[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) › 16.110 # Skandapurana 16.110 Skandapurāṇa 16.110 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.110.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchedvarārohe prabhāseśvaramuttamam .. gaurītapovanāddevi paścime samudāhṛtam ..1.. > Īśvara said: > Then, O fair-hipped woman, one should go to the excellent Prabhāseśvara, / declared to be to the west of the ascetic grove of Gaurī, O goddess, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.2) dhanuṣāṃ saptake devi nātidūre vyavasthitam .. sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṃgaṃ vasūnāmaṣṭamena hi .. 2 .. > situated not very far away, at a distance of seven bows, O goddess. / That great liṅga was established by the eighth among the Vasus, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.3) prabhāsa iti nāmnā hi śivapūjāratena vai .. sa putrakāmo deveśi prabhāsakṣetramāgataḥ ..3.. > named Prabhāsa indeed, who was devoted to the worship of Śiva. / Desiring a son, O queen of gods, he came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.4) pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṅgaṃ cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. āgneyamiti vikhyātaṃ divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye .. 4 .. > Having consecrated the great liṅga, he performed vast austerity / renowned as Āgneya, for a hundred divine years, O beloved. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.5) tatastasya mahādevi samyakchraddhānvi tasya vai .. tutoṣa bhagavānrudro dadau yanmanasīpsitam ..5.. > Then, O great goddess, the blessed Rudra was pleased with him / who was endowed with complete faith, and gave what his heart desired. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.6) bṛhaspatestu bhaginī bhuvanā brahmavādinī .. prabhāsasya tu sā bhāryā vasūnāmaṣṭamasya ca .. ..6.. > Bṛhaspati's sister was Bhuvanā, a speaker of the sacred truth; / she was the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.7) viśvakarmā sutastasyāḥ sṛṣṭikartā prajāpatiḥ.. devānāṃ takṣako vidvānmanormātāmahaḥ smṛtaḥ ..7.. > Viśvakarman was her son, the creator of creatures, a Prajāpati, / the wise architect of the gods, remembered as the maternal grandfather of Manu. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.8) takṣakaḥ sūryabiṃbasya tejasaḥ śātano mahān.. evaṃ tasyā'bhavatputro vasūnāmaṣṭamasya vai .. 8 .. > He was the great fashioner of the solar orb, reducing its brilliance. / Thus a son was born to that eighth among the Vasus, 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.9) prabhāsanāmno deveśi talliṃgārādhanodyataḥ .. iti te kathitaṃ devi prabhāseśvarasūcakam .. 9 .. > named Prabhāsa, O queen of gods, who applied himself to the worship of that liṅga. / Thus has been related to you, O goddess, that which indicates Prabhāseśvara. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.10) māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 7.1.110.10 .. > This auspicious māhātmya destroys all sins and grants all desires. / Whoever worships it with devotion, endowed with complete faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.11) bhūmiśāyī nirāhāro japanvai śatarudriyam .. māghe māsi caturdaśyāṃ snātvā sāgarasaṃgame .. 11 .. > Sleeping on the ground, fasting, and reciting the Śatarudriya, / having bathed at the confluence with the ocean on the fourteenth day of the month of Māgha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.12) paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. 12 .. > Bathing \[the liṅga\] with the five nectars, and having worshipped \[it\] according to the ritual rules, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.13) ya evaṃ kurute devi samyagyātrāmahotsavam .. sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhyate .. vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 13 .. > Whoever performs this great festival of pilgrimage properly, O Goddess, / is freed from all sins and thrives with all desires. / A bull should be given right there by those who desire the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.110.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110.110) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāseśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 110 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and tenth chapter, titled “The Description of the Māhātmya of Prabhāseśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.110.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.110) · Pramāṇa