[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) › 16.142 # Skandapurana 16.142 Skandapurāṇa 16.142 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.142.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi citreśvara manuttamam.. dhanuṣāṃ saptake tasya sthitamāgneyadakṣiṇe .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unsurpassed Citreśvara, / situated at a distance of seven bows to the southeast of it. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.142.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142.2) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam .. tatra citreśvaraṃ pūjya narakānna bhavedbhayam .. 2 .. > Indeed, it is a liṅga of great power, destroying all sins. / Having worshipped Citreśvara there, one has no fear of hell. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.142.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142.3) paṭasthitaṃ tasya pāpaṃ citro mārjayati priye .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena citreśaṃ pūjayetsadā .. yaḥ syātpāpayuto vāpi narakaṃ naiva paśyati .. 3 .. > O dear one, Citra wipes away his sin recorded on the cloth. / Therefore, with all effort one should always worship Citreśa. / Even one who is endowed with sins never sees hell. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.142.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142.142) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye citreśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 142 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Citreśvara,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 142 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.142.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.142) · Pramāṇa