[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) › 16.5 # Skandapurana 16.5 Skandapurāṇa 16.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ityevamukte vipreṃdrā śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā .. punaḥ papraccha sā devī harṣasaṃpūrṇamānasā .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When this was spoken by the great-souled Śaṃkara, O best of brahmins, / that goddess, her mind filled with joy, asked again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.2) .. devyuvāca .. .. devadeva jagannātha sarvaprāṇahitāya vai .. prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyaṃ vistarādvada me prabho .. 2 .. > The goddess said: / O God of gods, Lord of the universe, for the welfare of all living beings, / tell me in detail, O Lord, the māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. anyaddṛṣṭāṃtarūpaṃ te kathayāmi yaśasvini .. yena sṛṣṭaṃ mahādevi kṣetrametanmama priyam .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / I shall tell you another illustrative narrative, O illustrious one, / of how this sacred field, dear to me, was created, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.4) yā gatirdhyāyatāṃ nityaṃ niḥsaṃgānāṃ ca yoginām .. saivaṃ saṃtyajatāṃ prāṇānprabhāse tu parā gatiḥ .. 4 .. > The state that belongs to unattached yogins who meditate perpetually / is that very supreme state for those who cast off their life-breaths in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.5) anekakalpasthāyī ca mārkaṃḍeyo mahātapāḥ .. so'pi devaṃ virūpākṣaṃ prabhāse tu sadā'rcati ..5.. > Even the great ascetic Mārkaṇḍeya, who endures for many kalpas, / always worships the god Virūpākṣa in Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.6) aṭitvā sarvatīrthāni prabhāsaṃ naiva muṃcati .. durvāsāśca mahātejā liṃgasyārādhanodyataḥ .. na muṃcati kṣaṇaṃ devi tatkṣetraṃ śaśimaulinaḥ .. 6 .. > Having wandered through all sacred fords, he never abandons Prabhāsa. / And Durvāsas, endowed with great splendor, intent upon worshipping the liṅga, / does not abandon for a moment that sacred field of the moon-crested god, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.7) bharadvājo marīciśca muniścoddālakastathā .. kratuścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca kaśyapo bhṛgureva ca ... 7 .... > Bharadvāja, Marīci, the sage Uddālaka, / Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, and Bhṛgu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.8) dakṣaścaiva tu sāvarṇiryamaścāṃgirasastathā.. .. śuko vibhāṃḍakaścaiva ṛṣyaśṛṃgo'tha gobhilaḥ ..8.. > Dakṣa, Sāvarṇi, Yama, and Aṅgiras, / Śuka, Vibhāṇḍaka, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, and Gobhila, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.9) gautamaśca ṛcīkaśca agastyaḥ śaunako mahān.. nārado jamadagniśca viśvāmitro'tha lomaśaḥ .. 9 .. > Gautama, Ṛcīka, the great Śaunaka, Agastya, / Nārada, Jamadagni, Viśvāmitra, and Lomaśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.10) anye ca ṛṣayaścaiva divyā devarṣayastathā .. na muṃcaṃti mahākṣetraṃ liṃgasyārādhanodyatāḥ .. 7.1.5.10 .. > and other seers and divine celestial seers, / intent on worshipping the liṅga, do not abandon the great sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.11) ahaṃ tatraiva tiṣṭhāmi liṃgārādhanatatparaḥ .. na muṃcāmi mahākṣetraṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane .. 11 .. > I myself reside right there, intent upon worshipping the liṅga; / I do not abandon the great sacred field; truly, truly, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.12) sarvatīrthāni deveśi mayā dṛṣṭāni bhūtale .. prabhāsena samaṃ kṣetraṃ naiva dṛṣṭaṃ kadācana .. 12 .. > All sacred fords on the earth's surface have been seen by me, O goddess of the gods; / a sacred field equal to Prabhāsa has never been seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.13) devi ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi yājñavalkyapuraskṛtāḥ .. japaṃ kurvaṃti rudrāṇāṃ candrabhāgāṃ vyavasthitāḥ .. 13 .. > O goddess, sixty thousand \[seers\] led by Yājñavalkya, / residing along the Candrabhāgā, perform the chanting of the Rudras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.14) catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām .. devikātaṭamāśritya japaṃti śatarudriyam .. 14 .. > Forty thousand seers of upward-drawn seed, / resorting to the bank of the Devikā, chant the Śatarudriya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.15) koṭayaścaiva paṃcāśanmunīnāmūrddhvaretasām .. umāpatiṃ samāsādya liṃgaṃ tatraiva saṃsthitam .. 15 .. > And fifty crores of sages of upward-drawn seed, / having reached Umāpati, \[worship\] the liṅga situated right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.16) rudrāṇāṃ koṭi jāpyaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tatraiva taiḥ purā .. koṭistatraiva saṃsiddhāstasmiṃlliṃge na saṃśayaḥ ..16.. > A crore of recitations of the Rudras was performed by them right there in ancient times; / a crore \[of them\] attained perfection right there at that liṅga, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.17) śataṃ caiva sahasrāṇāṃ deveśaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇam .. pūjayaṃti mahāsiddhā mama kṣetraniṣeviṇaḥ ..17.. > And a hundred thousand great perfected beings, devotees of my sacred field, / worship the Lord of gods, who is adorned with the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.18) vedāṃteṣu ca yatproktaṃ phalaṃ caiva maharṣibhiḥ .. tatphalaṃ sakalaṃ tatra caṃdrabhūṣaṇadarśanāt .. 18 .. > And whatever reward has been proclaimed in the Upaniṣads by the great seers, / that entire reward is attained there by the darśana of the moon-adorned god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.19) agnitīrthe ṛṣīṇāṃ tu koṭiḥ sāgrā sthitā śubhe .. rudreśvare smṛtaṃ lakṣaṃ kaṃparddīśe tathaiva ca .. 19 .. > At Agnitīrtha, O auspicious one, more than a crore of seers reside; / a hundred thousand are recorded at Rudreśvara, and likewise at Kapardīśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.20) ratneśvare sahasraṃ tu ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām .. arkasthale mahāpuṇye koṭiḥ sāgrā sthitā śubhe .. 7.1.5.20 .. > At Ratneśvara dwell a thousand seers of upward-drawn seed; / at auspicious Arkasthala, of great religious merit, over a crore reside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.21) ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi tatra siddheśvare sthitāḥ .. sapta caiva sahasrāṇi mārkaṃḍeye tu saṃsthitāḥ .. 21 .. > Sixty thousand abide there at Siddheśvara; / and seven thousand reside at Mārkaṇḍeya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.22) sarasvatyāṃ brahmakuṇḍe'saṃkhyātā munayaḥ smṛtāḥ .. daśārbudasahasrāṇi koṭitritayameva ca .. 22 .. > Countless sages are remembered at Brahmakuṇḍa on the Sarasvatī; / ten times a hundred million, and indeed three crores, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.23) ṛṣayastatra tiṣṭhaṃti yatra prācī sarasvatī .. brahmahatyā gatā yatra śaṃkarasya ca tatkṣaṇāt .. 23 .. > seers dwell there where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī \[runs\], / where Śaṃkara’s sin of killing a brahmin vanished in that very instant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.24) kāyaḥ suvarṇatāṃ prāpa kapālaṃ patitaṃ karāt .. jñātvaivaṃ śaṃkinā pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ tatra mahātapaḥ .. 24 .. > his body attained a golden hue, and the skull fell from his hand. / Knowing this, great austerity was formerly performed there by Śaṅkin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.25) tuṣṭaḥ śrīśaṃkaro devo liṃga vāsavareṇa tu .. koṭiyajñaphalaṃ snāne prācyāṃ liṃgasya pūjane .. 25 .. > The god Lord Śaṃkara was pleased with the liṅga by Vāsava’s boon: / the fruit of a crore of sacrifices \[is gained\] through ritual ablution in the eastward-flowing \[stream\] and worship of the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.26) piṃḍe gayāśataguṇamamāsomayute dine .. bhūtāyāṃ piṃḍadastatra kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet .. 26 .. > Through an ancestral cake, a hundred times the fruit of Gayā is gained on a new-moon day falling on a Monday; / one who offers an ancestral cake there on the fourteenth day delivers a crore of ancestors in his lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.27) ye cātra malanāśāya nimaṅkṣyaṃti ca mānavāḥ .. daśagodānajaṃ puṇyaṃ teṣāmapi bhaviṣyati ..27.. > And whatever men bathe there for the destruction of impurities, / they too shall obtain the merit born of the gift of ten cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.28) pādena vā krīḍamānā jalaṃ lipsaṃti ye narā .. teṣāmapi śrāddhaphalaṃ vidhivatsaṃbhaviṣyati .. tatra liṃgāni pūjyāni śūlabhedādikāni tu .. 28 .. > Or men who, playing about, touch the water with their foot, / to them also shall accrue the fruit of a śrāddha performed according to rule. / The liṅgas there, such as Śūlabheda and the others, are to be worshipped; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.29) evaṃ vikalpya liṃgāni aśvamedha phalāni tu .. darśanenāpi sarveṣāṃ sparśāddhi dviguṇaṃ phalam ..29.. > thus regarding the liṅgas, the fruits of horse-sacrifices \[accrue\]. / By the mere darśana of them all, \[the fruit is attained\]; indeed, by touch the fruit is doubled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.29_1) evaṃ tuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ sthitaḥ prācīvane dhruvam .. mano'pi ye kariṣyaṃti snānadāneṣu kā kathā ..7.1.5.3... > Thus pleased, the Lord of the Universe dwells forever in the forest of the eastward-flowing \[stream\]. / What need be said of those who even set their mind on ritual ablution and gifts? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.31) teṣāṃ tuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ śaṃkaro nīlalohitaḥ .. triṃśatkoṭigaṇastatra prācīṃ rakṣaṃti sarvataḥ ..31.. > With them the Lord of the Universe, Śaṃkara, the Blue-and-Red Lord, is well pleased. / A host of thirty crores guards the eastward-flowing \[stream\] there on every side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.32) mahāpāpasamācāraḥ pāpiṣṭho vā'ti kilbiṣī .. ghuṇākṣaramiva prāṇānprācyāṃ muktvā śivaṃ vrajet .. 32 .. > Whether one is of great sinful conduct, the most sinful, or exceedingly guilty, / relinquishing his breath at the eastward-flowing \[stream\], even as by mere chance, he reaches Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.33) dadhikaṃbaladānaṃ tu tatra deyaṃ dvijottame .. kathitaṃ pāpaśamanaṃ sārātsārataraṃ dhruvam .. 33 .. > A gift of curd and a blanket should be given there to an eminent twice-born; / it is declared as that which quells sin, truly the quintessential of the quintessential. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.34) adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi hiraṇyāśca mahodayam .. durvāsasā tapastaptaṃ tatra sūryaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 34 .. > Now I shall proclaim the great rise of Hiraṇyā; / austerity was performed there by Durvāsas, and the Sun was installed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.35) koṭirekā tu tatraiva ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām .. caturviṃśatitattvānāmadhiko balarūpadhṛk .. 35 .. > Right there resides a crore of seers of upward-drawn seed, / surpassing the twenty-four cosmic principles, bearing form and strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.36) yatra tiṣṭhati deveśi bhṛgukoṭisamanvitaḥ .. anyatra brāhmaṇānāṃ tu koṭyā yacca phalaṃ labhet .. 36 .. > where, O Goddess of the gods, he abides accompanied by a crore of Bhṛgus. / Whatever fruit one would obtain elsewhere from \[feeding\] a crore of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.38) brahmasthāne tathaikena bhojitena tu tatphalam .. evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi tatra tiṣṭhāmi nirvṛtaḥ.. koṭirbhirdevaṛṣibhirdevaiḥ saha samāvṛtaḥ .. tīrthāni tatra tiṣṭhaṃti aṃtarbhūtāni vai kalau .. 38 .. > that fruit is attained by feeding just one in this seat of Brahmā. / Knowing this, O great Goddess, I remain contented there / surrounded by crores of celestial seers and gods. / The sacred fords remain there, hidden inside, in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.39) tatra kṣetre mahāramye yatra someśvaraḥ sthitaḥ.. mama devi gaṇau dvau tu vibhramaḥ saṃbhramaḥ paraḥ .. 39 .. > In that most delightful sacred field where Someśvara resides, / there are two attendants of mine, O Goddess: Vibhrama and the supreme Saṃbhrama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.40) tau cātra kṣetrasaṃsthānāṃ lokānāṃ bhramavibhramaiḥ .. yojayaṃti sadā cittaṃ vikalpānaikyasaṃkulam .. 7.1.5.40 .. > These two, through illusions and delusions, ever perplex the minds / of the people dwelling in the sacred field, filling them with doubts and division. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.41) vināyakopasargāśca daśa doṣāstathā pare .. evaṃ kṣetraṃ tu rakṣaṃti pāpināṃ duṣṭacetasām .. 41 .. > There are troubles caused by the Vināyakas, and likewise other ten blemishes; / in this way they guard the sacred field from sinful persons of wicked mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.42) daṃḍapāṇiṃ tu ye bhaktyā paśyaṃtīha narottamāḥ .. na teṣāṃ jāyate vighnaṃ tatra kṣetranivāsinām .. 42 .. > The best of men who behold Daṇḍapāṇi here with devotion, / to those residents of the sacred field no obstacle arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.43) brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā vai varṇasaṃkarāḥ .. akāmā vā sakāmā vā prabhāse ye mṛtāḥ śubhe .. 43 .. > Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, or those of mixed castes, / without desire or full of desire, who die in auspicious Prabhāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.44) caṃdrārddhamaulinaḥ sarve lalāṭākṣā vṛṣadhvajāḥ .. śive mama pure divye jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ .. 44 .. > all crowned with the crescent moon, having an eye on the forehead, and with the bull upon their banners, / those men are reborn there in my divine city of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.45) yastatra vasate vipraḥ saṃyatātmā samāhitaḥ .. trikālamapi bhuṃjāno vāyubhakṣasamo bhavet .. 45 .. > The wise brahmin who dwells there, self-controlled and concentrated in mind, / even if eating at the three times of the day, becomes equal to one who feeds on air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.46) meroḥ śakyā guṇā vaktuṃ dvīpānāṃ ca guṇāstathā .. samudrāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śakyā vaktuṃ guṇāḥ priye .. 46 .. > It is possible to recount the virtues of Meru, and likewise the virtues of the continents; / the virtues of all the oceans can also be told, my dear; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.47) ādidevasya deveśi maheśasya mahāprabhoḥ .. śakyā naiva guṇā vaktuṃ varṣākoṭiśatairapi .. 47 .. > yet the virtues of the primordial God, the Great Lord, the Supreme Sovereign, / can never be told, O Goddess of the gods, even in hundreds of crores of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.5.47\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5.47_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kṣetrastharṣidevagaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter, entitled “Description of the Hosts of Seers and Gods Residing in the Field,” in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first \[subdivision\] 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.16.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.5) · Pramāṇa