[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) › 16.144 # Skandapurana 16.144 Skandapurāṇa 16.144 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.144.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tṛtīyaṃ puṣkaraṃ mahat .. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidīśānagocare .. kanīyaḥ saṃsmṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ puṣkaraṃnāma nāmataḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the great third Puṣkara, / in the eastern direction from it, slightly within the range of the northeast, / a small pool traditionally known by the name Puṣkara. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.144.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.2) yatra madhyāhnasamaye brahmaṇā samupāsitā .. sandhyā trailokyajananī pratiṣṭhārthaṃ gatena ca .. 2 .. > Where, at midday, the Sandhyā, the mother of the three worlds, / was worshipped by Brahmā who had gone there for the sake of the consecration. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.144.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.3) tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. samyakkṛtaṃ bhavettena snānaṃ tatrādipuṣkare .. 3 .. > Whoever, composed in mind, takes a bath there on the full moon day, / by him a bath is truly performed as if in the primal Puṣkara there. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.144.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.4) hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ sarvapāpāpanuttaye .. 4 .. > Gold should be gifted there for the destruction of all sins. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.144.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.5) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava pauṣkaram .. śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā .. 5 .. > Thus has the māhātmya of Puṣkara been told to you in brief; / when heard, it removes people's sins and likewise grants all desires. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.144.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144.144) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkarakuṇḍamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 144 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Puṣkarakuṇḍa,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 144 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.144.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.144) · Pramāṇa