaras, yakṣas, apsarases, uragas, // 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_14) antardhānaṃ gatairnityaṃ prabhāsaṃ tu niṣevyate .. saptalokeṣu ye santi siddhāḥ pātālavāsinaḥ .. pradakṣiṇaṃ te kurvaṃti someśaṃ kālabhairavam .. 102 ... > and siddhas attend upon Prabhāsa, having become invisible. / The siddhas living in Pātāla who dwell in the seven realms / circumambulate Someśa, who is Kālabhairava. // 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_15) pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. lākuliṃ bhārabhūtiṃ ca āṣāḍhiṃ daṇḍameva ca .. 103 .. > Whatever sacred fords and holy sanctuaries there are on earth— / Lākuli, Bhārabhūti, Āṣāḍhi, Daṇḍa, // 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_16) puṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ caiva amareśaṃ tathāparam ... bhairavaṃ madhyamaṃ kālaṃ kedāraṃ kaṇavīrakam .. 104 .. > Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, and also Amareśa, / Bhairava, Madhyama, Kāla, Kedāra, Kaṇavīraka, // 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_17) haricaṃdrastu śaileśastathā vastrāṃtikeśvaraḥ .. aṭṭahāsaṃ mahendraṃ ca śrīśailaṃ ca gayā tathā .. 105 .. > Hariścandra, Śaileśa, Vastrāntikeśvara, / Aṭṭahāsa, Mahendra, Śrīśaila, and Gayā— // 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_18) etāni sarvatīrthāni devaṃ someśvaraṃ prabhum .. pradakṣiṇaṃ prakurvaṃti tatra liṃgaṃ stuvaṃti ca .. 106 .. > all these sacred fords circumambulate the lord, the god Someśvara, / and praise the liṅga there. // 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_19) brahmā janārdanaścānye ye devā jagati sthitāḥ .. agniliṃgasamīpasthāḥ saṃdhyākāle stuvaṃti ca .. 107 .. > Brahmā, Janārdana, and whatever other gods abide in the world, / stand near the fire-liṅga and praise it at the twilight hour. // 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_20) ṣaṣṭikoṭisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭiśatāni ca .. sarve someśvaraṃ yāṃti māghakṛṣṇacaturddaśīm ... .. 108 .. > Sixty thousand crores and sixty hundred crores \[of beings\] / all go to Someśvara on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha. // 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_21) tasminkāle ca yo dadyātsomeśe ghṛtakambalam .. 109 .. > And whoever at that time offers a blanket of ghee upon Someśa— // 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_22) ghṛtaṃ rasaṃ tilāndugdhaṃ jalaṃ caṃdrādhivāsitam .. ekatra kṛtvā kāśmīramityetadghṛtakaṃbalam ..7.1.4.110... > Ghee, sugarcane juice, sesame seeds, milk, water perfumed with camphor, / combined together with saffron: this is the blanket of ghee. // 110 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_23) śivarātryāṃ tu karttavyametadgopyaṃ mama priyam .. evaṃ kṛte ca yatpuṇyaṃ gadituṃ tanna śakyate .. 111 .. > This secret, dear to me, should be performed on Śivarātri; / the merit acquired when this is done cannot be described. // 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_24) tatra dakṣiṇabhāge tu svayaṃ bhūtavināyakam .. prathamaṃ pūjayeddevi yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ ..112.. > There on the southern side, O goddess, one should first worship / the self-manifest Vināyaka, if one desires one's own success. // 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_25) ūṣarāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ prabhāsakṣetramūṣaram .. pīṭhānāṃ caiva pīṭhaṃ ca kṣetrāṇāṃ kṣetramuttamam .. sandehānāṃ ca sarveṣāmayaṃ saṃdeha uttamaḥ .. 113 .. > And of all saline lands, the Prabhāsa sacred field is the supreme saline land; / and of all seats, it is the seat; and of all sacred fields, it is the best. / And of all questions, this question is the highest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_26) ye kecidyoginaḥ saṃti śatakoṭipravistarāḥ .. teṣāṃ kṣetre prabhāse tu ratirnnānyatra kutracit ... .. 114 .. > Whatever yogins exist, numbering in hundreds of millions, / their delight is solely in the Prabhāsa sacred field and nowhere else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_27) liṃgādīśānabhāge tu saṃsthitā surasundari .. 115 .. > In the northeast portion from the liṅga, O beautiful goddess, she is situated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_28) mayā yā kathitā tubhyamumā nāma kalā śubhā .. sā satī procyate devi dakṣasya duhitā purā .. 116 .. > That auspicious portion named Umā, who was described by me to you, / is said to be Satī, O goddess, the daughter of Dakṣa in ancient times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_29) dakṣakopāccharīraṃ tu saṃtyajya paramā kalā .. himavaṃtagṛhe jātā umānāmnā ca viśrutā .. 117 .. > Having abandoned her body out of anger toward Dakṣa, that supreme portion / was born in the house of Himavat and became renowned by the name of Umā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_30) tena devi tvayā sārddhaṃ tatrasthā varadāḥ smṛtāḥ .. navakoṭyastu cāmuṃḍāstasminkṣetre sthitāḥ svayam .. 118 .. > Therefore, O goddess, \[the goddesses\] residing there with you are remembered as boongivers; / and indeed, ninety million Cāmuṇḍās are present in that sacred field by themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_31) caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ tatra tvāṃ yadi pūjayet .. eka viṃśatijanmāni dāridryaṃ tasya no bhavet .. 119 .. > If one worships you there on the bright eighth day in the month of Caitra, / for twenty-one births poverty will not befall him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_32) amā somena saṃyuktā kadācidyadi labhyate .. tasyāṃ someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet .. .. 7.1.4.120 .. > If a new moon day combined with Monday is ever obtained, / having beheld Someśvara on that day, one attains the fruit of ten million sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_33) etatkṣetraṃ mahāguhyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam.. rudrāṇāṃ koṭayo yatra ekādaśa samāsate ..121.. > This sacred field is extremely secret and destroys all sins, / where eleven crores of Rudras reside together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_34) dvādaśātra dineśānāṃ vasavo'ṣṭau samāgatāḥ .. gandharvayakṣarakṣāṃsi asaṃkhyātā gaṇeśvarāḥ ..122.. > Here twelve sun gods have assembled, and eight Vasus, / gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and innumerable lords of gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_35) umāpi tatra pārśvasthā sarvadevaistu saṃstutā .. nandī ca gaṇanātho yo devadevasya śūlinaḥ..123.. > Umā too is situated at the side there, praised by all the gods, / and Nandī, who is the commander of gaṇas for the trident-bearing God of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_36) mahākālasya ye cānye gaṇapāḥ saṃti pārśvagāḥ .. gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva tathā devī sarasvatī ..124.. > and the other leaders of gaṇas who accompany Mahākāla, / as well as Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the goddess Sarasvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_37) anyāśca saritaḥ puṇyā nadāścaiva hradāstathā .. samudrāḥ parvatāḥ kūpā vanaspataya eva ca .. 125 .. > and other sacred streams, rivers, and likewise lakes, / oceans, mountains, wells, and trees— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_38) sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ caiva prabhāse tu samāgatam .. anye caiva gaṇāstatra prabhāse saṃvyavasthitāḥ .. ..126.. > everything stationary and moving has gathered in Prabhāsa, / and other gaṇas are established there in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_39) na mayā kathitāḥ sarva uddeśena kvacitkvacit .. bhaktyā paramayā yukto devadevi vināyakam .. tṛtīyaṃ pūjayettatra vāṃchetkṣetraphalaṃ yadi..127.. > They have not all been spoken of by me, \[save\] here and there by indication. / Endowed with supreme devotion, O goddess of gods, one should worship the third Vināyaka / there, if one desires the fruit of the sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_40) dvādaśaivaṃ tathā cāṣṭau catvāriṃśacca koṭayaḥ .. nadīnāmagnitīrthasya dvāre tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini .. 128 .. > Twelve, eight, and forty crores / of rivers stand at the entrance of Agnitīrtha, O beautiful woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_41) nirmālyalaṃghanaṃ kiṃcidajñātādyadi vai kṛtam .. tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti agnitīrthasya darśanāt ..129.. > If any stepping over the leftover offerings was done through ignorance, / all of that dissolves upon the darśana of Agnitīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_42) devi kiṃ bahunoktena kṣetrametanmahāprabham .. na te varṇayituṃ śakyaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi..7.1.4.13... > O goddess, what is the use of speaking much? This sacred field of great splendor / cannot be described to you even in hundreds of crores of kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_43) ye cāṃtarikṣe bhuvi ye ca devāstīrthāni vai yāni digaṃtareṣu .. kṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pravaraṃ hi teṣāṃ someśvaraṃ devi tathā variṣṭham ..131.. > Whatever gods are in the atmosphere and on earth, and whatever sacred fords are in all directions, / the sacred field of Prabhāsa is indeed the foremost of them, O goddess, and Someśvara is the highest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_44) ye cāṃḍajāścodbhijāścaiva jīvāḥ sasvedajāścaiva jarāyujāśca .. devi prabhāse tu gatāsavo'tha muktiṃ paraṃ yāṃti na saṃśayo'tra .. 132 .. > Whatever beings are egg-born, sprout-born, sweat-born, or womb-born, / O goddess, when their breath has departed in Prabhāsa, they attain supreme liberation; there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_45) iti nigaditametaddevadevasya citraṃ caritamidamaciṃtyaṃ devi te śaṃkarasya .. kalikaluṣavidāraṃ sarvaloko'pi yāyādyadi paṭhati śṛṇoti stauti nityaṃ ya ittham .. 133 .. > Thus has this wonderful and inconceivable deed of the God of gods, Śaṃkara, been told to you, O goddess, / which destroys the impurities of the Kali age; anyone in the whole world may attain it if he constantly recites, hears, or praises it in this manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.4.989\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4.989_46) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kṣetrapramāṇavarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Extent of the Sacred Field', in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.4) · Pramāṇa