[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) › 16.9 # Skandapurana 16.9 Skandapurāṇa 16.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. divyaṃ tejo namasyāmi yanme dṛṣṭaṃ purātane .. kālāgnirudramadhyasthaṃ prabhāse śaṃkarodbhavam .. 1 .. > The Goddess said: > I bow to the divine splendor which I beheld in ancient times, > standing in the midst of Kālāgnirudra, originating from Śaṃkara, at Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.2) yo vedasaṃghairṛṣibhiḥ purāṇairvedoktayogairapi ijyamānaḥ .. taṃ devadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi someśvaraṃ pāpavināśahetum .. 2 .. > He who is worshiped by the hosts of the Vedas, by the seers, by the Purāṇas, and by the yogas taught in the Vedas— > in that God of gods, Someśvara, the cause of the destruction of sins, I take refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.3) devadeva jagannātha bhaktānugrahakāraka .. saṃśayo hṛdi me kaścittaṃ bhavāñchettumarhati .. 3 .. > O God of gods, Lord of the universe, Bestower of grace upon your devotees! > A doubt has arisen in my heart; be pleased to dispel it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. kaḥ saṃśayaḥ samutpannastava devi yaśasvini .. tanme kathaya kalyāṇi tatsarvaṃ kathayāmyaham .. 4 .. > Īśvara said: > What doubt has arisen in you, O glorious Goddess? > Tell me that, O auspicious lady; I shall explain it all to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.5) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadi tvaṃ ca mahādevo muṇḍamālā kathaṃ kṛtā .. anādi nidhano dhātā sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ .. 5 .. > The Goddess said: > If you are indeed Mahādeva, why have you made a garland of skulls, > \[you who are\] the creator without beginning or end, the cause of creation and dissolution? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.6) tato vihasya deveśaḥ śaṃkaro vākyamabravīt .. anekamuṇḍakoṭībhiryā me mālā virājate .. 6 .. > Then the Lord of gods, Śaṃkara, smiled and spoke these words: > This garland that adorns me with many crores of skulls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.7) nārāyaṇa sahasrāṇāṃ brahmaṇāmayutasya ca .. kṛtā śiraḥkaroṭībhiranādinidhanā tataḥ .. 7 .. > was made from the skulls of thousands of Nārāyaṇas and tens of thousands of Brahmās; > hence it is without beginning or end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.8) anyo viṣṇuśca bhavati anyo brahmā bhavatyapi .. kalpe kalpe mayā sṛṣṭaḥ kalpe viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ .. 8 .. > In every aeon another Viṣṇu appears, and another Brahmā appears as well; > in aeon after aeon, Viṣṇu and Prajāpati are created by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.9) ahamevaṃvidho devi kṣetre prābhāsike sthitaḥ .. kālāgniliṃgamūle tu muṃḍamālāvibhūṣitaḥ .. 9 .. > Such as I am, O Goddess, I abide in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, > at the root of the Kālāgni-liṅga, adorned with a garland of skulls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.10) akṣasūtradharaḥ śānta ādimadhyāṃtavarjitaḥ .. padmāsanastho varado himakundendusannibhaḥ .. 7.1.9.10 .. > Holding a rosary, tranquil, devoid of beginning, middle, or end, > seated on a lotus seat, granting boons, resembling snow, the kunda flower, or the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.11) mama vāme sthito viṣṇurdakṣiṇe ca pitāmahaḥ .. jaṭhare caturo vedāḥ hṛdaye brahma śāśvatam .. 11 .. > On my left stands Viṣṇu, and on my right stands the Grandfather \[Brahmā\]; > in my belly are the four Vedas, and in my heart is the eternal Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.12) agniḥ somaśca sūryaśca locaneṣu vyavasthitāḥ .. 12 .. > Fire, the moon, and the sun are situated in my eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.13) evaṃvidho mahādevi prabhāse saṃvyavasthitaḥ .. āpyatattvātsamānīte mā te bhūtsaṃśayaḥ kvacit .. 13 .. > Abiding thus at Prabhāsa, O Great Goddess, > brought forth from the water-principle—let there be no doubt in you anywhere! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.14) evamuktā tadā devī harṣagadgadayā girā .. tuṣṭāva devadeveśaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutā .. 14 .. .. > Having been spoken to thus, the Goddess, with a voice choked with joy > and filled with supreme devotion, then praised the Lord of the gods of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.15) devyuvāca .. .. jaya deva mahādeva sarvabhāvana īśvara .. namaste'stu sureśāya parameśāya vai namaḥ ..15.. > The Goddess said: > Victory, O God, Mahādeva, Source of all beings, Īśvara! > Obeisance to you, Lord of the gods; obeisance indeed to the Supreme Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.16) anādisṛṣṭikartre ca namaḥ sarvagatāya ca .. sarvasthāya namastubhyaṃ dhāmnāṃ dhāmne namo'stu te .. 16 .. > Obeisance to the author of beginningless creation, and obeisance to the all-pervading one! > Obeisance to you who dwell in everything; obeisance to you, the Light of lights! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.17) ṣaḍaṃtāya namastubhyaṃ dvādaśāntāya te namaḥ .. haṃsabheda namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ ca mokṣada .. 17 .. > Obeisance to you who end at the six \[centers\], obeisance to you who end at the twelve \[centers\]; > obeisance to you who are the distinctions of the haṃsa; obeisance to you, bestower of liberation! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.18) iti stutastadā devyā pracalaccandraśekharaḥ .. tatastuṣṭastu bhagavānidaṃ vacanamabravīt.. 18 .. .. > Having been praised thus by the Goddess, the Lord who wears the trembling crescent moon > was pleased and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.19) īśvara uvāca .. .. sādhusādhu mahāprājñe tuṣṭo'haṃ vriyatāṃ varaḥ .. 19 .. > Īśvara said: > Well done, well done, O highly wise lady! I am pleased; choose a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.20) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa varārhā yadi vāpyaham.. prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmyaṃ punarvistarato vada .. 7.1.9.20 .. > The Goddess said: > If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, or if I am worthy of a boon, > tell me again in detail the greatness of the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.21) bhūteśa bhagavānviṣṇurdaityānāmantakāgraṇīḥ .. sa kasmāddvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ .. 21 .. > O Lord of beings, why did the blessed Viṣṇu, the foremost destroyer of the Daityas, > abandon Dvārakā and resort to the sacred field of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.22) ṣaṣṭi tīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭiśatāni ca .. dvārakāmadhyasaṃsthāni kathaṃ nyakkṛtavānhariḥ .. 22 .. > There are sixty thousand sacred fords and sixty thousand crores > situated within Dvārakā; how did Hari cast them aside? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.23) amarairāvṛtāṃ puṇyāṃ puṇyakṛdbhirniṣevitām .. evaṃ tāṃ dvārakāṃ tyaktvā prabhāsaṃ kathamāgataḥ .. 23 .. > Having thus abandoned that Dvārakā, surrounded by immortals, holy, and served by the performers of meritorious deeds, > how did he come to Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.24) devamānuṣayornetā dyobhuvoḥ prabhavo hariḥ .. kimarthaṃ dvārakāṃ tyaktvā prabhāse nidhanaṃ gataḥ .. 24 .. > Hari, the leader of gods and men, the source of heaven and earth— > why did he leave Dvārakā and meet his end at Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.25) yaścakraṃ varttayatyeko mānuṣāṇāṃ manomayam .. prabhāse sa kathaṃ kālaṃ cakre cakrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ..25.. > How did he, the foremost among wielders of the discus, > who alone sets in motion the mental wheel of men, meet his end at Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.26) gopāyanaṃ yaḥ kurute jagataḥ sārvalaukikam .. sa kathaṃ bhagavānviṣṇuḥ prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ .. 26 .. > How did the blessed Lord Viṣṇu, who provides protection > for the entire universe, resort to the sacred field of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.27) yoṃtakāle jalaṃ pītvā kṛtvā toyamayaṃ vapuḥ .. lokamekārṇavaṃ cakre dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭena cātmanā .. 27 .. > He who at the time of the cosmic dissolution, drinking up the water and assuming a watery body, > turned the world into a single ocean by his gaze and by his visible self— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.28) sa kathaṃ pañcatāṃ prāpa prabhāse pārvatīpate .. yaḥ purāṇe purāṇātmā vārāhaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ .. 28 .. > How did he meet death at Prabhāsa, O Lord of Pārvatī? > He who, the ancient Self in the ancient past, assumed the form of a boar > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.29) uddadhāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saśailavanakānanām.. sa kathaṃ tyaktavāngātraṃ prabhāse pāpanāśane .. 29 .. > and lifted up the entire earth with its mountains, forests, and groves— > how did he cast off his body at sin-destroying Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.30) yena siṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ .. sa kathaṃ devadeveśaḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ .. 7.1.9.30 .. > He who, having assumed a lion's form, slew Hiraṇyakaśipu— > how did that God of the gods of gods take refuge in the sacred field of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.31) sahasracaraṇaṃ devaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ mahāprabham.. sahasraśirasaṃ vedā yamāhurvai yugeyuge .. 31 .. > The God with a thousand feet, a thousand eyes, of great splendor, > with a thousand heads, of whom the Vedas speak in aeon after aeon— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.32) tatyāja sa kathaṃ devaḥ prabhāse svaṃ kalevaram.. nābhyaraṇyāṃ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham .. 32 .. > how did that God abandon his body at Prabhāsa? > He in the forest of whose navel the abode of the Grandfather arose; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.33) ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṃkajamapaṃkajam .. yenoddhṛtaṃ kṣaṇenaiva prabhāsasthaḥ sa kiṃ hariḥ .. 33 .. > when the world had turned into a single ocean, that lotus which was freed from mud, > which was lifted up by him in an instant—how did that Hari come to abide at Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.34) uttarāṃśe samudrasya kṣīrodasyā mṛtodadheḥ .. yaḥ śete śāśvataṃ yogamāsthāya paravīrahā .. sa kathaṃ tyaktavāndehaṃ prabhāse parameśvaraḥ .. 34 .. > He, the slayer of enemy heroes, who slumbers on the northern part of the ocean, > the ocean of milk, the ocean of nectar, taking resort to eternal yoga— > how did that Supreme Lord abandon his body at Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.35) havyādānyaḥ surāṃścakre kavyādāṃśca pitṝ napi .. sa kathaṃ devadeveśaḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ .. 35 .. > He who made the gods consumers of oblations, and the ancestors consumers of ancestral offerings— > how did that God of the gods of gods resort to the sacred field of Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.36) yugānurūpaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā rūpaṃ lokahitāya vai .. dharmamuddharate devaḥ sa kathaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ ..36.. > He who, assuming a form appropriate for each aeon for the welfare of the world, > upholds dharma—how did that God resort to this sacred field? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.37) trayo varṇāstrayo lokāstraividyaṃ pāṭhakāstrayaḥ.. traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi trayo devāstrayo guṇāḥ.. sṛṣṭaṃ yena purā devaḥ sa kathaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ.. 37 .. > The three castes, the three worlds, the three Vedas, the three reciters, > the three times, the three actions, the three gods, and the three guṇas— > by whom these were created of old: how did that God resort to this sacred field? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.38) yā gatirddharmayuktānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmiṇām.. cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaścāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā .. 38 .. > He who is the destination of those endowed with dharma, and the absence of a goal for evil-doers, > the source of the four castes and the protector of the four castes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.39) cāturvidyasya yo vettā cāturāśramyasaṃsthitaḥ.. kasmātsa dvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāse paṃcatāṃ gataḥ ..39.. > the knower of the four Vedas, the one established in the four stages of life— > why did he leave Dvārakā and meet his death at Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.40) digaṃtaraṃ nabhobhūmirāpo vāyurvibhāvasuḥ.. caṃdrasūryadvayaṃ jyotiryugeśaḥ kṣaṇadātanuḥ ..7.1.9.40... > The directions, the sky, the earth, the waters, the wind, the fire, > the two luminaries, the moon and the sun, the Lord of aeons, whose body is the night; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.41) yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate jyotiryaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ.. yaḥ paraṃ parataḥ proktaḥ paraṃ yaḥ paramātmavān..41.. > he who is heard of as the supreme light, who is heard of as the supreme austerity, > who is proclaimed higher than the highest, who possesses the supreme Self— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.42) ādityādiśca yo divyo yaśca daityāṃtako vibhuḥ.. sa kathaṃ devakīsūnuḥ prabhāse siddhimīyivān ..42.. > He who is the divine origin of the Ādityas, the all-pervading destroyer of the Daityas— / how did that son of Devakī attain siddhi in Prabhāsa? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.43) yugāṃte cāṃtako yaśca yaśca lokāṃtakāṃtakaḥ .. seturyo lokasattānāṃ medhyo yo medhyakarmaṇām .. 43 .. > He who is the destroyer at the end of the yuga, and the destroyer of the destroyer of the worlds, / who is the bridge for the existence of the worlds, and the pure one among those of pure deeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.44) vettā yo vedaviduṣāṃ prabhuryaḥ prabhavātmanām.. somabhūtastu bhūtānāmagnibhūto'gnivartmanām .. 44 .. > who is the knower among the knowers of the Veda, the lord among those whose nature is sovereignty, / who has become the moon among beings, and the fire among those whose path is fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.45) manuṣyāṇāṃ manobhūtastapobhūtastapasvinām .. vinayo nayabhūtānāṃ tejastejasvināmapi ..45.. > who has become the mind among human beings, and the austerity among the austere, / the humility among those endowed with policy, and the splendor even among the splendid, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.46) vigraho vigrahāṇāṃ yo gatirgatimatāmapi .. sa kathaṃ dvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ..46.. > who is the embodied form among bodies, and the goal even among those who move— / how did he, abandoning Dvārakā, take refuge in Prabhāsakṣetra? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.47) ākāśaprabhavo vāyurvāyuprāṇo hutāśanaḥ.. devā hutāśanaprāṇāḥ prāṇo'gnermadhusūdanaḥ .. sakathaṃ padmajaprāṇaḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ ..47.. > Wind arises from the ether, and the consumer of oblations has wind as his life-breath; / the gods have the consumer of oblations as their life-breath, and Madhusūdana is the life-breath of fire; / how did he, the life-breath of the lotus-born, take refuge in Prabhāsakṣetra? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.48) .. sūta uvāca .. .. iti proktastadā devyā śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ .. uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ pārvatīṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 48 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed at that time by the goddess, Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world, / laughed and addressed words to Pārvatī, O best of the twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.49) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi prabhāsakṣetravistaram .. rahasyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ devānāmapi durllabham .. 49 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I will explain the extent of Prabhāsakṣetra, / a secret that destroys all sins, hard to attain even for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.50) devi kṣetrāṇyanekāni pṛthivyāṃ saṃti bhāmini .. tīrthāni koṭisaṃkhyāni prabhāvasteṣu saṃkhyayā .. 7.1.9.50 .. > O goddess, O radiant one, there are many sacred fields on the earth, / and sacred fords by the crores, having power in \[measurable\] number; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.51) asaṃkhyeya prabhāvaṃ hi prabhāsaṃ parikīrtitam .. brahmatattvaṃ viṣṇutattvaṃ raudratattvaṃ tathaiva ca ..51.. > but Prabhāsa is indeed celebrated as having immeasurable power. / The reality of Brahmā, the reality of Viṣṇu, and likewise the reality of Rudra— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.52) tatra bhūyaḥ samāyogo durllabho'nyeṣu pārvati.. prabhāse devadeveśi tattvānāṃ tritayaṃ sthitam ..52.. > their combination is further found there, hard to find elsewhere, O Pārvatī. / In Prabhāsa, O ruler of the gods, the triad of principles is present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.53) caturviṃśatitattvaiśca brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. bālarūpī ca nāmnāṃ ca tatra sthāne sthitaḥ svayam ..53.. > Along with the twenty-four principles, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / having the form of a child and by that name, dwells in that place himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.54) paṃcaviśatitattvānāma dhipo devatāgraṇīḥ .. tasminsthāne sthitaḥ sākṣāddaityānāmaṃtakaḥ śubhe .. 54 .. > The overlord of the twenty-five principles, the foremost among the deities, / the destroyer of the Daityas, is directly present in that place, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.55) ahaṃ devi tvayā sārddhaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasaṃyutaḥ .. nivasāmi mahābhāge prabhāse pāpanāśane .. 55 .. > I, O goddess, together with you and united with the thirty-six principles, / dwell in Prabhāsa which destroys sins, O highly fortunate one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.56) evaṃ tattvamayaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvatīrthamayaṃ śubham .. prabhāsameva jānīhi mā kārṣīḥ saṃśayaṃ kvacit .. 56 .. > Know Prabhāsa alone to be such an auspicious sacred field consisting of all principles and all sacred fords; / do not entertain doubt anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.57) api kīṭapataṃgā ye mriyaṃte tatra ye narāḥ .. te'pi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 57 .. > Even worms, insects, or men who die there, / they too attain the supreme state; there should be no deliberation on this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.58) striyo mlecchāśca śūdrāśca paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ.. prabhāse tu mṛtā devi śivalokaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 58.. > Women, barbarians, Śūdras, beasts, birds, and wild animals— / dying in Prabhāsa, O goddess, they go to the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.59) kāmakrodhena ye baddhā lobhena ca vaśīkṛtāḥ .. ajñānatimirākrāṃtā māyātattve ca saṃsthitāḥ .. 59 .. > Those who are bound by desire and anger, enslaved by greed, / overcome by the darkness of ignorance, and abiding in the principle of illusion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.60) kālapāśena ye baddhāstṛṣṇājālena mohitāḥ .. adharmaniratā ye ca ye ca tiṣṭhaṃti pāpinaḥ .. 7.1.9.60 .. > those bound by the noose of Time, bewildered by the net of craving, / those devoted to unrighteousness, and whatever sinners remain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.61) brahmaghnāśca kṛtaghnāśca ye cānye gurutalpagāḥ .. mahāpātakinaścāpi te yānti paramāṃ gatim .. 61 .. > slayers of brahmins, ungrateful people, and others who violate the teacher’s bed, / even perpetrators of the greatest sins—they attain the supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.62) mātṛhaṃtā naro yastu pitṛhaṃtā tathaiva ca .. te sarve muktimāyāṃti kiṃ punaḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ .. 62 .. > A person who is a slayer of his mother, and likewise a slayer of his father— / they all attain liberation, not to mention those who perform good deeds! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.9.62\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9.62_1) iti jñātvā mahādevi daityānāmaṃtako hariḥ.. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya tyaktavānsvaṃ kalevaram.. iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāsakṣetre śrīharisthitipraśnavarṇanaṃ nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 9.. > Knowing this, O great goddess, Hari, the destroyer of the Daityas, / reached Prabhāsakṣetra and abandoned his own mortal body. / Thus in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Samhitā of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the ninth chapter entitled ‘Description of the Question concerning the Abode of Śrī Hari in Prabhāsakṣetra’. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.179.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.50.79) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.9) · Pramāṇa