[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) › 16.115 # Skandapurana 16.115 Skandapurāṇa 16.115 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.115.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkareśvaramuttamam .. tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge jānakīśvaramuttamam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the supreme Puṣkareśvara; / to the south of it is the supreme Jānakīśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.115.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115.2) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu brahmaputreṇa pūjitam .. sanatkumāramuninā śraddhayā hema puṣkaraiḥ .. 2 .. > The liṅga is indeed of great efficacy, worshipped by the son of Brahmā, / the sage Sanatkumāra, with devotion and golden lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.115.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115.3) pūjitaṃ tadvidhānena tena tatpuṣkareśvaram .. khyātaṃ tatra varārohe sarvapātakanāśanam .. 3 .. > It was worshipped according to the ritual for it; therefore it is known there as Puṣkareśvara, / O fair-hipped lady, destroying all wicked deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.115.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115.4) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṃṣapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt .. yātrā kṛtā bhavettena pauṣkarī nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 4 .. > Whoever worships it with devotion in proper sequence, with perfumes, flowers, and the like, / by him the pilgrimage to Puṣkara has indeed been performed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.115.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115.115) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vāmanasvāmimāhātmye puṣkareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 115 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Puṣkareśvara' in the Glory of Vāmanasvāmin, in the first \[part\], the Glory of the Sacred Field of Prabhāsa, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.115.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.115) · Pramāṇa