[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) › 16.143 # Skandapurana 16.143 Skandapurāṇa 16.143 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.143.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi vicitreśvaramuttamam .. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidāgneyagocare .. dhanuṣāṃ daśake tatra sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Vicitreśvara, / located in the eastern direction from it, slightly within the range of the southeast, / standing at a distance of ten bows there, destroying sins. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.143.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143.2) vicitreṇa mahādevi lekha kena yamasya ca .. sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṃgaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram .. 2 .. > O great goddess, by Vicitra, the scribe of Yama, / that great liṅga was established after performing very severe austerity. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.143.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjitaṃ caiva muktaḥ syātsarvapātakaiḥ .. saṃpūjya ca vidhānena na duḥkhī jāyate naraḥ .. 3 .. > Having seen and worshipped it, one becomes freed from all sins; / and having worshipped it according to the rule, a person does not become miserable. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.143.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143.143) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye vicitreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 143 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Vicitreśvara,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 143 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.143.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.143) · Pramāṇa