[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) › 16.149 # Skandapurana 16.149 Skandapurāṇa 16.149 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.149.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam .. brahmakuṇḍasya īśāne sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. caturvaktraṃ mahādevaṃ saṃsthitaṃ tīrtharakṣaṇe .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Bhairaveśvara, / located to the northeast of Brahmakuṇḍa, destroying sin, / the four-faced Mahādeva standing in protection of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.2) tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ .. 2 .. > Having bathed there in the great pool, whatever man worships him / by the rite of five offerings, endowed with devotion, having restrained his senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.3) kulāni yānyatītāni bhaviṣyāṇi ca yāni vai .. tārayetsa naro devi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 3 .. > Whatever families are past, and whatever are yet to come, / that man liberates them, O goddess; no doubt should be had in this matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.4) na cātra saṃbhavastasya vināśo naiva jāyate .. vimānaiścarate nityaṃ divākarasamaprabhaiḥ .. 4 .. > And for him there is no rebirth here, nor does destruction ever occur; / he travels constantly in aerial chariots possessing the brilliance of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.5) strīsahasrairvṛto nityaṃ krīḍate devava ddivi .. 5 .. > Surrounded constantly by thousands of women, he sports in heaven like a god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.6) etalliṃgaṃ mahādevi caturvaktraṃ mahāprabham .. dṛṣṭvāpi tadvimucyeta sarvapāpaistu mānavaḥ ..6.. > Even upon merely seeing this four-faced, splendid liṅga, O great goddess, / a human being is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.149.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149.149) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonapaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 149 .. .. cha .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred forty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara," in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, the first \[part\] in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.149.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.149) · Pramāṇa