[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) › 16.126 # Skandapurana 16.126 Skandapurāṇa 16.126 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.126.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi śāṃḍilyeśvaramuttamam .. brahmaṇaḥ paścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśāṃtare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should proceed, O great Goddess, to the excellent Śāṇḍilyeśvara, / located sixteen bow-lengths to the west of Brahmā. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.2) mahāprabhāvaṃ liṅgaṃ taddarśanātpāpanāśanam .. 2 .. > That liṅga is of great power, destroying sin by its mere darśana. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.3) śāṃḍilyonāma brahmarṣiḥ sārathirbrahmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. tapasvī sa mahātejā jñānaniṣṭho jitendriyaḥ .. 3 .. > A brahmin-seer named Śāṇḍilya is remembered as the charioteer of Brahmā; / he was an ascetic of great splendor, steadfast in wisdom, who had conquered his senses. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.4) sa prabhāsaṃ samāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam .. pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ someśāduttare sthitam .. 4 .. > Having reached Prabhāsa, he performed terrible austerity, / having installed a great liṅga situated to the north of Someśa. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.5) sa svayaṃ pūjayāmāsa divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye .. tato'bhilaṣitaṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyo babhūva ha .. 5 .. > He personally worshipped \[it\] for a hundred divine years, O beloved; / then, having attained what he desired, he became one who had fulfilled his purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.6) nandīśvaraprasādena aṇimādiguṇairyutaḥ .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu naraḥ sadyo vipāpaḥ saṃprajāyate .. 6 .. > Through the grace of Nandīśvara, he was endowed with the virtues \[beginning with\] atom-like minuteness and the rest. / But upon seeing that \[liṅga\], a man instantly becomes free from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.7) bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārdhakye yauvane'pi vā .. ajñānājjñānato vā'pi yaḥ karoti naraḥ priye .. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śāṃḍilyeśvaradarśanāt .. 7 .. > Whatever sin a man commits in childhood, in old age, or in youth, / either through ignorance or knowingly, O beloved, / all of it goes to destruction from the darśana of Śāṇḍilyeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.126.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126.126) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye śāṇḍilyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 126 .. > Thus, in the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the description of the greatness of Śāṇḍilyeśvara, being the one hundred twenty-sixth chapter. 126. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.126.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.126) · Pramāṇa