[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) › 16.116 # Skandapurana 16.116 Skandapurāṇa 16.116 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.116.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ saubhāgyakāriṇīm .. kuṇḍeśvarīti vikhyātāṃ puṣkarādvāyugocare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the goddess who brings good fortune, / renowned as Kuṇḍeśvarī, in the north-west direction from Puṣkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.2) dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā devi bhūtanāthācca nairṛte .. saṃsthitā pāpadamanī dāridryaughavināśinī .. 2 .. > at a distance of thirty bows, O goddess, and south-west of Bhūtanātha; / she who subdues sins and destroys streams of poverty is situated there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.3) tasyā nairṛtadigbhāge dhanuḥpañcadaśe sthitam .. śaṃkhodakaṃnāma kuṇḍaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 3 .. > In her south-western direction, situated at fifteen bows, / is the pool named Śaṅkhodaka, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.4) tatra snātvā tu ye martyā nārī vā śubhavāriṇi .. pūjayettāṃ mahādevi śaṃkhāvarteti viśrutām .. 4 .. > Having bathed there in the auspicious water, mortal men or a woman / should worship her, celebrated as Śaṅkhāvartā, O great goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.5) kalau kuṇḍeśvarīnāma sarvasaukhyapradāyinī .. śaṃkho nāma purā devi viṣṇunā nihataḥ priye .. 5 .. > In the Kali age she is named Kuṇḍeśvarī, granting all happiness. / Formerly, O beloved goddess, \[an Asura\] named Śaṅkha was slain by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.6) tasya dehaṃ samādāya mahāntaṃ śaṃkharūpiṇam .. tīrthodakena saṃpūrya prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ .. 6 .. > Taking his huge body shaped like a conch, / and filling it with sacred water, he came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.7) tatra śaṃkhaṃ tu prakṣālya kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham .. tatra pūritavāñchaṅkhaṃ meghagambhīranisvanam ..7 .. > There he washed the conch and made a sacred ford of great brilliance; / there he blew the conch, which had a sound deep like thunderclouds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.8) tasya nādena mahatā devī tatra samāgatā .. pṛcchatī kāraṇaṃ tatra tatkuṇḍasya samīpagā .. tena kuṇḍeśvarī khyātā kuṇḍaṃ śaṃkhodakaṃ smṛtam .. 8 .. > At that great roar, the goddess came there / inquiring after the cause, coming near that pool. / Therefore she is celebrated as Kuṇḍeśvarī, and the pool is recorded as Śaṅkhodaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.9) māghe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. nārī vā bhaktisaṃyuktā sa gaurīpadamāpnuyāt .. 9 .. > The man who worships her on the third lunar day in the month of Māgha, / or a woman endowed with devotion, reaches the station of Gaurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.10) daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ tatra deyaṃ yātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. kañcukaṃ phaladānaṃ ca gauriṇīnāṃ ca bhojanam .. 7.1.116.10 .. > There a meal should be offered to a married couple by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage, / along with the gift of a bodice and fruit, and a meal for married women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.116.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.116) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhodakakuṇḍeśvarīgaurīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 116 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Śaṅkhodaka and Kuṇḍeśvarī-Gaurī', 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.16.116.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116) · Pramāṇa