[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) › 16.81 # Skandapurana 16.81 Skandapurāṇa 16.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.81.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi deveśaṃ daityasūdanam .. pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinām .. 1 .. > The Lord said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the Lord of the gods, Daityasūdana, / the destroyer of sins of all living beings residing in the Prabhāsa sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.2) anādiyugasaṃsthānaṃ sarva kāmapradaṃ śubham.. saṃsārasāgare ghore sthitaṃ nauriva tāraṇe .. 2 .. > an abode without beginning through the ages, granting all desires, auspicious, / stationed like a boat for crossing over in the terrifying ocean of saṃsāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.3) anye sarve'pi naśyaṃti kalpāṃte brahmaṇo dine .. etāni muktvā deveśi nyagrodhaṃ sapta kalpagama ..3.. > All other things perish at the end of a kalpa, on the day of Brahmā, / except these, O queen of gods: the banyan tree lasting seven kalpas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.4) kalpavṛkṣaṃ tathā'gāraṃ vaiḍūryaṃ parvatottamam.. śrīdaityasūdanaṃ devaṃ mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahāmunim..4.. > likewise the wish-fulfilling tree, the house, the best mountain of beryl, / the divine Lord Daityasūdana, and the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.5) akṣayāścāvyayāścaite saptakalpāni sundari .. devi kiṃ bahunoktena varṇitena punaḥpunaḥ .. 5 .. > These are imperishable and immutable for seven kalpas, O beautiful lady. / O goddess, what is the use of speaking much, of describing \[this\] again and again? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.6) śrīdaityasūdanāddevi nānyāsti bhuvi devatā .. yavākāraṃ tu tasyaiva kṣetrapātakanāśanam.. 6 .. > Except for the holy Daityasūdana, O goddess, there is no other deity on earth. / His sacred field is shaped like a barleycorn and destroys sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.7) sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhairyakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ .. tasya sīmāṃ pravakṣyāmi viṣṇukṣetrasya bhāmini .. 7 .. > frequented by seers, perfected beings, yakṣas, vidyādharas, and serpents. / I shall tell you the boundary of this Viṣṇu-kṣetra, O spirited lady: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.8) pūrve yameśvaraṃ yāvacchrīsomeśaṃ tu paścime .. uttare tu viśālākṣī dakṣiṇe saritāṃ patiḥ .. 8 .. > extending to Yameśvara in the east, to the holy Someśa in the west, / to Viśālākṣī in the north, and to the lord of rivers (the ocean) in the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.9) etatkṣetraṃ yavākāraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ pāpanāśanam ..9.. > This sacred field of Viṣṇu, shaped like a barleycorn, destroys sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.10) atra kṣetre mṛtā ye tu pāpino'pi narā dhruvam .. svargaṃ gacchaṃti te sarve saṃtaḥ sukṛtino yathā ..7.1.81.10.. > Those men who die in this sacred field, even if they are sinners, / certainly all go to heaven, just as good and virtuous men do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.11) atra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ hi yat .. tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ proktaṃ saptakalpāvadhi priye .. 11 .. > Whatever is given here, offered into fire, muttered, or the austerity practiced, / all of that is declared to be imperishable for seven kalpas, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.12) tatraikamapi yo devi brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayiṣyati .. vidhinā viṣṇumuddiśya koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 12 .. > Whoever feeds even a single brahmin there, O goddess, / according to rule for the sake of Viṣṇu, ten million \[brahmins\] are fed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.13) tatropavāsaṃ yaḥ kuryānnaro bhaktisamanvitaḥ .. ekenaivopavāsena upavāsāyutaṃ phalam .. cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 13 .. > A man who undertakes a fast there, endowed with devotion, / obtains the fruit of ten thousand fasts by a single fast alone. / Having bathed at Cakra-tīrtha, fasting, with senses subdued, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.14) dvādaśyāṃ kārttike māsi dadyādvipreṣu kāṃcanam .. viṣṇuṃ saṃpūjya vidhivanmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 14 .. > on the twelfth day in the month of Kārttika, a man should give gold to brahmins; / having worshipped Viṣṇu according to rule, he is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.15) .. devyuvāca .. .. daityasūdananāmeti kathaṃ tasya prakīrtitam .. kasminkāle tu deveśa tanme vistarato vada .. 15 .. > The goddess said: > Why was he proclaimed with the name ‘Daityasūdana’? / And at what time, O Lord of the gods? Tell me that in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.16) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. daityasūdanadevasya purā vṛttaṃ mahodayam .. 16 .. > The Lord said: > Listen, O goddess; I will tell you the sin-destroying māhātmya, / the ancient and glorious event concerning the god Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.17) devi tasyaiva nāmāni kalpekalpe bhavaṃti vai.. anādinidhanānyeva saṃbhavanti punaḥpunaḥ..17.. > O goddess, his names exist kalpa after kalpa; / they are truly without beginning and without end, arising again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.18) pūrvakalpe śriyā vṛtto vāmanastu dvitīyake.. vajrāṃgastu tṛtīye vai turīye kamalāpriyaḥ..18.. > In the first kalpa he was surrounded by Śrī; in the second, Vāmana; / Vajrāṅga in the third; in the fourth, the beloved of Kamalā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.19) paṃcame duḥkhaharttā ca ṣaṣṭhe tu puruṣottamaḥ.. śrīdaityasūdano devaḥ kalpe vai saptame smṛtaḥ..19.. > in the fifth, the remover of sorrow; in the sixth, Puruṣottama; / and in the seventh kalpa the god is remembered as the holy Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.20) tasyaiva nāma cotpattiṃ kathayāmi yathārthataḥ .. 7.1.81.20 .. > I shall tell you the origin of his name precisely as it is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.21) purā devāsure yuddhe dānavairdevakaṃṭakaiḥ .. nirjitā devatāḥ sarve jagmuste śaraṇaṃ harim .. kṣīrodavāsinaṃ devamastuvanpraṇatāḥ sthitāḥ .. 21 .. > Formerly, in the battle between the gods and the asuras, when all the deities were vanquished / by the dānavas, the thorns of the gods, they went to Hari for refuge. / Standing prostrate before the god dwelling in the ocean of milk, they praised him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.22) .. devā ūcuḥ.. .. jaya deva jagannātha daityāsuravimarddana .. vārāharūpamāsthāya uddhṛtā vasudhā tvayā .. 22 .. > The gods said: > Victory, O God, Lord of the universe, crusher of daityas and asuras! / Having assumed the boar form, the earth was lifted up by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.23) uddhṛtā matsyarūpeṇa vedā udadhimadhyataḥ .. kūrmarūpī tathā bhūtvā kṣīrodārṇavamaṃthanam .. 23 .. > The Vedas were rescued from the midst of the ocean in the form of a fish. / Likewise, having become the tortoise form, the churning of the ocean of milk \[was done\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.24) kṛtvā tvayā jagannātha uddhṛtā śrīrnamo 'stu te .. śrīpatiḥ śrīdharo deva ārttānāmartināśanaḥ .. 24 .. > and by you, O Lord of the universe, Śrī was raised up; homage to you! / Lord of Śrī, bearer of Śrī, the god who destroys the suffering of the afflicted! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.25) balirvāmanarūpeṇa tvayā baddho'surāriṇā .. hiraṇyākṣo mahādaityo hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ .. 25 .. > In the form of Vāmana, Bali was bound by you, the enemy of the Asuras; / the great Daitya Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu were slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.26) nārasiṃhena rūpeṇa antarikṣe dhṛtastvayā .. devamūla mahādeva uddhṛtaṃ bhuvanaṃ tvayā .. 26 .. > In the form of Narasiṃha he was held in the mid-air by you. / O source of the gods, O Mahādeva, the world was delivered by you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.27) tvayā vinā jagannātha bhuvanaṃ niṣprabhī kṛtam .. sūryeṇeva tu vikrāntaṃ tamobhiriva dānavaiḥ .. 27 .. > Without you, O Lord of the World, the world was rendered lustreless, / as if overwhelmed by the sun \[or rather\] by darkness, by the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.28) śrutvā stotramidaṃ devi viṣṇuḥ kamalalocanaḥ .. uvāca devānbrahmādyānkṣīrodārṇava bodhitaḥ .. 28 .. > Hearing this hymn of praise, O goddess, the lotus-eyed Viṣṇu, / awakened on the ocean of milk, spoke to the gods headed by Brahmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.29) bhayaṃ tyajadhvaṃ vai devā dānavānprati sarvathā .. acireṇaiva kālena ghātayiṣyāmi dānavān .. 29 .. > "Cast off all fear, O gods, with regard to the Dānavas! / Within a short time indeed I shall destroy the Dānavas." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.30) evamuktvātha taiḥ sārddhamā jagāma janārddanaḥ .. dānavānghātayāmāsa sa cakreṇa pṛthakpṛthak .. 7.1.81.30 .. > Having spoken thus, Janārdana came forth together with them. / He destroyed the Dānavas individually with his discus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.31) bhayārttā dānavāḥ sarve palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ .. prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya samudrābhimukhā bhavan.. 31 .. > Afflicted with fear, all the Dānavas intent on flight / reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa and turned towards the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.32) naśyamānāstato dṛṣṭvā daityāndaityavināśanam .. saṃjaghne tānsa cakreṇa niḥśeṣānsarvadānavān .. 32 .. > Then, seeing the Daityas perishing, he, the destroyer of the Daityas, / wiped out with his discus all those Dānavas without remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.33) hateṣu sarvadaityeṣu devabrāhmaṇatāpasaiḥ .. kalyāṇamabhavattatra jagatsvasthamanākulam .. 33 .. > When all the Daityas were slain, for the gods, brahmins, and ascetics / auspicious well-being ensued; the world became peaceful and free from turmoil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.34) tatprabhṛtyeva devasya daityasūdananāma tat .. etanmāhātmyamatulaṃ kathitaṃ tava sundari .. daityasūdanadevasya mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam .. 34 .. > From that time onwards, the god bore that name 'Daityasūdana' (Slayer of the Daityas). / This peerless māhātmya has been related to you, O lovely one: / the great glory and vast exaltation of Lord Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.35) taṃ dṛṣṭvā na jaḍo nāṃdho na daridro na duḥkhitaḥ .. jāyate sapta janmāni satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane .. 35 .. > Upon seeing him, a person is not born dumb, blind, destitute, or suffering / for seven lifetimes; this is true, truly so, O fair-faced one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.36) śravaṇadvādaśīṃ puṇyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ cāṣṭamīṃ śubhām .. śayanotthāpanīṃ caiva naraḥ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ .. 36 .. > Observing with effort the meritorious Śravaṇadvādaśī and the auspicious Rohiṇī-aṣṭamī, / as well as the Śayanī and Utthāpanī \[Ekādaśīs\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.37) ekaikenopa vāsena upavāsāyutaṃ phalam .. labhate nātra sandeho daityasūdanasannidhau .. 37 .. > a man attains the fruit of ten thousand fasts / from each single fast in the presence of Daityasūdana; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.38) caṇḍālaḥ śvapaco vāpi tiryagyonigato'pi vā .. prāṇatyāge kṛte tasminnācyutaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 38 .. > Even a Caṇḍāla or an outcaste dog-cooker, or one born in an animal womb, / when he yields his life there, shall reach the imperishable realm of Acyuta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.39) kārtikyāṃ caiva vaiśākhyāṃ māsamekamupoṣayet .. daityasūdanamadhyasthaḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 39 ... > And if one should fast for one month in the months of Kārttika and Vaiśākha, / abiding in the midst of Daityasūdana, endowed with full faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.40) ekaikenopavāsena koṭikoṭi pṛthakpṛthak .. labhate tatphalaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇukṣetraprabhāvataḥ .. 7.1.81.40 .. > by each single fast one obtains ten million times \[the reward\] respectively; / he gains all that fruit by the power of Viṣṇu's sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.41) dīpaṃ dadāti yastatra māsaṃ vā pakṣameva vā .. ekaika dīpadānena koṭidīpaphalaṃ labhet .. 41 .. > Whoever offers a lamp there for a month or for a fortnight / obtains the fruit of ten million lamps by the gift of each single lamp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.42) paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya devadevaṃ caturbhujam .. ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ pūjayitvā'cyuto bhavet .. 42 .. > Having bathed the god of gods, the four-armed one, with the five nectars, / fasting on the Ekādaśī and worshipping him, one becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.43) cāturmāsyaṃ vidhānena daityasūdanasannidhau .. niyamena kṣipedyastu tasya tuṣyati keśavaḥ .. 43 .. > Whoever observes the four-month vow according to rule in the presence of Daityasūdana / with strict restraint, Keśava is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.44) anyakṣetreṣu yatkṛtvā cāturmāsyāni koṭiśaḥ .. tatphalaṃ labhate sarvaṃ daityasūdanadarśanāt .. 44 .. > Whatever \[merit\] is gained by performing millions of four-month vows in other sacred fields, / all that fruit one obtains from the darśana of Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.45) brahmāṇḍaṃ sakalaṃ dattvā yatpuṇyaphalamāpnuyāt .. tatpuṇyaṃ labhate sarvaṃ daityasūdanadarśanāt.. 45.. > Whatever meritorious fruit one may obtain by giving away the entire universe, / all that merit one obtains from the darśana of Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.46) ekādaśyāṃ tu yastatra kurute jāgaraṃ naraḥ .. gītanṛtyaistathā vādyaiḥ prekṣaṇīyaistathāvidhaiḥ .. sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ yaṃ gatvā na nivarttate .. 46 .. > The man who keeps a night vigil there on an Ekādaśī / with songs, dances, musical instruments, and suitable spectacles, / goes to the realm of Viṣṇu, from which, having gone, he does not return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.47) hatyā'yutānīha susaṃcitāni steyāni rukmasya na santi saṃkhyā .. nihaṃti kenāpi purā kṛtāni sarvāṇi bhadrā niśi jāgareṇa .. 47.. > Tens of thousands of killings accumulated here, and thefts of gold beyond count— / all those committed in the past by anyone are destroyed, O auspicious lady, by a vigil through the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.48) mārgā na te pretapurī na dūtā vanaṃ ca tatkhecarakhaḍgapatram .. svapne na paśyaṃti ca te manuṣyā yeṣāṃ gatā jāgaraṇena bhadrā .. 48 .. > Neither those paths, nor the city of the spirits of the dead, nor the messengers, nor that sky-ranging forest of sword-like leaves / do those men ever see even in a dream whose night, O auspicious lady, has passed in vigil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.49) kanyāsahasraṃ vidhivaddadāti ratnairalaṃkṛtya svadharmabuddhyā .. gavāṃ sahasraṃ kurujāṃgale tu teṣāṃ paraṃ jāgaraṇena viṣṇoḥ .. 49 .. > If one gives a thousand maidens in marriage according to rule, adorned with jewels, with the thought of fulfilling one's duty, / or a thousand cows in the land of Kurujāṅgala, superior to those is keeping vigil for Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.50) kṛtvā caivopavāsaṃ ca yo'śnāti dvādaśīdine .. naivedyaṃ tulasīmiśraṃ hatyākoṭivināśanam .. 7.1.81.50 .. > And having observed a fast, whoever eats on the Dvādaśī day / food offering mixed with tulasī destroys ten million killings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.51) iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. daityasūdanadevasya kimanyatparipṛcchasi .. .. 51 .. > Thus has been related to you, O goddess, the sin-destroying māhātmya / of Lord Daityasūdana; what else do you wish to ask? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.52) pītavastrāṇi devasya gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca dāpayet .. snātvā cakravare tīrthe mucyate sarvapātakāt .. 52 .. > One should offer yellow garments, a cow, and gold to the deity; / having bathed at the excellent sacred ford of the discus, one is released from all sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.81.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81.81) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrīdaityasūdanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 81 .. .. .. > Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Glorious Daityasūdana', in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.81.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.50.p3.1) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.81) · Pramāṇa