[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) › 16.127 # Skandapurana 16.127 Skandapurāṇa 16.127 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.127.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kṣemeśvaramanuttamam .. tasmāduttarakoṇasthaṃ kapāleśāgnigocare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unsurpassed Kṣemeśvara, / situated in the northern corner from there, in the range of Kapāleśa's south-east direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.2) dhanuṣāṃ paṃcadaśake kapāleśvarataḥ sthitam .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam .. 2 .. > Situated at fifteen bows from Kapāleśvara, / that liṅga is indeed of great efficacy, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.3) kṣemamūrtiḥ purā rājā babhūva sa mahābalaḥ .. tena tatra tapastaptaṃ cirakālaṃ mahātmanā .. .. 3 .. > In ancient times there was a king, Kṣemamūrti, of great strength; / by that great-souled one, tapas was performed there for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.4) tataḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhaktyā bhāvitacetasā .. taddṛṣṭvā kṣemamāyāti kāryaṃ kṣemeṇa siddhyati .. 4 .. > Then the liṅga was installed by him with devotion, his mind concentrated. / Having seen it, one attains well-being; one's undertaking succeeds with security. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.5) sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā bhūyā jjanmanijanmani .. evaṃ kṣemeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ khyātaṃ pātakanāśanam .. 5 .. > He becomes abundant in all desires birth after birth. / Thus the liṅga Kṣemeśvara is famed as destroying sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.6) sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ saubhāgyadāyakam .. darśanenāpi tasyāpi gośatasya phalaṃ smṛtam .. 6 .. > granting all desires to men, and heard to bestow good fortune. / Even by the darśana of it, the fruit of a hundred cows is taught. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.7) tasmātkṣetraphalākāṃkṣī nityaṃ talliṃgamāśrayet .. 7 .. > Therefore, one desiring the fruit of the sacred field should constantly resort to that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.127.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127.127) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kṣemaṃkareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 127 .. > 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 Kṣemaṃkareśvara, being the one hundred twenty-seventh chapter. 127. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.127.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.127) · Pramāṇa