[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) › 16.113 # Skandapurana 16.113 Skandapurāṇa 16.113 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.113.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi jānakīśvaramuttamam .. rāmeśānnaiṛte bhāge dhanustriṃśakasaṃsthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the supreme Jānakīśvara, / situated thirty bow-lengths to the southwest of Rāmeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.2) pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ jānakyā''rādhitaṃ purā .. pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśeṣeṇa samyagārādhyaśaṃkaram .. 2 .. > It destroys the sin of all creatures; it was worshipped of old by Jānakī, / and especially established after she had properly propitiated Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.3) pūrvaṃ tasyaiva liṃgasya vasiṣṭheśeti nāma vai .. tatpaścājjānakīśeti tretāyāṃ prathitaṃ kṣitau .. 3 .. > Previously, the name of that very liṅga was Vasiṣṭheśa; / afterwards, in the Tretāyuga, it became renowned on earth as Jānakīśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.4) tataḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi vālakhilyā maharṣayaḥ .. tatra siddhimanuprāptāstena siddheśvareti ca .. .. 4 .. > Then sixty thousand great seers, the Vālakhilyas, / attained perfection there; therefore \[it is also called\] Siddheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.5) khyātaṃ kalau mahādevi yugaliṃgaṃ mahāprabham.. taddṛṣṭvā mucyate pāpairduḥkhadaurbhāgyasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 5 .. > It is renowned in the Kali age, O great goddess, as the liṅga of the ages, of great splendour; / upon seeing it, one is freed from sins arising from misery and misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.6) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā .. saṃsnāpya vidhivadbhaktyā sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 6 .. > Whether a woman or a man, whoever worships it with devotion, / properly bathing it according to rule with devotion, becomes freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.7) snātvā ca puṣkare tīrthe yastalligaṃ prapūjayet .. niyato niyatāhāro māsamekaṃ nirantaram.. 7 .. > And having performed ritual ablution in the Puṣkara sacred ford, whoever worships that liṅga / self-controlled and regulated in diet for one full month continuously, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.8) dinedine bhavettasya vājimedhādhikaṃ phalam .. māghe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ yā nārī taṃ prapūjayet .. tadanvaye'pi daurbhāgyaṃ duḥkhaṃ śokaśca no bhavet .. 8 .. > day by day for him there is fruit greater than an horse sacrifice. / The woman who worships it on the third day in the month of Māgha, / in her lineage too there shall be no misfortune, misery, or sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.9) iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. śrutaṃ harati pāpāni saubhāgyaṃ saṃprayacchati .. 9 .. > Thus has been told to you, O goddess, the sin-destroying māhātmya; / when heard, it removes sins and bestows good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.113.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113.113) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jānakīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 113 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Jānakīśvara', in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Prabhāsa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.113.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.113) · Pramāṇa