[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) › 16.136 # Skandapurana 16.136 Skandapurāṇa 16.136 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.136.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi lomaśeśvaramuttamam .. duḥkhāntakāriṇīpūrve dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Lomaśeśvara, > situated seven bows' lengths east of Duḥkhāntakāriṇī. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.2) sthāpitaṃ tatra deveśi lomaśena maharṣiṇā .. guhāmadhye mahāliṃgaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram .. 2 .. > It was installed there inside a cave, O ruler of gods, by the great seer Lomaśa, > after performing austerity that was exceedingly difficult to accomplish. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.3) koṭīnāṃ tritayaṃ sārdhamiṃdrādyāḥ svarbhujaḥ priye .. yadā nāśaṃ gamiṣyaṃti tadā tasya kṣayo dhruvam .. 3 .. > When three and a half crores of heavenly beings, Indra and the others, O beloved, > come to destruction, only then does his death certainly occur. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.4) yāvaṃti deharomāṇi indrāstāvanta eva ca .. kramādindre vinaṣṭe tu tallomapatanaṃ bhavet .. 4 .. > As many hairs as there are on his body, just so many are the Indras; > with the successive destruction of each Indra, one hair of his falls out. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.5) evamīśaprasādena cirāyurlomaśo'bhavat .. brahmāṇaḥ ṣaḍvinaśyanti samagrāyuṣi lomaśe .. 5 .. > Thus by the grace of Īśa, Lomaśa became long-lived. > Six Brahmās perish during the entire lifespan of Lomaśa. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.6) ya evaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā talliṃgaṃ lomaśārcitam .. so'pi dīrghāyurāpnoti nirvyādhirnīrujaḥ sukhī .. 6 .. > Whoever worships with devotion this liṅga venerated by Lomaśa, > he too attains long life, free from affliction, free from disease, and happy. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.136.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136.136) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye lomaśeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 136 .. .. .. .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred thirty-sixth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Lomaśeśvara', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (136) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.136.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.136) · Pramāṇa