[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) › 16.6 # Skandapurana 16.6 Skandapurāṇa 16.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. atyadbhutaṃ mahādeva māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mama .. apūrvaṃ devadeveśa kadācinna śrutaṃ mayā .. 1 .. > The Goddess said: / Exceedingly wondrous is the māhātmya that has been related to me, O Mahādeva, / unprecedented, O Lord of the gods of gods, never heard by me before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.2) brahmāṃḍe yāni liṃgāni kīrtitāni tvayā mama .. teṣāṃ prabhāvenādhikyaṃ someśe tatkathaṃ vada .. 2 .. > Tell \[me\], how is it that among the liṅgas in the universe praised by you to me, / the superiority in power belongs to Someśa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.3) kiṃ prabhāvo mahādeva kṣetrasya ca sureśvara .. tanme brūhi sureśāna yāthātathyaṃ mamāgrataḥ ..3.. > What is the power of the sacred field, O Mahādeva, O Lord of the gods? / Speak that in its true nature before me, O Lord of the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ paramaṃ tava .. prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyaṃ someśasya varānane ..4.. > Īśvara said: / Hereafter I shall tell you the supreme secret, / the māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra and of Someśa, O fair-faced one: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.5) tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam .. jāpyānāṃ paramaṃ jāpyaṃ dhyānānāṃ dhyānamuttamam..5.. > It is the supreme sacred ford of sacred fords, the supreme vow of vows, / the supreme recitation of things to be recited, the highest meditation among meditations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.6) yogānāṃ paramo yogo rahasyaṃ paramaṃ mahat .. tattehaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu hyekamanā priye..6.. > the supreme yoga of yogas, the supreme and great secret. / That I shall declare to you; listen with a single mind, my beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.7) someśaṃ paramaṃ sthānaṃ paṃcavaktrasamanvitam .. etalliṃgaṃ na muṃcāmi satyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam ..7.. > Someśa is the supreme abode, endowed with five faces; / I never leave this liṅga: truly, truly this is spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.8) yacca tatparamaṃ devi dhruvamakṣayamavyayam .. someśaṃ tadvijānīhi mā vikalpamanā bhava..8.. > And that which is supreme, O Goddess, constant, imperishable, and immutable— / know that to be Someśa; do not be of wavering mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.9) nirbhayaṃ nirmalaṃ nityaṃ nirapekṣaṃ nirāśrayam .. niraṃjanaṃ niṣprapaṃcaṃ niḥsaṃgaṃ nirupadravam. .. 9 .. > Fearless, stainless, eternal, devoid of desire, independent, / taintless, free from phenomenal expansion, unattached, free from afflictions— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.10) talliṃgamiti jānīhi prabhāse saṃvyavasthitam .. apavargamavijñeyaṃ manoramyamanāmayam .. 7.1.6.10 .. > know that liṅga to be firmly established in Prabhāsa: / liberation, unknowable, delightful to the mind, and free from disease; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.11) nityaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ devaṃ makhaghnaṃ sarvatomukham .. śivaṃ sarvātmakaṃ sūkṣmamanādyaṃ yacca daivatam .. 11 .. > eternal and the cause, the god who destroyed the sacrifice, facing in every direction, / Śiva, the soul of all, subtle, the primordial deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.12) ātmopalabdhivijñeyaṃ cittaciṃtāvivarjitam .. gamāgamavinirmuktaṃ bahiraṃtaśca kevalam .. 12 .. > known through realization of the Self, devoid of thoughts of the mind, / freed from coming and going, purely outside and inside, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.13) ātmopalabdhiviṣayaṃ stutigocaravarjitam .. niṣkalaṃ vimalātmānaṃ prakaṭaṃ jñānadīpakam ..13.. > the domain of realization of the Self, beyond the range of praise, / partless, of pure essence, manifest, the lamp of knowledge— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.14) talliṃgamiti jānīhi prabhāse surasuṃdari .. nirāvakāśarahitaṃ śabdaṃ śabdāṃtagocaram .. 14 .. > know that to be the liṅga in Prabhāsa, O beautiful woman among the gods, / without lack of space, sound, and the object situated beyond sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.15) niṣkalaṃ vimalaṃ devaṃ devadevaṃ surātmakam .. hetupramāṇarahitaṃ kalpanābhāvavarjitam ..15.. > Partless, stainless, the god of gods whose essence is the celestials, / devoid of cause and means of knowledge, free from mental construction and non-being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.16) cittāvalokaviṣayaṃ bahiraṃtarasaṃsthitam .. prabhāse taṃ vijānīhi praṇavaṃ liṃgarūpiṇam .. 16 .. > the object observed by the mind, dwelling inside and outside: / know him in Prabhāsa as the Praṇava embodied as a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.17) aniṣpaṃdaṃ mahātmānaṃ nirānaṃdāvalokanam .. lokāvalokamārgasthaṃ viśuddhajñānakevalam..17.. > Motionless, the Great Self, looking beyond \[mundane\] bliss, / standing on the path of observing the world, pure knowledge alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.18) vidyāviśeṣamārgasthamanekākārasaṃjñitam .. svabhāvabhāvanāgrāhyaṃ bhāvātītamalakṣaṇam ..18.. > standing on the path of specialized knowledge, bearing many forms and designations, / to be grasped by meditation on one's own nature, transcending existence, devoid of attributes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.19) vākprapaṃcādirahitaṃ niṣprapañcātmakaṃ śivam.. jñānajñeyāvalokasthaṃ hetvābhāsavivarjitam..19.. > devoid of speech, phenomenal expansion, and the like, whose essence is beyond phenomenal proliferation, Śiva, / situated in the perception of knowledge and knower, free from fallacious reasonings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.20) anāhataṃ śabdagataṃ śabdādigaṇasaṃbhavam .. evaṃ someśvaraṃ viddhi prabhāse liṃgarūpiṇam .. 7.1.6.20 .. > the unstruck sound, inherent in sound, the source of the collection of sound and the rest— / know Someśvara thus in Prabhāsa embodied as a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.21) śabdabrahmagataṃ śāntaṃ sa śabdāṃtagamāspadam .. sarvātirikta viṣayaṃ sarvadhyānapade sthitam .. 21 .. > Attained to the sound-Brahman, tranquil, he is the resort of that which goes to the end of sound, / surpassing all objects, situated in the state of all meditation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.22) anādimacyutaṃ divyaṃ pramāṇātīta gocaram .. adhaścordhvaṃ gataṃ nityaṃ jīvākhyaṃ dehasaṃsthitam .. 22 .. > beginningless, unfailing, divine, an object transcending means of knowledge, / moving downwards and upwards, eternal, called the living soul, abiding in the body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.23) hṛdādidvādaśāṃtasthaṃ prāṇāpānodayāstagam .. agrāhyamindriyātmānaṃ niṣkalaṃkātmakaṃ vibhum ..23.. > abiding from the heart to the twelve-finger breadth, the rising and setting of prāṇa and apāna, / ungraspable, the essence of the senses, spotless in nature, all-pervading, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.24) svarādivyaṃjanātītaṃ varṇādiparivarjitam .. vācāmavācyaviṣayamahaṃkārārddharūpiṇam ..24.. > beyond vowels, consonants, and the like, devoid of letters and the rest, / beyond the range of words, having the half-form of the ego-sense, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.25) apratarkyamanuccāryaṃ kalanākālavarjitam .. niḥśabdaṃ niścalaṃ saumyaṃ dehātītaṃ parātparam ..25.. > inconceivable, unutterable, devoid of calculation and time, / soundless, motionless, gentle, transcending the body, higher than the highest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.26) bhūtāvagraharahitaṃ bhāvābhāvavivarjitam .. avijñeyaṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ pañcapañcādisaṃbhavam .. 26 .. > free from the possession of elements, devoid of existence and non-existence, / unknowable, supreme, subtle, the origin of the five-and-twenty \[principles\] and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.27) aprameyamanaṃtākhyamakṣayaṃ kāmarūpiṇam .. prabhavaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bījāṃkurasamudbhavam .. 27 .. > immeasurable, named the Infinite, imperishable, assuming form at will, / the origin of all beings, the sprout arising from the seed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.28) vyāpakaṃ sarvakāmākhyamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ mahat .. sthūlasūkṣmavibhāgasthaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam .. 28 .. > all-pervading, named all desires, imperishable, supreme, great, / abiding in the division of gross and subtle, manifest and unmanifest, eternal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.29) kalpakalpāntarahitamanādinidhanaṃ mahat .. mahābhūtaṃ mahākāyaṃ śivaṃ nirvāṇabhairavam .. 29 .. > free from eons and dissolutions, beginningless and endless, great, / the great being, of immense body, Śiva, the Bhairava of ultimate liberation— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.30) evaṃ sadāśivaṃ viddhi prabhāse liṃgarūpiṇam .. yogakriyā vinirmuktaṃ mṛtyuṃjayamanādimat .. 7.1.6.30 .. > know Sadāśiva thus in Prabhāsa embodied as a liṅga, / entirely liberated from yogic actions, conqueror of death, beginningless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.31) sarvopasargarahitaṃ sarvatovyāpakaṃ śivam .. avyaktaṃ parato nityaṃ kevalaṃ dvaitavarjitam .. 31 .. > free from all afflictions, all-pervading, Śiva, / unmanifest, eternally beyond, absolute, devoid of duality, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.32) ananyatejasākrāṃtaṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinam.. bhūrisvayaṃprabhaprakhyaṃ sarvatejo'dhikaṃ haram..32.. > pervaded by peerless splendor, dwelling in the Prabhāsa kṣetra, / resembling an immense self-luminous glow, Hara surpassing all splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.33) śaraṇyaṃdevamīśānamoṃkāraṃ śivarūpiṇam.. devadevaṃ mahādevaṃ paṃcavaktraṃ vṛṣadhvajam..33.. > the god who is a refuge, Īśāna, the syllable Oṃ, embodied as Śiva, / god of gods, Mahādeva, five-faced, with the bull on his banner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.34) nirmalaṃ mānasātītaṃ bhāvagrāhyamanūpamam.. sadā śāṃtaṃ virūpākṣaṃ śūlahastaṃ jaṭādharam..34.. > spotless, transcending the mind, graspable by devotion, incomparable, / ever tranquil, odd-eyed, trident in hand, wearing matted locks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.35) hṛtpadmakośamadhyasthaṃ śūnyarūpaṃ nirañjanam .. evaṃ sadāśivaṃ viddhi prabhāse liṅgarūpiṇam .. 35 .. > abiding within the pericarp of the heart-lotus, having the form of the void, untainted— / know Sadāśiva thus in Prabhāsa embodied as a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.36) yo'sau parātparo devo haṃsākhyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. nādākhyaḥ suvrate devi so'sminsthāne sthitaḥ svayam .. 36 .. > That god who is higher than the highest, renowned as the Haṃsa, / named Nāda, O goddess of good vows, is present in this place in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.37) etadādisvarūpaṃ ca mayā yogabalena tu .. vijñātaṃ devi gaditaṃ divyamātmānamātmanā .. 37 .. > And this essential nature and the rest has been known by me through the power of yoga, / and declared, O goddess, as the divine Self by the self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.38) ṛgvedasthastu pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne yajuṣi sthitaḥ .. aparāhṇe tu sāmastho hyatharvastho niśāgame .. 38 .. > In the forenoon he abides in the Ṛgveda; at midday he resides in the Yajurveda; / in the afternoon in the Sāmaveda, and indeed in the Atharvaveda at the arrival of night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.39) vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtamādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt .. tameva viditvā na bhavettu mṛtyurnānyaḥ paṃthā vidyate vai janānām .. 39 .. > “I know this great person, sun-colored, beyond darkness; / only by knowing him does death not occur; there is indeed no other path for people.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.40) itīritaste tu mahāprabhāvaḥ someśaliṃgasya kṛtaikadeśaḥ .. vṛtaṃ na cābdairbahubhiḥ sahasrairvaktuṃ ca kenāpi mukhairna śakyam ..7.1.6.40... > Thus has the great power of the Someśa liṅga been declared to you in a single fraction; / it could not be completed even in many thousands of years, nor can it be spoken by anyone with \[all their\] mouths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.41) brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro'pīdaṃ paṭhedyadi .. nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt ..41.. > If a brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, or even a śūdra recites this, / he is completely freed from all sins and attains all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.6.41\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6.41_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrīsomeśvaramahimavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ..6.. > Thus ends the sixth chapter, named “Description of the Greatness of the Venerable Someśvara”, in the first \[sub-section\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the seventh Section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the 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.16.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.6) · Pramāṇa