[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) › 16.145 # Skandapurana 16.145 Skandapurāṇa 16.145 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.145.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.145.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedvighneśaṃ pāpanāśanam .. gajakuṃbhodaraṃ nāma sarvasiddhipradāyakam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Residing right there, one should see the Lord of Obstacles, destroyer of sin, / named Gajakumbhodara, who bestows all perfections. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.145.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.145.2) tatra kuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā caturthyāṃ prayatātmavān .. pūjayedyastu taṃ bhaktyā vighneśastasya tuṣyati .. 2 .. > Having bathed in that pool on the fourth day, self-restrained, / whoever worships him with devotion, the Lord of Obstacles is pleased with him. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.145.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.145.145) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gajakuṃbhodaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvā riṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 145 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gajakumbhodara,' in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 145 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.145.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.145) · Pramāṇa