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(1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.2) someśādvāyave bhāge ṣaṣṭidhanvatare sthitā .. tatra pīṭhaṃ mahādevi yoginīgaṇavanditam .. 2 .. > She is located sixty bow-lengths in the north-western direction from Someśa. / There is the seat, O Great Goddess, praised by the host of yoginīs. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.3) tasminsthāne sthitaṃ devi pātālavivaraṃ mahat .. tasminmahāprabhe sthāne rakṣārūpeṇa saṃsthitām .. 3 .. > In that place, O goddess, is a great cavity leading to Pātāla. / In that place of great radiance, she who is situated in the form of protection, (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.4) pātālanidhi nikṣepadivyauṣadhirasāyanam .. kṣetramadhye sthitaṃ sarvaṃ tadarcanarato labhet .. 4 .. > the treasures, deposits, divine herbs, and elixirs of Pātāla— / one devoted to her worship will obtain all that is situated within the sacred field. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.5) bhairavīti ca taddevyāḥ pūrvaṃ nāma prakīrttitam .. asminpunaścāṃtare tu aṣṭāviṃśe caturyuge .. tretāyugamukhe rājā ajāpālo babhūva ha .. 5 .. > ‘Bhairavī’ was proclaimed to be that goddess's former name. / But again, in this interval, in the twenty-eighth four-age cycle, / at the beginning of the Tretāyuga, there was a king named Ajāpāla. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.6) tena cāgatya kṣetresminpaṃcavarṣaśatāni ca .. bhairavī pūjitā devī vyādhigrastena bhāmini .. 6 .. > And having come to this sacred field, for five hundred years / the goddess Bhairavī was worshipped by him, who was afflicted with diseases, O passionate one. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.7) tataḥ provāca taṃ devī saṃtuṣṭā rājasattamam .. alaṃ kleśena rājarṣe tuṣṭāhaṃ tava bhaktitaḥ .. 7 .. > Then, well pleased, the goddess addressed that best of kings: / “Enough with distress, O royal sage! I am pleased with your devotion.” (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.8) ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājā kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sudhīḥ .. praṇamyovāca tāṃ devīmānaṃdāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ .. 8 .. > Thus addressed, the wise king then, joining his palms in reverence / and bowing down, spoke to that goddess, his eyes clouded with tears of joy: (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.9) yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi varārho yadi vāpyaham .. sarve rogāḥ śarīrānme nāśaṃ yāṃtu bahiḥ kṛtāḥ .. 9 .. > “If you are pleased with me, O goddess, or if I am worthy of a boon, / may all diseases leave my body, cast outside, and be destroyed.” (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.10) evamuktā tu sā devī punaḥ provāca taṃ nṛpam .. sarvameva mahārāja yathoktaṃ te bhaviṣyati .. 7.1.58.10 .. > Addressed thus, that goddess spoke again to the king: / “Everything will be for you, O great king, just as you have spoken.” (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.11) ityukte tu tadā devyā tasya rājñaḥ kalevarāt .. nirgatā vyādhayastatra ajārūpeṇa vai pṛthak .. 11 .. > When this was spoken by the goddess, then from the body of that king / the diseases came out separately in the form of goats, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.12) sahasrāṇāṃ tu pañcaiva niyataṃ sārddhameva ca .. iti vṛtte mahādevyā punaḥ prokto narādhipaḥ ..12 .. > five thousand and a half precisely. / This having taken place, the king of men was addressed again by the Great Goddess: (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.13) rājannetānajārūpānvyādhīnpālaya kṛtsnaśaḥ .. kiṃkurvāṇā bhaviṣyaṃti tavaivādeśakāriṇaḥ .. 13 ... > “O king, protect all these diseases in the form of goats! / They will become your servants, obedient to your command. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.14) ajāpāleti te nāma khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati .. tava nāmnā mama nāma ajāpāleśvarīti ca .. bhaviṣyati dharāpṛṣṭhe tacca yāvaccaturyugam .. .. 14 .. > Your name will be renowned in the world as Ajāpāla (‘Goat-Protector’). / And after your name, my name shall be Ajāpāleśvarī / upon the face of the earth, as long as the four-age cycle lasts. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.15) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ yo'tra māṃ pūjayiṣyati .. tasyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ dāsye tuṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ .. 15 .. > Whoever will worship me here on the eighth and fourteenth \[lunar days\], / pleased, I will bestow eightfold majesty upon him without a doubt. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.16) aśvayukchuklāṣṭamyāṃ ca triḥ kṛtvā tu pradakṣiṇām .. someśaṃ madhyataḥ kṛtvā saṃsnāpyābhyarcya māṃ pṛthak .. tasya varṣatrayaṃ rājanna bhīḥ śoko bhaviṣyati .. 16 .. > And on the bright eighth of Āśvina, having circumambulated three times, / keeping Someśa in the center, and having bathed and worshipped me separately, / O king, he will have neither fear nor grief for three years. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.17) yā tu vaṃdhyā bhavennārī rogiṇī durbhagā tathā .. tayoktā navamī kāryā mamāgre tuṣṭivarddhinī .. 17 .. > A woman who is barren, diseased, or likewise unfortunate, / should perform the prescribed ninth \[lunar day\] before me, which increases satisfaction.” (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.18) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktvā tu tadā devī tatraivāṃtarhitā'bhavat .. prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthaḥ sa rājātulavikramaḥ .. 18 .. > Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus, the goddess then vanished right there. / That king of unequalled valor, remaining within the Prabhāsa sacred field, (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.19) pālayāmāsa dharmātmā tānajānvyādhirūpiṇaḥ .. auṣadhīrvividhākārāsteṣāṃ yāḥ puṣṭihetavaḥ .. 19 .. > the righteous-minded one, tended those goats in the form of diseases, / and various kinds of medicinal herbs that were the cause of their nourishment. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.20) tatra varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ puṣṭiṃ nītā ajāḥ pṛthak .. mahānidhānasaṃsthānamajāpālena nirmiṃtam.. 7.1.58.20 .. > There, for a full century of years, the goats were separately brought to nourishment. / The great repository's abode was constructed by Ajāpāla. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.21) atha tasyāḥ prasādena sa rājā pṛthuvikramaḥ .. saptadvīpādhipo jātaḥ sūryavaṃśavibhūṣaṇaḥ .. 21 .. > Then, by her grace, that king of vast prowess / became the ruler of seven continents, an ornament of the solar dynasty. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.22) .. devyuvāca .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ deva ajā devyāḥ samudbhavam .. punaśca śrotumicchāmi tasya rājñodbhutaṃ mahat .. 22 .. > The goddess said: / “This is exceedingly wondrous, O god, the origin of the goddess \[named from\] goats! / I wish to hear further the great wonder performed by that king. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.23) kathaṃ rājā sa deveśa saptadvīpāṃ vasundharām.. śaśāsa eka evāsau kathaṃ te vyādhayaḥ kṛtāḥ .. 23 .. > How, O Lord of gods, did that king rule the earth of seven continents / all alone? And how were those diseases made \[into goats\]?” (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.24) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. purā babhūva rājarṣirdilīpa iti viśrutaḥ .. dīrgho nāma sutastasya raghustasmādajāyata .. 24 .. > Īśvara said: / Formerly, there was a renowned royal sage named Dilīpa. / His son was named Dīrgha, and from him Raghu was born. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.25) ajaḥputro raghoścāpi tasmādyaścātivīryavān .. sa bhairavīṃ samārādhya kṛtvā vyādhīnajāgaṇān ..25.. > And Raghu's son was Aja, who was born from him, of immense prowess. / Having propitiated Bhairavī and turned the diseases into flocks of goats, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.26) pālayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo hyajāpālastato'bhavat.. tasminkāle babhūvātha rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ..26.. > he protected \[the earth\], delighted; thus he became Ajāpāla. / At that time, Rāvaṇa was the lord of the rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.27) laṃkāsthitaḥ suragaṇānniyuyoja svakarmasu.. akhaṃḍamaṃḍalaṃ candramātapatraṃ cakāra ha..27.. > Residing in Laṅkā, he assigned the hosts of gods to his personal tasks: / he made the unbroken orb of the moon his parasol; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.28) indraṃ senāpatiṃ cakre vāyuṃ pāṃsupramārjakam.. varuṇaṃ dūtakarmasthaṃ dhanadaṃ dhanarakṣakam..28.. > he made Indra his general, Vāyu the sweeper of dust, / Varuṇa employed in the work of an envoy, Dhanada the guardian of wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.29) yamaṃ saṃyamane'rīṇāṃ yuyuje mantraṇe manum.. meghāśchardaṃti liṃpaṃti drumāḥ puṣpāṇi cikṣipuḥ..29.. > Yama for subduing enemies, and he employed Manu in counsel; / the clouds poured water and plastered \[the grounds\], the trees cast down flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.29_1) saptarṣayaḥ śāṃtiparā brāhmaṇāḥ śaṃsinaḥ priyaḥ.. nāgā yāmakakakṣāyāṃ gandharvā gītatatparāḥ..7.1.58.3... > the seven seers were dedicated to peace-offerings, the brahmins uttered pleasing praises, / the serpents stood watch at the gate, the gandharvas were intent on singing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.31) prekṣaṇīye'psarovṛṃdaṃ vādye vidyādharā vṛtāḥ.. gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ pāne gārhapatye hutāśanaḥ..31.. > the host of apsarases was gathered for spectacles, the vidyādharas for instrumental music, / the Gaṅgā and other rivers for drinking water, Hutāśana for the household fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.32) viśvakarmāṃgasaṃskāre tena śilpī niyojitaḥ.. tiṣṭhaṃti pārthivāḥ sarve puraḥ sevāvidhāyinaḥ..32.. > and the craftsman Viśvakarman was appointed by him for personal adornment. / All the earthly kings stood before him, rendering service; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.33) dṛśyaṃte bhāsvarai ratnaiḥ praskhalaṃto vibhūṣaṇaiḥ.. tāndṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ prāha prahastaṃ pratihārakam..33.. > they were seen stumbling because of their radiant gems and ornaments. / Seeing them, Rāvaṇa said to Prahasta, the chamberlain: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.34) sevāṃ karttuṃ mama sthāne brūhi ke'tra samāgatāḥ .. uvāca sa praṇamyāgre daṇḍapāṇirniśācaraḥ .. 34 .. > "Tell me, who have arrived here to render service at my abode?" / Bowing before him, that night-roaming demon, staff in hand, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.35) eṣa kākutstho māṃdhātā dhundhumāro nalo'rjunaḥ .. yayātirnahuṣo bhīmo rāghavo'yaṃ vidūrathaḥ .. 35 .. > "Here is the scion of Kakutstha, Māndhātṛ, Dhundhumāra, Nala, Arjuna, / Yayāti, Nahuṣa, Bhīma, this descendant of Raghu, and Vidūratha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.36) ete cānye ca bahavo rājāna iha cāgatāḥ .. sevākarāstava sthāne nājāpāla iho gataḥ .. 36 .. > these and many other kings have arrived here / to render service at your abode; but Ajāpāla has not come here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.37) rāvaṇaḥ kupitaḥ prāha śīghraṃ dūta visarjaya .. ityuktvā prahito dūto dhūmrākṣo nāma rākṣasaḥ.. 37 .. > Infuriated, Rāvaṇa said: "Send an envoy quickly!" / Having spoken thus, an envoy was dispatched, a rākṣasa named Dhūmrākṣa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.38) dhūmrākṣa gaccha brūhi tvamajāpālaṃ mamā jñayā .. sevāṃ karttuṃ mamāgaccha karaṃ vā yaccha pārthiva .. 38 .. > "Dhūmrākṣa, go and tell Ajāpāla by my command: / 'Come to render service to me, or pay tribute, O king! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.39) athavā candrahāsena tvāṃ kariṣye vikaṃdharam .. rāvaṇenaivamuktastu dhūmrākṣo garuḍo yathā .. .. 39 .. > Otherwise, I will make you neckless with Candrahāsa.'" / Thus addressed by Rāvaṇa, Dhūmrākṣa, like Garuḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.40) saṃprāptastāṃ purīṃ ramyāṃ tava rājakulaṃ gataḥ .. dadarśāyāṃtamekaṃ sa ajāpālamajāvṛtam .. 7.1.58.40 .. > reached that delightful city and went to the royal palace. / He saw Ajāpāla coming alone, surrounded by goats, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.41) muktakeśaṃ muktakacchaṃ svarṇakaṃbaladhāriṇam .. yaṣṭiskaṃdhaṃ reṇuvṛtaṃ vyādhibhiḥ parivāritam .. 41 .. > with disheveled hair, loose loincloth, wearing a golden woolen blanket, / with a staff on his shoulder, covered in dust, surrounded by diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.42) nighnaṃtamiva śārdūlaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam .. mahyāmālikhya nāmāni vinighnaṃtaṃ dviṣāṃ gaṇam.. 42 .. > as if striking down a tiger, destroying all afflictions, / writing the names on the earth and smiting the host of his foes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.43) snātaṃ bhuktaṃ nijasthāne kṛtakṛtyaṃ manuṃ yathā .. dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamanāḥ prāha dhūmrākṣo rāvaṇoditam .. 43 .. > bathed and fed in his own abode, like Manu having accomplished his duty. / Seeing him, Dhūmrākṣa, pleased in mind, spoke what Rāvaṇa had said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.44) ajāpālo'pi sākṣepaṃ pratyu ktvā kāraṇottaram .. preṣayāmāsa dhūmrākṣaṃ tataḥ kṛtyaṃ samādadhe .. 44 .. > Ajāpāla, having also replied with reproach and given a reasoned answer, / sent Dhūmrākṣa away, and then addressed the task at hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.45) jvaramākārayitvā tu provācedaṃ mahīpatiḥ.. gaccha laṃkādhipasthānamācara tvaṃ yathoditam .. 45 .. > Having summoned Fever, the king said this: / "Go to the abode of the lord of Laṅkā, and act as directed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.46) niyuktastvajapālena jvaro divi jagāma ha .. gatvā ca kaṃpayāmāsa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram .. 46 .. > Commissioned by Ajāpāla, Fever went to the sky; / and having gone, he caused Rāvaṇa, the lord of the rākṣasas, to tremble. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.47) rāvaṇastaṃ viditvā tu jvaraṃ paramadāruṇam .. provāca tiṣṭhatu nṛpastena me na prayojanam .. 47 .. > Recognizing that exceedingly terrible fever, Rāvaṇa / said: "Let the king remain \[where he is\]; I have no need of him!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.48) tataḥ sa vijvaro rājā babhūva dhanadānujaḥ .. evaṃ tasya caritrāṇi saṃti cānyāni koṭiśaḥ .. 48 .. > Then that king, the younger brother of Dhanada, became free from fever. / In this manner there are millions of other deeds of his, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.49) ajāpālasya deveśi sūryavattviṭkirīṭinaḥ .. tenaiṣā''rādhitā devī ajāpālena dhīmatā .. sarvarogapraśamanī sarvo padravanāśinī .. 49 .. > of Ajāpāla, O goddess, whose diadem shone like the sun. / By that wise Ajāpāla this goddess was propitiated— / she who pacifies all sickness and destroys all afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.50) pūjayettāṃ vidhānena bhogepsuryadi mānavaḥ .. gaṃdhairdhūpairalaṃkārairvastrairanyaiśca bhaktitaḥ .. 7.1.58.50 .. > If a mortal desires enjoyments, he should worship her according to rule / with perfumes, incenses, ornaments, garments, and other offerings, in devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.51) iti te kathitaṃ sarvamajādevyāḥ samudbhavam .. sarvaduḥkhopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 51 .. > Thus has the entire origin of the goddess Ajā been told to you, / which pacifies all sorrows and destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.58.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58.58) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 58 .. > Thus ends the fifty-eighth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of Ajāpāleśvarī," in the first \[part\], the Greatness of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsa Section, of the venerable 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.16.58.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.67.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.58) · Pramāṇa