[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) › 16.85 # Skandapurana 16.85 Skandapurāṇa 16.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.85.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. tatra saṃnihitā proktā yā tvayā vṛṣabhadhvaja .. kathaṃ deva samāyātā kurukṣetrānmahānadī .. kiṃ prabhāvā tu sā proktā phalaṃ snānādikena kim .. .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / “The Saṃnihitā that was mentioned by you there, O bull-bannered Lord, / how did that great river arrive from Kurukṣetra, O god? / What power is attributed to it, and what is the fruit of ritual ablution and the like?” 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yatra saṃnihitā śubhā .. pāpaghnī sarvajaṃtūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi .. 2 .. > Īśvara said: / Hear, O goddess, I shall explain where the auspicious Saṃnihitā is situated, / which destroys the sins of all creatures merely by being seen and touched. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.3) ādinārāyaṇāddevi paścime dhanuṣāṃ traye .. saṃsthitā sā mahādevī saridrūpā mahānadī .. 3 .. > Three bow-lengths to the west of the primeval Nārāyaṇa, O goddess, / that great goddess stands, a great river in the form of a stream. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.4) kathayāmi samāsena tadutpattiṃ śṛṇu priye .. jarāsaṃdhabhayāddevi viṣṇuḥ parijanaiḥ saha .. 4 .. > I shall relate its origin in brief; listen, O beloved: / Out of fear of Jarāsandha, O goddess, Viṣṇu together with his retinue, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.5) gṛhītvā yādavānsarvānbālavṛddhavaṇigjanān .. sa śūnyāṃ mathurāṃ kṛtvā prabhāsaṃ samupāgataḥ .. 5 .. > taking all the Yādavas—children, old men, and merchant-folk— / made Mathurā desolate and came to Prabhāsa. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.6) samudraṃ prārthayāmāsa sthānaṃ saṃvāsahetave .. etasminneva kāle tu devadevo divākaraḥ .. 6 .. > He requested a place from the ocean for the sake of dwelling. / At that very time, the sun, god of gods, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.7) saṃgrasto rāhuṇā devi parvakāle hyupasthite .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā yādavāḥ sarve viṣādaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ .. 7 .. > was seized by Rāhu, O goddess, when the time of the eclipse arrived. / Seeing that, all the Yādavas were plunged into great despair, 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.8) aprāptāḥ saṃnihityāyāṃ tānuvāca janārddanaḥ .. mā viṣādaṃ yaduśreṣṭhā vrajadhvaṃ mayi saṃsthite .. 8 .. > not having reached the Saṃnihitā. Janārdana said to them: / “Do not fall into despair, O best of the Yadus, while I am here! 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.9) dṛśyatāṃ matprabhāvo'dya dharmā rthamiha bhūtale .. ānayiṣyāmyahaṃ samyakpuṇyaṃ sāṃnihitaṃ saraḥ .. 9 .. > Behold my power today on this earth for the sake of dharma: / I shall bring here fully the holy Saṃnihita lake!” 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.10) evamuktvā sa bhagavānsamādhistho babhūva ha .. evaṃ saṃdhyāyatastasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ .. 7.1.85.10 .. > Having spoken thus, the Lord entered into meditative absorption. / While Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendour was thus meditating, 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.11) prādurbhūtā tatastasya vāridhārā'grataḥ śubhā .. bibhedya dharaṇīpṛṣṭhaṃ snānārthaṃ cāsuradviṣaḥ .. 11 .. > an auspicious stream of water burst forth before him, / cleaving open the surface of the earth for the ritual ablution of the enemy of the Asuras. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.12) tata ste yādavāḥ sarve rāmasāṃbapurogamāḥ .. cakruḥ snānaṃ mahādevi rāhugraste divākare .. 12 .. > Then all those Yādavas, led by Rāma and Sāmba, / performed their ritual ablution, O great goddess, while the sun was seized by Rāhu. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.13) prāptapuṇyā babhūvuste saṃnihityāsamudbhavam .. kurukṣetrasya yātrāyāḥ prāpya samyakphalaṃ hi te .. 13 .. > They obtained the religious merit arising from the Saṃnihitā, / having truly obtained the full fruit of a pilgrimage to Kurukṣetra. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.14) evaṃ tatsamanuprāptaṃ puṇyaṃ sānnihitaṃ saraḥ .. tatra snātvā mahādevi rāhugraste divākare .. agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyaśeṣataḥ .. 14 .. > In this way that holy Saṃnihita lake was obtained. / Having bathed there, O great goddess, while the sun is seized by Rāhu, / one obtains the entire fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.15) yastatra bhojayedvipraṃ ṣaḍrasaṃ vidhipūrvakam .. ekena bhojitenaiva koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 15 .. > Whoever feeds a brahmin there with food of six flavours in according with the rules, / by feeding just one, ten million are fed. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.16) yastatra kārayeddhomaṃ saṃnihityāsamīpataḥ .. ekaikāhutidānena koṭihomaphalaṃ labhet .. 16 .. > Whoever causes a fire sacrifice to be performed there near the Saṃnihitā, / by offering each single oblation, he obtains the fruit of ten million fire sacrifices. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.17) mantrajāpyaṃ tu kurute tatra sthāne sthito yadi .. ekaikamaṃtrajāpyena koṭijāpyaphalaṃ labhet .. 17 .. > If, standing in that place, he undertakes the recitation of mantras, / by reciting each single mantra, he obtains the fruit of reciting ten million mantras. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.18) suvarṇadānaṃ dātavyaṃ tatra yātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. snātvā saṃpūjanīyaśca ādidevo janārddanaḥ .. 18 .. > A gift of gold must be given there by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage; / and having bathed, Janārdana, the primeval god, must be worshipped. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.19) iti vai kathitaṃ samyakphalaṃ sāṃnihitaṃ tava .. śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ samyakchraddhāvatāṃ priye .. 19 ... > Thus indeed the full fruit of the Saṃnihitā has been told to you. / Heard by men possessing true faith, O beloved, it removes sins. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.85.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85.85) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saṃnihityāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 85 .. > Thus ends the eighty-fifth chapter, entitled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Saṃnihitā,’ in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.85.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.204.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.5.31.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.85) · Pramāṇa