[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) › 16.82 # Skandapurana 16.82 Skandapurāṇa 16.82 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.82.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.1) ..devyuvāca .. .. cakratīrtheti kiṃ nāma tvayā proktaṃ vṛṣadhvaja .. kutra tiṣṭhati tattīrthaṃ kiṃ prabhāvaṃ vadasva me .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / What is this name 'Cakratīrtha' that was mentioned by you, O bull-bannered Lord? / Where does that sacred ford lie, and what is its efficacy? Tell me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. purā devāsure yuddhe hatvā daityāñjanārddanaḥ .. cakraṃ prakṣālayāmāsa tatra vai raktaraṃjitam.. 2 .. > Īśvara said: / Anciently, in the war between the gods and the Asuras, Janārdana, having slain the Daityas, / washed there his discus stained with blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.3) aṣṭakoṭisutīrthāni tatrānīya svayaṃ hariḥ .. tīrthe prakalpayāmāsa śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sudarśane .. tīrthasya cakre nāmāpi cakatīrthamiti śrutam.. 3 .. > Hari himself, having brought eighty million excellent sacred fords there, / established them in that sacred ford, having purified Sudarśana; / and he made the name of the sacred ford famous as 'Cakratīrtha'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.4) aṣṭāyutāni tīrthānāmaṣṭau koṭyastathaiva ca .. tatra saṃti mahādevi cakratīrthe na saṃśayaḥ .. 4 .. > Eighty thousand sacred fords and likewise eighty million \[sacred fords\] / are present there at Cakratīrtha, O great goddess; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.5) yastatra kurute snānamekacitto narottamaḥ.. sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ phalam..5 .. > The best among men who takes a ritual ablution there with a concentrated mind / obtains the entire fruit of bathing in all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.6) tīrthānāmaṣṭakoṭistu nivasaṃti varānane .. ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa candrasūryagrahe tathā .. 6 .. > Eighty million sacred fords reside \[there\], O fair-faced one, / especially on an Ekādaśī and during an eclipse of the moon or the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.7) tatra snātvā mahādevi yajñakoṭiphalaṃ labhet .. tasyaiva kalpanāmāni śṛṇu te kathayāmyaham .. 7 .. > Having bathed there, O great goddess, one obtains the fruit of ten million sacrifices. / Listen to its various names through the aeons; I shall tell you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.8) koṭitīrthaṃ pūrvakalpe śrīnidhānaṃ dvitīyake .. tṛtīye śatadhāraṃ ca cakratīrthaṃ caturthake .. 8 .. > Koṭitīrtha in the first kalpa; Śrīnidhāna in the second; / Śatadhāra in the third; and Cakratīrtha in the fourth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.9) evaṃ te kalpanāmāni hyatītānyakhilāni vai .. kathitānyevamanyāni jñeyāni vibudhaiḥ kramāt.. 9 .. > Thus all the names throughout the past aeons / have been told to you; other names are likewise to be known by the wise in sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.10) tatra yaddīyate dānaṃ tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate .. arddhakrośapramāṇaṃ hi viṣṇukṣetraṃ prakīrttitam .. 7.1.82.10 .. > There is no reckoning of whatever gift is given there; / Viṣṇu's sacred field is proclaimed to extend for half a krośa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.11) brahmahatyā nopasarpetsatyametanmayoditam .. māsopavāsī tatkṣetre agnihotrī yatavrataḥ .. 11 .. > The sin of killing a brahmin shall not draw near; this is the truth spoken by me. / One who fasts for a month in that sacred field, maintains the sacred fire, observes vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.12) svādhyāyī yajñayājī ca tapaścāṃdrāyaṇā dikam .. tilodakaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ ca vidhipūrvakam .. 12 .. > studies the sacred texts, performs sacrifices, undertakes austerities such as the cāndrāyaṇa penance, / and properly offers sesame-water and funeral rites to the ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.13) ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā kṛcchraṃ sāṃtapanaṃ tathā .. māsopavāsaṃ taccaiva anyadvā puṇyakarma tat .. 13 .. > \[Whether it be a fast of\] one night or three nights, or a kṛcchra, or a sāṃtapana penance, / a one-month fast, or any other meritorious act: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.14) daityārikṣetramāsādya yatkiṃcitkurute naraḥ .. anyakṣetrātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūyānna saṃśayaḥ .. 14 .. > Whatever a man performs after reaching the sacred field of the Enemy of the Daityas, / his merit becomes ten-millionfold greater than in any other sacred field; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.15) sudarśane vare tīrthe godānaṃ tatra dāpayet .. samyagyātrāphalaprepsuḥ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye .. 15 .. > There, at the excellent Sudarśana sacred ford, one seeking the full fruit of pilgrimage / should make a gift of cows for the purification of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.16) caṃḍālaḥ śvapaco vā'pi tiryagyonigatastathā .. tasmiṃstīrthe mṛtaḥ samyagācyutaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 16 .. > Even an outcaste, a dog-cooker, or an animal / who dies in that sacred ford attains the realm of Acyuta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.17) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ cakratīrthasamudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 17 .. > Thus has been declared in brief the origin of Cakra sacred ford, / a māhātmya that destroys all sins and grants the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.82.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82.82) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye daityasūdana māhātmyaprasaṃgena cakratīrthotpattivṛttāntamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 82 .. > Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Cakra Sacred Ford on the Occasion of the Māhātmya of Daityasūdana,' in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa of Śrī Skanda 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.16.82.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.82) · Pramāṇa