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# Skandapurana 16.7

Skandapurāṇa 16.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evaṃ tatra tadā devī śrutvā māhātmyamuttamam ..  
harṣotkaṃṭhitayā vācā punaḥ papraccha śaṃkaram .. 1 ..

> Sūta said: / Having thus heard that supreme māhātmya there at that time, / the goddess, with a voice eager with joy, asked Śaṃkara again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.2)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
devadeva jagannātha bhaktānugrahakāraka ..  
samastajñānasaṃpanna namaste'stu maheśvara .. 2 ..

> The Goddess said: / “O god of gods, lord of the universe, who bestows grace upon devotees, / endowed with all knowledge, salutation to you, O Maheśvara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.3)

namo'stu vai tripuraprahartre mahātmane tārakamardanāya ..  
namo'stu te kṣīrasamudra dāyine śiśormunīndrasya samāhitasya ..3..

> Salutation to the destroyer of Tripura, the Great Self, the crusher of Tāraka; / salutation to you who granted the ocean of milk to the child, the concentrated king of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.4)

namo'stu te sarvajagadvidhātre sarvatra sarvātmaka sarvakartre ..  
namo bhavāyāstu namo'bhavāya namo'stu te sarvagatāya nityam .. 4 ..

> Salutation to you, creator of the entire universe, omnipresent, the soul of all, maker of all; / salutation to existence, salutation to non-existence, salutation to you who are eternally all-pervading!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.5)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
kiṃ devi pṛcchase'dyāpi sarvaṃ te kathitaṃ mayā ..  
saṃdigdhamasti kiṃciccetpunaḥ pṛcchasva bhāmini .. 5 ..

> Īśvara said: / “What are you still asking, O goddess? Everything has been told to you by me. / If anything is still uncertain, ask again, O beautiful woman.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.6)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
someśvareti yannāma kasminkāle babhūva tat ..  
kiṃ nāmāgre'bhavalliṃgaṃ nāma kiṃ bhavitā'dhunā .. 6 ..

> The Goddess said: / “At what time did that name ‘Someśvara’ come into being? / What was the name of the liṅga before? What will its name be in the future?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.7)

evaṃ yasya prabhāvo vai noktaḥ pūrvaṃ tvayā vibho ..  
anyeṣāṃ tīrthadevānāṃ māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ tvayā ..  
na tvīdṛśaṃ tu kathitaṃ śrīsomeśasya yādṛśam .. 7 ..

> Indeed, such power as this has not been spoken by you previously, O omnipresent lord; / the māhātmya of other deities of sacred fords has been described by you, / but not such as has been told of the venerable Someśa.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.8)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
pūrvamevāhamevāsaṃ sparśaliṃgasvarūpavān ..  
na ca māṃ tattvato veda janaḥ kaścidiheśvari .. 8 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Formerly I alone existed in the essential form of the Sparśaliṅga; / and no person here knows me in reality, O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.9)

mahākalpe tu sañjāte brahmaṇaḥ prati saṃcare ..  
nāmabhāvaṃ bhavedanyaddevi liṃge punaḥpunaḥ .. 9 ..

> When a great eon has occurred, at every dissolution of Brahmā, / a different state of name occurs again and again for the liṅga, O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.9_1)

atītaṃ brahmaṇāṃ ṣaṭkaṃ saptamo'yaṃ prajāpatiḥ ..  
varttate yo'dhunā devi śatānanda iti śrutaḥ .. .. 7.1.7.1...

> A hexad of Brahmās has passed; this seventh Prajāpati, / who exists now, O goddess, is heard of as Śatānanda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.11)

asminbrahmaṇi deveśi saṃjāte hyaṣṭavārṣike ..  
tadā kālātsamārabhya someśa iti viśrutaḥ .. 11 ..

> When this Brahmā, O ruler of gods, became eight years old, / starting from that time, \[the liṅga\] became renowned as Someśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.12)

atīteṣu ca deveśi brahmasuptalayādanu ..  
babhūvuryāni nāmāni tāni tvaṃ śṛṇu pārvati .. 12 ..

> And after the sleep and dissolution of Brahmā among those who have passed, O ruler of gods, / listen, O Pārvatī, to the names that came to be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.13)

ādyo viraṃcināmāsīdyadā brahmā pitāmahaḥ ..  
mṛtyuñjayastadā nāma somanāthasya kīrtitam .. .. 13 ..

> When the first Brahmā, the grandfather, had the name Virañci, / then the name of Somanātha was proclaimed as Mṛtyuñjaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.14)

dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ ..  
tadā kālāgnirudreti nāma proktaṃ śubheṃ'bike .. 14 ..

> When the second Brahmā was renowned as Padmabhū, / then, O auspicious Ambikā, the name was proclaimed as Kālāgnirudra.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.15)

tṛtīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ ..  
amṛteśeti devasya tadā nāma prakīrtitam .. 15 ..

> When the third Brahmā appeared, renowned as Svayambhū, / the God’s name was then proclaimed as Amṛteśa. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.16)

caturtho'bhūdyathā brahmā parameṣṭhīti viśrutaḥ ..  
anāmayeti devasya tadā nāma smṛtaṃ śubhe..16..

> When the fourth Brahmā appeared, renowned as Parameṣṭhin, / the God’s name was then remembered as Anāmaya, O auspicious lady. (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.17)

paṃcamo'bhūdyadā brahmā surajyeṣṭha iti smṛtaḥ..  
kṛttivāseti devasya nāma proktaṃ tadāmbike..17..

> When the fifth Brahmā appeared, remembered as Surajyeṣṭha, / the God’s name was then declared as Kṛttivāsas, O Ambikā. (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.18)

ṣaṣṭhaścābhūdyadā brahmā hemagarbha iti śrutaḥ..  
tadā bhairavanātheti nāma devasya kīrtitam..18..

> And when the sixth Brahmā appeared, renowned as Hemagarbha, / the God’s name was then celebrated as Bhairavanātha. (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.19)

ayaṃ yo varttate brahmā śatānaṃda iti smṛtaḥ ..  
somanātheti devasya vartate nāma sāṃpratam..19..

> This Brahmā who exists now is remembered as Śatānanda; / the God’s name at present is Somanātha. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.20)

ataḥ paraṃ caturvaktro brahmā yo bhavitā yadā ..  
prāṇanātheti devasya tadā nāma bhaviṣyati..7.1.7.20..

> When, hereafter, the next four-faced Brahmā shall come to be, / the God’s name at that time will be Prāṇanātha. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.21)

atītā ye vidhātāro bhaviṣyaṃti ca ye'dhunā..  
tāvattadvarttate nāma yāvadanyoṣṭavārṣikaḥ ..  
saṃdhyāsaṃdhyāṃśabhedena viṣṇvanaṃtasanātanāḥ .. 21 ..

> Those creators who have passed away and those who shall be now— / that name endures so long as another is eight years old; / by the division of twilight and twilight-fraction, Viṣṇu, Ananta, and the eternal ones \[remain\]. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.22)

evaṃ nāmāni devasya saṃkṣepātkīrtitāni me ..  
vistarātkathituṃ naiva śakyaṃte kālagauravāt .. 22 ..

> Thus the names of the God have been declared by me in brief; / they cannot possibly be told in full because of the vastness of time. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.23)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
āścaryaṃ devadeveśa yattvayā kathitaṃ prabho ..  
pūrvoktāni ca nāmāni na smaraṃti ca me katham ..23..

> The Goddess said: / This is wondrous, O Lord of the gods of gods, what has been told by You, O Lord! / And why do I not remember the previously mentioned names? (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.24)

etadvistarato brūhi kāraṇaṃ ca jagatpate ..  
sarvabhūtahitārthāya mamānugrahakāmyayā .. 24 ..

> Tell this cause in detail, O Lord of the world, / for the welfare of all living beings and out of a desire to show grace to me. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.25)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
kalpekalpe mahādevi avatāraṃ karoṣi yat ..  
tena te smaraṇaṃ nāsti prabhāvātprakṛteḥ priye .. 25 ..

> Īśvara said: / Because in kalpa after kalpa, O great goddess, you make an incarnation, / through the power of Prakṛti, O beloved, you have no memory of that. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.26)

tattvāvaraṇamadhye tu tatrādyā tvaṃ pratiṣṭhitā ..  
sā'vatīryāṃḍamadhye tu mayā sārddhaṃ varānane .. 26 ..

> Within the sheath of principles, you are established there as primordial; / having descended into the Cosmic Egg together with me, O fair-faced lady, (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.27)

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ prādurbhūtā punaḥpunaḥ ..  
ādye kalpe jaganmātā jagadyonirdvitīyake .. 27 ..

> you manifested again and again for the grace of the worlds: / in the first kalpa as Jaganmātā, in the second as Jagadyoni, (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.28)

tṛtīye śāṃbhavīnāma caturthe viśvarūpiṇī ..  
pañcame naṃdinīnāma ṣaṣṭhe caiva gaṇāṃbikā .. 28 ..

> in the third named Śāmbhavī, in the fourth as Viśvarūpiṇī, / in the fifth named Nandinī, and in the sixth indeed as Gaṇāmbikā, (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.29)

vibhūtiḥ saptame kalpe subhūtiścāṣṭame tadā ..  
ānandā navame kalpe daśame vāmalocanā .. 29 ..

> in the seventh kalpa as Vibhūti, and then in the eighth as Subhūti, / in the ninth kalpa as Ānandā, in the tenth as Vāmalocanā, (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.30)

ekādaśe varārohā dvādaśe ca sumaṅgalā ..  
kalpe trayodaśe caiva mahāmāyā hyudāhṛtā .. 7.1.7.30 ..

> in the eleventh as Varārohā, and in the twelfth as Sumaṅgalā, / and in the thirteenth kalpa you were proclaimed indeed as Mahāmāyā, (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.31)

tataścaturdaśe kalpe'nantānāma prakīrtitā ..  
bhūtamātā paṃcadaśe ṣoḍaśe cottamā smṛtā .. 31 ..

> then in the fourteenth kalpa celebrated by the name Anantā, / in the fifteenth as Bhūtamātā, and in the sixteenth remembered as Uttamā. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.32)

tataḥ saptadaśe kalpe pitṛkalpe tu viśrutā ..  
dakṣasya duhitā jātā satīnāmnī mahāprabhā .. 32 ..

> Then in the seventeenth kalpa, renowned as the Pitṛkalpa, / you were born as the daughter of Dakṣa, named Satī, of great splendor. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.33)

apamānāttu dakṣasya svāṃ tanūmatyajatpunaḥ ..  
umāṃ kalāṃ tu candrasya purāpūrya ca saṃsthitā .. 33 ..

> Because of Dakṣa’s insult, you cast off your own body once more; / and fulfilling Umā, the digit of the moon, you remained as before. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.34)

tataḥ pravṛtte vārāhe kalpe tvaṃ surasundari ..  
punarhimavatārādhya duhitā tvamataḥ kṛtā .. 34 ..

> Then, when the Vārāha kalpa commenced, O beauty among the gods, / having been propitiated again by Himavat, you were made his daughter. (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.35)

tato devyadbhutaṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram ..  
bharttāraṃ māṃ punaḥ prāpya pārvatīti nigadyase .. 35 ..

> Then, O goddess, having performed wondrous austerity extremely hard to perform, / and having obtained me once more as your husband, you are called Pārvatī. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.36)

kailāsanilayaścāhaṃ tvayā sārddhaṃ varānane ..  
krīḍāmi tava deveśi yāvatkalpāvasānakam ..36..

> Dwelling on Kailāsa together with you, O fair-faced lady, / I sport with you, O ruler of gods, until the end of the kalpa. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.37)

idaṃ caturguṇaṃ prāpya dvāpare viṣṇunā saha ..  
mahiṣasya vadhārthāya utpannā kṛṣṇapiṃgalā .. 37 ..

> Attaining this fourfold form, together with Viṣṇu in the Dvāpara age, / dark and tawny, you arose for the slaying of Mahiṣa. (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.38)

kātyāyanīti durgeti vividhairnāmaparyayaiḥ ..  
navakoṭiprabhedena jātāsi vasudhātale .. 38 ..

> Under diverse variant names such as Kātyāyanī and Durgā, / through nine-crore divisions you were born on the surface of the earth. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.39)

yāni te kalpanāmāni pūrvamuktāni sundari ..  
tāni trayodaśākalpādudaktātkathitāni me .. 39 ..

> Those kalpa-names of yours that were previously spoken, O beautiful lady, / they have been told by me starting upward from the thirteenth kalpa. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.40)

atītāni bhaviṣyāṇi varttamānāni sundari ..  
evaṃ jñeyāni sarvāṇi brahmakalpāvadhi priye .. .. 7.1.7.40 ..

> Past, future, and present, O beautiful lady— / all are to be known thus up to the limit of Brahmā’s kalpa, O beloved. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.41)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
somanātheti yannāma tvayā pūrvamudāhṛtam ..  
tatkathaṃ niścalaṃ nāma manyate tripurāṃtaka .. 41 ..

> The Goddess said: / That name ‘Somanātha’ which was mentioned by You previously— / how is that regarded as a permanent name, O destroyer of Tripura? (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.42)

asaṃkhyatvācca caṃdrāṇāṃ janmanāmaprabhedataḥ ..  
manvantare tu saṃjāte yugānāmekasaptatau .. 42 ..

> For moons are innumerable, with distinctions of birth and names; / and when a manvantara has taken place in seventy-one yugas, (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.43)

caṃdrasūryādayo devāḥ saṃhriyaṃte punaḥpunaḥ ..  
saptarṣayaḥ surāḥ śakro manustatsūnavo nṛpāḥ .. 43 ..

> the gods beginning with the Moon and the Sun are repeatedly dissolved— / the Seven Seers, the gods, Indra, Manu, and his sons, the kings. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.44)

ekakālaṃ ca sṛjyaṃte saṃhriyaṃte ca pūrvavat ..  
etanme saṃśayaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi ..44..

> They are created at one time and dissolved as before. / You ought to properly dispel this doubt of mine, O God! (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.45)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..  
yanna kasyacidākhyātaṃ tatte vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ ..45..

> Īśvara said: / Well asked by you, O goddess! It is a secret that destroys sin; / what has not been told to anyone, that I shall explain to you entirely. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.46)

ayaṃ yo varttate brahmā śatānanda iti śrutaḥ..  
tasya caivāṣṭame varṣe manuryaḥ prathamo bhavet .. 46 ..

> This Brahmā who exists now is known as Śatānanda; / and in his eighth year, the one who was the first Manu— (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.47)

tasminmanvantare devi yaścādau rohiṇīpatiḥ ..  
samudragarbhātsaṃjātaḥ salakṣmīkaustubhādibhiḥ .. 47 ..

> in that manvantara, O goddess, the one who was initially the lord of Rohiṇī, / born from the womb of the ocean along with Lakṣmī, the Kaustubha jewel, and others, (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.48)

tena cārādhitaṃ liṃgaṃ kālabhairavanāmataḥ ..  
mahatā tapasā pūrvaṃ yugāni ca caturddaśe .. 48 ..

> by him the liṅga was propitiated by the name of Kālabhairava / through great austerity previously for fourteen yugas. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.49)

tasyādbhutaṃ tapo dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭo'haṃ tasya sundari ..  
varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti mayā sa ca prokto niśākaraḥ .. 49 ..

> Seeing his wondrous austerity, I was pleased with him, O beautiful lady; / and that night-maker \[the Moon\] was told by me, ‘Choose a boon!’ (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.50)

sahovāca tadā devi bhaktyā saṃstutya māṃ śubhe .. 7.1.7.50 ..

> Then, O goddess, having praised me with devotion, he spoke, O auspicious lady: (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.51)

.. caṃdra uvāca .. ..  
yadi prasanno deveśa varārho yadi vā'pyaham ..  
somanātheti taṃ nāma bhūyādbrahmāvadhi prabho .. 51 ..

> The Moon said: / If You are pleased, O Lord of the gods, or if I am worthy of a boon, / let that name of Yours be ‘Somanātha’ until Brahmā’s end, O Lord! (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.52)

ye kecidbhavitāro'nye manvante śītaraśmayaḥ ..  
teṣāṃ bhavatu deveśa devo'yaṃ kuladevatā .. .. 52 ..

> Whatever other cool-rayed ones \[moons\] there will be at the end of a manvantara, / let this God be their family deity, O Lord of the gods! (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.53)

ārādhayaṃtu te sarve kṣetre'sminsaṃsthitā vibho ..  
svakīyāyuḥpramāṇena brahmaṇaḥ pralayādanu .. 53 ..

> Let them all, dwelling in this sacred field, worship \[You\], O all-pervading Lord, / according to the measure of their own lifespan, until the dissolution of Brahmā. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.54)

somanātheti te nāma brahmāṃḍe sacarācare ..  
khyātiṃ prayātu deveśa tejoliṃga namo'stu te .. 54 ..

> May Your name ‘Somanātha’ attain fame throughout the universe / containing the moving and the unmoving, O Lord of gods! O liṅga of splendor, obeisance to You! (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.55)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
evamastvityahaṃ procya punarliṃge layaṃ gataḥ ..  
etatte kāraṇaṃ devi proktaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ .. 55 ..

> Īśvara said: / Having said ‘So be it!’, I merged back into the liṅga. / Thus this cause has been told to you completely, O goddess. (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.56)

niḥsandigdhaṃ tu saṃkṣepātpurā pṛṣṭaṃ yatastvayā ..  
uddeśamātraṃ kathitaṃ śrīsomeśaguṇānprati ..  
samudrasyeva ratnānāmacintyastasya vistaraḥ .. 56 ..

> Since you previously asked without doubt in brief, / only an indication has been given regarding the virtues of glorious Someśa; / its expanse is inconceivable, like the jewels of the ocean. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.57)

mohanaṃ tadabhaktānāṃ bhaktānāṃ buddhivarddhanam ..  
mūḍhāste naiva paśyaṃti svarūpaṃ mama mohitāḥ .. 57 ..

> It is bewildering to non-devotees, but increases the intellect of devotees; / deluded, those fools do not at all see my true nature. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.58)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
īdṛśaṃ yasya māhātmyaṃ tejoliṃgasya śaṃkara ..  
kutra tiṣṭhati talliṃgaṃ kṣetre tasminsureśvara .. 58 ..

> The Goddess said:  
> Such is the māhātmya of that liṅga of fire, O Śaṃkara! / Where does that liṅga stand in that sacred field, O Lord of gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.59)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
śṛṇu devi prayatnena śrutvā caivāvadhāraya ..  
prabhāsaṃ paramaṃ devi kṣetrametanmama priyam .. 59 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> Listen attentively, O Goddess, and having heard, comprehend \[it\]. / Prabhāsa, O Goddess, is this supreme sacred field, dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.60)

devānāmapi saṃsthānaṃ tacca dvādaśayojanam ..  
paṃcayojanamānena pīṭhaṃ tatra prakīrttitam .. 7.1.7.60 ..

> It is the abode even of the gods, measuring twelve yojanas. / Within it, the seat is proclaimed to measure five yojanas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.61)

tanmadhye madgṛhaṃ devi tacca gavyūtimātrakam ..  
samudrasyottare devi devikāmukhasaṃjñitam .. 61 ..

> In its midst is my home, O Goddess, and it measures only a gavyūti, / north of the ocean, O Goddess, known as Devikāmukha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.62)

vajriṇyāḥ pūrvataścaiva yāvannyaṃkumatī nadī ..  
catuṣṭayaṃ ca vistārādāyāmātpaṃcayojanam .. 62 ..

> and east of the Vajriṇī as far as the Nyaṅkumatī river, / four \[yojanas\] in breadth and five yojanas in length.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.63)

kṣetrapīṭhamiti proktamato garbhagṛhaṃ śṛṇu ..  
samudrātkauravī yāvaddakṣiṇottaramānataḥ ..  
pūrvapaścimato jñeyaṃ gomukhādā''śvamedhakam .. 63 ..

> This is proclaimed to be the seat of the sacred field; now listen to the inner sanctuary: / from the ocean as far as the Kauravī by north-south measurement, / and from the Gomukha to the Āśvamedhika east to west it is to be known.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.64)

etanmama gṛhaṃ devi na tyajāmi kadācana ..  
tasya madhye sthitaṃ liṃgaṃ yatra tatte prakīrtitam .. 64 ..

> This is my home, O Goddess; I never abandon it. / Situated in its center is the liṅga, whose location is proclaimed to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.65)

vāruṇīṃ diśamāśritya sāgarasya ca sannidhau ..  
kṛtasmarasyāparato dhanvantaraśatatraye .. 65 ..

> Facing the western direction, in the vicinity of the ocean, / to the west of Kṛtasmara at a distance of three hundred dhanus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.66)

liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tuṃ svayaṃbhūtaṃ vyavasthitam ..  
tatra saṃnihito devaḥ śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ.. 66 ..

> stands the self-manifest liṅga of great power. / Present there is the god Śaṃkara, the Supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.67)

etasminnantare devi someśasya samīpataḥ ..  
caturddaśe vibhāge tu dhanuṣāṃ ca śatadvayam .. .. 67 ..

> In this interval, O Goddess, in the vicinity of Someśa, / in the fourteenth division, across two hundred dhanus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.68)

samaṃtānmaṃḍalākārā karṇikā sā mama priyā ..  
tasyāṃ ye prāṇinaḥ sarve mṛtāḥ kālena pārvati .. 68 ..

> circular all around, is that pericarp dear to me. / All the living beings who die upon it in the course of time, O Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.69)

kṛmikīṭapataṃgādyā jīvā uttama madhyamāḥ ..  
nirddhūtakalmaṣāḥ sarve yāṃti lokaṃ mamāpi te ..69..

> worms, insects, moths, and other creatures, high and intermediate, / all have their impurities washed away and go to my realm as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.70)

uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cāpi ayanaṃ na vicārayet ..  
sarvasteṣāṃ śubhaḥ kālo ye mṛtāḥ kṣetramadhyataḥ .. 7.1.7.70 ..

> One need not consider whether the sun's course is northern or southern; / any time is auspicious for those who die within the sacred field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.71)

ādināthena śarveṇa sarvaprāṇihitāya vai ..  
ādyatattvānyathānīya kṣetrametanmahāprabham ..  
prabhāsitaṃ mahādevi yatra siddhyaṃti mānavāḥ ..71..

> Brought forth as the primal principles by Śarva, the Primal Lord, for the welfare of all beings, / this sacred field of great splendor / was illumined, O Great Goddess, where mortals attain perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.72)

hanyamāno'pi yo vidvānvasedvighnaśatairapi ..  
kṛtapratijño deveśi yāvajjīvaṃ sureśvari .. 72 ..

> A wise man who, even though afflicted by hundreds of obstacles, would dwell \[there\], / having made a vow for the rest of his life, O Ruler of gods, O Ruler of deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.73)

sa gacchetparamaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati..  
tasya kṣetrasya māhātmyātsthāṇoścādbhutakarmaṇaḥ .. 73 ..

> he would go to the supreme abode, having gone where he does not grieve, / by virtue of the māhātmya of that sacred field and of Sthāṇu of wondrous deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.74)

kṛtvā pāpasahasrāṇi paścātsantāpameti vai ..  
prabhāse tu viyujyeta na soṃ'takapurīṃ vrajet .. .. 74 ..

> Having committed thousands of sins, if one later feels remorse, / and departs \[this life\] in Prabhāsa, he will not go to the city of the god of death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.75)

jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ hāhābhūtamacetanam ..  
niyuktastatra deveśi rakṣārthaṃ vighnanāyakaḥ .. 75 ..

> Knowing that the Kali Age is terrible, chaotic, and senseless, / the Leader of Obstacles was appointed there, O Ruler of deities, for its protection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.76)

ye tu brāhmaṇavidviṣṭāḥ śivabhaktivitaṃḍakāḥ ..  
brahmaghnāśca kṛtaghnāśca tathā naiṣkṛtikāśca ye .. 76 ..

> Those who hate brahmins, cavilers against devotion to Śiva, / killers of brahmins, ungrateful people, and the deceitful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.77)

lokadviṣṭā gurudviṣṭāstīrthāyatanakaṇṭakāḥ ..  
sarvapāparatāścaiva ye cānye tu vikutsitāḥ .. 77 ..

> haters of the world, haters of the guru, thorns in sacred fords and shrines, / those devoted to all manner of sins, and whatever others are despised—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.78)

rakṣaṇārthaṃ ha vai teṣāṃ niyukto vighnanāyakaḥ ..  
kālāgnirudrapārśve tu rudratulyaparākramaḥ .. 78 ..

> for guarding against them, indeed, the Leader of Obstacles was appointed / beside Kālāgnirudra, equal in prowess to Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.79)

kṣetraṃ rakṣati deveśi pāpiṣṭhānāṃ niyāmakaḥ ..  
mriyaṃte yadi brahmaghnāstathā pātakino narāḥ .. 79 ..

> He guards the sacred field, O Ruler of deities, checking the most wicked. / If killers of brahmins and other sinful men die  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.80)

kṣetre cāsminvarārohe teṣāṃ devi gatiṃ śṛṇu ..  
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi divyāni kamalekṣaṇe .. 7.1.7.80 ..

> in this sacred field, O fair-hipped lady, hear their destination, O Goddess: / For ten thousand celestial years, O lotus-eyed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.80\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.80_2)

dāsī putrāśca jāyante tadaṃte brahmarākṣasāḥ ..  
tataḥ pāpakṣaye devi punaryāṃti viyonitām ..51..

> they are born as sons of female slaves, and after that, as brahmarākṣasas. / Then, with the exhaustion of sin, O Goddess, they again enter animal wombs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.82)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena pāpaṃ tatra na kārayet ..  
anyatrā''vartitaṃ pāpaṃ kṣetre cāsminvinaśyati .. 82 ..

> Therefore, by every effort, one should not commit sin there. / A sin committed elsewhere is destroyed in this sacred field;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.83)

asminpunaḥ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ paiśācanarakāvaham ..  
bhaktānukaṃpī bhagavāṃstiryagyonigateṣvapi .. 83 ..

> but a sin committed here leads to the hell of piśācas. / The Lord is compassionate toward devotees, even toward those born among animals;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.84)

dadāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ na tu brahmadviṣāṃ priye..  
ye ca dhyānaṃ samāsādya yuktātmānaḥ samāhitāḥ .. 84 ..

> he grants the supreme abode, but not to the enemies of brahmins, O dear one. / Those who have attained meditation, self-controlled and focused,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.85)

saṃniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ japaṃti śatarudriyam..  
prabhāse tu sthitā devi te kṛtārthā na saṃśayaḥ .. 85 ..

> restraining the senses, recite the Śatarudrīya; / dwelling in Prabhāsa, O Goddess, they have accomplished their goal, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.86)

yadi gacchennaraḥ kaścitprabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam ..  
tamupāyaṃ prakurvīta nirgacchenna punaryathā .. 86 ..

> If any person goes to Prabhāsa, the excellent sacred field, / he should employ such means that he never departs again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.87)

etadgopyaṃ varārohe na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit..  
gopanīyamidaṃ śāstraṃ yathā prāṇāḥ svakāḥ priye.. 87..

> This is a secret, O fair-hipped lady; it must not be given to just anyone. / This teaching should be concealed just like one's own life-breaths, O dear one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.88)

yenedaṃ vihitaṃ śāstraṃ prabhāsakṣetradīpakam..  
sa śivaścaiva vijñeyo mānuṣīṃ prakṛtiṃ sthitaḥ..88..

> He by whom this treatise illuminating the sacred field of Prabhāsa was composed, / he is to be recognized as Śiva himself residing in human nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.89)

tasyavigrahasaṃstho'haṃ sadā tiṣṭhāmi pārvati..  
vaṃditaḥ pūjito dhyāto yathāhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 89 ..

> I always abide within his physical form, O Pārvatī; / he is revered, worshiped, and meditated upon just as I am; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.90)

kalau ca durllabhaṃ devi prabhāsakṣetramuttamam ..  
idānīṃ tava snehena viśeṣaṃ kathayāmi vai ..  
satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ triḥsatyaṃ surasundari .. .. 7.1.7.90 ..

> In the Kali Age, Prabhāsa, the excellent sacred field, is difficult to attain, O Goddess. / Now, out of affection for you, I shall indeed tell of its special nature; / it is true, true, and again true; thrice true, O beautiful goddess!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.91)

yāni liṃgāni bhūrloke someśasteṣu me priyaḥ ..  
asmim̐lliṃge guṇā ye tu te devi viditā mama .. 91 ..

> Among the liṅgas on earth, Someśa is dear to me; / and whatever qualities are in this liṅga, O Goddess, they are known to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.92)

ahameva vijānāmi nānyo veda kathaṃcana ..  
anyeṣu caiva liṃgeṣu ahaṃ pūjyaḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 92 ..

> I alone know them; no one else knows them in any way. / In other liṅgas I am worshiped by gods and asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.93)

liṃgaṃ cemaṃ punardevi pūjayāmo vayaṃ svayam .. 93 ..

> but this liṅga, O Goddess, we ourselves worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.94)

yasminkāle na vai brahmā na bhūmirna divākaraḥ ..  
sarvaṃ caiva jagannātha tasminkāle yaśasvini .. 94 ..

> At that time when there was no Brahmā, no earth, no sun, / and no world at all, O illustrious lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.95)

imaṃ liṃgaṃ paraṃ caiva brahmaṇaḥ pralaye tadā ..  
bhāvinīṃ vṛttimāsthāya idaṃ sthānaṃ tu rakṣati .. 95 ..

> at that dissolution of Brahmā, this supreme liṅga, / assuming future existence, protects this abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.96)

daśakoṭyastu liṃgānāṃ gaṃgādvārādvarānane ..  
āgatya tāni madhyāhne liṃge'sminyāṃti saṃlayam .. 96 ..

> Ten crores of liṅgas from Gaṅgādvāra, O fair-faced one, / come and merge into this liṅga at midday.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.97)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni gaganasthāni yāni tu ..  
snānārthamasya liṃgasya samāgacchaṃti sarvadā .. 97 ..

> All the sacred fords on earth and those situated in the sky / come at all times for the ritual bath of this liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.98)

dhanyāstu khalu te marttyāḥ prabhāse saṃvyavasthitāḥ ..  
someśvaraṃ ye drakṣyaṃti saṃsārabhayamocanam .. 98 ..

> Blessed indeed are those mortals settled in Prabhāsa / who shall behold Someśvara, the deliverer from the fear of transmigration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.99)

devi someśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ ye smariṣyaṃti bhāvitāḥ ..  
sarvapāpakṣayasteṣāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 99 ..

> Those who, being devoted, remember the Someśvara liṅga, O Goddess, / will have all their sins destroyed, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.100)

etatsmṛtaṃ priyatamaṃ mama devi nityaṃ kṣetraṃ pavitramṛṣisiddhagaṇābhiramyam ..  
asminmṛtāḥ sakalajīvamṛto'pi devi svargātparaṃ samupayāṃti na saṃśayo'tra .. 7.1.7.100 ..

> This sacred field is remembered as ever most dear to me, O goddess, pure and delightful to hosts of seers and perfected beings. / Those who die here, even if dead while living among all creatures, O goddess, attain beyond heaven; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.101)

yaṃ devā na vijānaṃti brahmaviṣṇupurogamāḥ ..  
na sāṃkhyena na yogena naiva pāśupatena ca .. 101 ..

> That which the gods headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu do not know, / neither by Sāṃkhya nor by Yoga nor by the Pāśupata system,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.102)

kaivalyaṃ niṣkalaṃ yatta- dasmim̐lliṃge tu labhyate ..  
tāvadbhramaṃti saṃsāre devādyāstu yaśasvini .. 102 ..

> that unconditioned liberation without parts is obtained in this liṅga. / O renowned lady, the gods and others wander in saṃsāra only so long  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.103)

yāvatsomeśvaraṃ devaṃ na viṃdaṃti trilocanam ..  
kṣetraṃ prabhāsamityuktaṃ kṣetrajño'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 103 ..

> as they do not find the three-eyed lord Someśvara. / The field is called Prabhāsa, and I am the knower of the field; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.104)

etaṃ tavoktaṃ nanu bodhanāya someśvarasyaiva mahāprabhāvam ..  
ye vai paṭhiṣyaṃti narā nitāṃtaṃ yāsyaṃti te tatpadamiṃdumauleḥ .. .. 104 ..

> Truly, this great power of Someśvara has been proclaimed to you for your awakening; / those men who recite it constantly will attain the abode of the moon-crested god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.105)

someśvaraṃ devavaraṃ manuṣyā ye bhaktimaṃtaḥ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ ..  
te ghorarūpe ca bhayāvahe ca saṃsāracakre na punarbhramaṃti .. 105 ..

> Those men endowed with devotion who have taken refuge in Someśvara, the best of gods, / never wander again in the wheel of worldly existence, terrifying and full of fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.106)

ye dakṣiṇā mūrttimupāśritāḥ syurjapaṃti nityaṃ śatarudriyaṃ dvijāḥ ..  
te'sminbhave naiva punarbhavaṃti saṃsārapāraṃ paramaṃ gatā vai .. 106 ..

> Those twice-born who resort to the southern manifestation and constantly recite the Śatarudriya / are never born again in this world, having truly reached the supreme shore of saṃsāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.107)

uddeśamātraṃ kathito mayā te śrīsomanāthasya kṛtaikadeśaḥ ..  
abdairanekairbahubhiryugairvā na śakyamekena mukhena vaktum .. 107 ..

> Only an outline has been declared by me to you, a mere fraction of glorious Somanātha; / it is not possible to describe it with a single mouth even over many years or numerous yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.7.107\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.7.107_3)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrīsomanāthaprādurbhāvavarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. ..

> Thus ends the seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Manifestation of the Glorious Somanātha', in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.7.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.10.992) — Sanskrit

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