[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) › 16.60 # Skandapurana 16.60 Skandapurāṇa 16.60 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. prabhāsakṣetradūtīnāṃ tritayaṃ varavarṇini .. atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu hyekamanāḥ priye .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / O fair-complexioned one, I shall now declare to you / the triad of female messengers of the Prabhāsakṣetra; listen with single-minded focus, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.2) prathamā maṃgalā devī viśālākṣī dvitīyikā .. tathā catvaradevī tu tṛtīyā parikīrtitā .. 2 .. > The first is the goddess Maṅgalā, and the second is Viśālākṣī; / likewise, the goddess Catvarapriyā is proclaimed to be the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.3) yathānukramataḥ pūjyāḥ śaktayastā varānane .. prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāḥ phalaprepsurnaro yadi .. 3 .. > These Śaktis should be worshipped in their proper order, O lovely-faced one, / if a person desires to obtain the fruit of the pilgrimage to Prabhāsakṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.4) .. devyuvāca .. .. kasminsthāne sthitā deva dūtyastāḥ kṣetrarakṣikāḥ .. kasya tāḥ kathamārādhyāḥ kathaṃ pūjyā jagatpate ..4.. .. > The Devī said: / In what place are those messengers who guard the sacred field situated, O God? / To whom do they belong, how are they to be propitiated, and how worshipped, O Lord of the universe? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. brāhmī tu maṃgalā proktā viśālākṣī tu vaiṣṇavī .. raudrīśaktiḥ samākhyātā devī sā catvarapriyā .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / Maṅgalā is proclaimed to be Brāhmī, and Viśālākṣī is Vaiṣṇavī; / that goddess fond of crossroads is declared to be the Raudrī Śakti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.6) maṃgalā prathamaṃ pūjyā ajādevyuttare sthitā .. rāhvīśāddakṣiṇebhāge nātidūre varānane .. 6 .. > Maṅgalā, situated to the north of Ajādevī, is to be worshipped first; / she is on the southern side of Rāhvīśa, not very far away, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.7) someśvarapratiṣṭhāpya prārabdhe yajñakarmaṇi .. somena tatra devānāmāgatā sā didṛkṣayā .. 7 .. > When Someśvara had been consecrated and the sacrificial rite begun / by Soma, she came there eager to see the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.8) brahmādīnāṃ ca sā yasmānmāṃgalyaṃ kṛtavatyume .. tasmātsā maṃgalā proktā sarvamāṃgalyadāyinī .. 8 .. > And because she brought auspiciousness to Brahmā and the others, O Umā, / therefore she is proclaimed Maṅgalā, the giver of all auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.9) tṛtīyāyāṃ tu yā nārī naro vā pūjayiṣyati .. tasyā'maṃgalyaduḥkhāni nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 9 .. > Whatever woman or man worships her on the third lunar day, / all their inauspicious misfortunes will go to destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.10) dampatībhojanaṃ tatra phaladānaṃ sakañcukam .. praśastaṃ pṛṣadājyasya prāśanaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 7.1.60.10 .. > Feeding a married couple, gifting fruit along with a bodice, / and sipping ghee mixed with curd—which destroys sin—are commended there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.11) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam .. maṃgalāyāśca māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 11 .. > Thus has been declared in brief the great glory, conferring great prosperity, / and the māhātmya of Maṅgalā, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.60.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60.60) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṅgalāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 .. > Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Maṅgalā', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.60.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.60) · Pramāṇa