[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) › 16.154 # Skandapurana 16.154 Skandapurāṇa 16.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.154.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ pāpavimocanam .. hiraṇyeśvaravāyavye dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the sin-releasing liṅga / situated three bow-lengths to the northwest of Hiraṇyeśvara. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.2) pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi .. ādyaṃ liṃgaṃ mahādevi gāyatryā saṃpratiṣṭhitam .. 2 .. > It destroys the sins of all creatures by its sight and even by its touch, / the primordial liṅga established by Gāyatrī, O great goddess. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.3) talliṃgaṃ samanuprāpya gāyatrīṃ japate tu yaḥ .. brāhmaṇastu śucirbhūtvā mucyate duṣpratigrahāt .. 3 .. > Having approached that liṅga, whoever mutters the Gāyatrī, / having become pure, a brahmin is freed from \[the sin of\] improper acceptance \[of gifts\]. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.4) jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu daṃpatī yastu bhojayet .. paridhāpya yathāśaktyā daurbhāgyairmucyate naraḥ .. 4 .. > Whoever feeds a married couple on the full moon of Jyeṣṭha, / clothing them according to his capacity, that man is freed from misfortunes. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.5) gaṃdhapuṣpopahāraiśca paurṇamāsyāṃ tu yo'rcayet .. brāhmaṇyaṃ jāyate tasya sapta janmāni suṃdari .. 5 .. > And whoever worships on the full moon day with offerings of scents and flowers, / brahminhood is attained by him for seven births, O beautiful lady. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.6) ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. brahmakuṇḍaprasādena sārātsārataraṃ priye .. 6 .. > Thus the sin-destroying glory has been told, O goddess, / through the grace of Brahmakuṇḍa, more essential than the essential, O beloved. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.154.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154.154) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṇḍamāhātmye gāyatrīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥpañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 154 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Gāyatrīśvara' in the Glory of Brahmakuṇḍa, in the Glory of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, the first \[part\] in the Prabhāsa Section, the seventh \[book\] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse collection. // 154 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.154.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.154) · Pramāṇa