[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) › 16.102 # Skandapurana 16.102 Skandapurāṇa 16.102 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.102.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.1) tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ kaṃṭakaśodhinīm .. tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhanurdvitayasaṃsthitām .. 1 .. > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the goddess Kaṇṭakaśodhinī, / situated at a distance of two bow-lengths in the northern quarter from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.2) mahiṣaghnīṃ mahākāyāṃ brahmadevarṣipūjitām .. purā ye kalmaṣopetā dānavā devakaṃṭakāḥ .. 2 .. > She is the slayer of Mahiṣa, having a mighty form, worshipped by Brahmā, the gods, and seers. / Long ago, whatever Dānavas were tainted with sins and were thorns to the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.3) yugeyuge śodhayettāṃstena kaṃṭakaśodhinī .. āśvayukchuklapakṣe tu navamyāṃ tāmathārcayet .. 3 .. > she purges them in every yuga; therefore she is Kaṇṭakaśodhinī. / One should worship her on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Āśvayuja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.4) paśupuṣpopahāraiśca dīpadhūpaistathottamaiḥ .. tasyā'rayo na jāyaṃte yāvadvarṣaṃ varānane .. 4 .. > with animal offerings, flowers, and supreme lamps and incenses; / his enemies will not arise for an entire year, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.5) yastāṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā bhūtāyā nityameva vā .. . .. taṃ putramiva kalyāṇī saṃrakṣati na saṃśayaḥ .. 5 .. > Whoever beholds her with true devotion on the fourteenth day of the fortnight or daily— / the auspicious goddess protects him like a son, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.6) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. devi kaṃṭakaśodhinyāḥ śrutaṃ rakṣākaraṃ param .. 6 .. > Thus the sin-destroying māhātmya has been declared in brief; / heard, O goddess, the māhātmya of Kaṇṭakaśodhinī grants supreme protection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.102.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102.102) iti śrīskāṃde mahā purāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāṃbādityasamīpavartikaṃṭakaśodhinīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ .. 102 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and second chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Kaṇṭakaśodhinī Situated Near Sāmbāditya,” in the first part, the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa 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.16.102.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.102) · Pramāṇa