[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) › 17.2 # Skandapurana 17.2 Skandapurāṇa 17.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.p1) \[\[File:Bhavnath Mahadev.jpg|thumb|600px|bhavanāthamahādevaḥ \]\] > \[\[File:Bhavnath Mahadev.jpg|thumb|600px|Bhavanātha Mahādeva\]\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ punaḥ .. yatprabhāsasya sarvasvaṃ kṣetraṃ nābhiḥ priyaṃ mama .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, once more to the sacred field Vastrāpatha, / which is the all-in-all of Prabhāsa, the navel \[of the earth\], and dear to me. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.2) yatra sākṣādbhavo devaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ .. pṛthivyāṃ sa tvadhiṣṭhātā tattvānāmādimaḥ prabhuḥ .. 2 .. > Where the god Bhava is present in visible form, the cause of creation and dissolution, / he is the presiding deity upon earth, the primeval lord of the principles. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.3) sa svayaṃbhūḥ sthitastatra prabhāse bhūtido bhavaḥ .. bhavatīdaṃ jagadyasmāttasmādbhava iti smṛtaḥ .. 3 .. > He stands there in Prabhāsa as the self-manifest Bhava who grants prosperity; / since this universe comes to be (bhavati) from him, he is remembered as Bhava. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.4) yaḥ sakṛtkurute yātrāṃ kṣetre vastrāpathe punaḥ .. vigāhya tatra tīrthāni kṛtakṛtyaḥ sa jāyate .. 4 .. > He who makes a pilgrimage even once to the sacred field Vastrāpatha / and bathes in the sacred fords there achieves his purpose. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.5) atha dṛṣṭvā bhavaṃ devaṃ sakṛtpūjyavidhānataḥ .. kedārayātrāphalabhāksa bhavenmanujottamaḥ .. 5 .. > Now, having beheld the god Bhava and worshipped him once according to the rule, / that best of men shall obtain the fruit of a pilgrimage to Kedāra. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.6) caitre māsi bhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punarjāyate bhuvi .. vaiśākhyāmathavā samyagbhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimucyate .. 6 .. > Beholding Bhava in the month of Caitra, one is not born again on earth; / or, beholding Bhava properly on the full moon of Vaiśākha, one is liberated. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.7) vārāṇasyāṃ kurukṣetre narmadāyāṃ tu yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ nimiṣārddhena bhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā dinedine .. 7 .. > Whatever fruit is \[found\] in Vārāṇasī, in Kurukṣetra, and on the Narmadā, / that fruit is \[gained\] in half a twinkling of an eye by beholding Bhava day by day. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.8) durllabhastatra vāsastu durllabhaṃ bhavadarśanam .. pretatvaṃ naiva tasyāsti na yāmyā nārakī vyathā .. 8 .. > Dwelling there is hard to attain, and the darśana of Bhava is hard to attain; / for him there is no state of being a ghost, nor the hellish torment of Yama. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.9) yeṣāṃ bhavālaye prāṇā gatā vai varavarṇini .. dhanyānāmapi dhanyāste devānāmapi devatāḥ .. 9 .. > Those whose vital breaths depart in the abode of Bhava, O fair-complexioned one, / are the most blessed among the blessed, and deities even to the gods. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.10) vastrāpathe matiryeṣāṃ bhave yeṣāṃ matiḥ sthirā .. godānaṃ tatra śaṃsaṃti brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam.. piṃḍadānaṃ ca tatraiva kalpāṃtaṃ tṛptimā vahet.. 7.2.2.10 .. > They praise the gift of a cow and the feeding of brahmins there / for those whose minds are set on Vastrāpatha and whose minds are firm in Bhava; / and the offering of rice-balls in that very place will bring satisfaction until the end of the kalpa. 7.2.2.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ te bhavodbhavam .. śrutaṃ pāpopaśamanaṃ yajñāyutaphalapradam .. 11 .. > Thus has the māhātmya pertaining to Bhava been declared to you in brief; / when heard, it pacifies sins and grants the fruit of ten thousand sacrifices. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11_2) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye vastrāpathakṣetrabhavamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 .. > Thus ends the second chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Bhava in the Sacred Field of Vastrāpatha', in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second \[sub-section\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the text of eighty-one thousand verses. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11_3) vastra/vastrāpatha upari paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ > Purāṇic references on Vastra/Vastrāpatha > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11_4) kathanamasti yat vastrāpathakṣetraḥ nābhiḥ asti. ayaṃ pratīyate yat ayaṃ nābhiḥ maṇipūracakraḥ asti. maṇipūracakraḥ agneḥ sthānamasti. rajanīśamahodayānusāreṇa (kuṇḍalī aura sāta śarīra ) maṇipūracakraḥ śraddhā - aśraddhā, śraddhā - sandehasya padaḥ asti. yathā loke sārvatrikarūpeṇa pracalitaḥ asti, viṣṇoḥ nābhitaḥ padmopari brahmaṇaḥ āvirbhāvaḥ bhavati evaṃ brahmā sṛṣṭiṃ karoti. ayaṃ pratīyate yat maṇipūracakraḥ tatpadamasti yatra daivasya pradhānatā asti, puruṣārthasya prādhānyaṃ nāsti. brahmaṇaḥ āvirbhāvaḥ puruṣārthasya prathamā raśmiḥ asti. saḥ svecchayā sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ śaknoti. bhavasya saṃdarbhe purāṇeṣu (bhāgavatapurāṇam 5.17.15 )kathanamasti yat ilāvṛte tu bhagavānbhava eka eva pumānna hyanyaḥ. bhava upari paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ > It is stated that the sacred field of Vastrāpatha is the navel. It appears that this navel is the maṇipūracakra. The maṇipūracakra is the place of fire. According to Rajneesh (Kuṇḍalinī and the Seven Bodies), the maṇipūracakra is the state of faith and unfaith, faith and doubt. As is universally widespread in the world, Brahmā appears upon the lotus from the navel of Viṣṇu, and thus Brahmā carries out creation. It appears that the maṇipūracakra is that state where divine destiny is predominant and human effort does not have predominance. The manifestation of Brahmā is the first ray of human effort. He can perform creation by his own will. In the context of Bhava, it is stated in the Purāṇas (Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.17.15) that in Ilāvṛta, the blessed lord Bhava is the only male, indeed no other. > Purāṇic references on Bhava > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11_5) bhava/yakṛta upari ṭippaṇī > Note on Bhava/liver > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.2.11\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2.11_6) nābhi upari ṭippaṇī > Note on navel > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.2.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.2) · Pramāṇa