[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) › 16.155 # Skandapurana 16.155 Skandapurāṇa 16.155 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.155.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi ratneśvaramanuttamam .. tatra taptvā tapo devi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. sthāpitaṃ tatra talliṃgaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ priye .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Ratneśvara. / Having performed austerity there, O goddess, by the all-powerful Viṣṇu / that liṅga granting all desires was established there, O beloved. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.2) ratnakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā yastaṃ pūjayate sadā .. sarvopacārairbhaktyā sa prāpnuyādīpsitaṃ phalam .. 2 .. > A man who bathes in Ratnakuṇḍa and constantly worships it / with all services and devotion, obtains his desired reward. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.3) atra kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā .. prāptaṃ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ sarvadaityāntakārakam .. 3 .. > Having performed severe austerity here, by Kṛṣṇa of boundless splendor / was obtained the Sudarśana discus that brings an end to all daityas. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.4) etatsthānaṃ mahādevi sadā priyataraṃ mama .. vasāmi tatra deveśi pralaye'pi na saṃtyaje .. 4 .. > This place, O great goddess, is ever very dear to me; / I dwell there, O ruler of the gods, and even at universal dissolution I do not abandon it. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.5) smṛtaṃ tadvaiṣṇavaṃ kṣetraṃ nāmnā devi sudarśanam .. dhanvaṃtarāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśatsamaṃtātparimaṇḍalam .. 5 .. > That Vaiṣṇava sacred field is known by the name Sudarśana, O goddess; / its circumference on all sides is thirty-six bow-lengths. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.6) etadantaramāsādya ye kecitprāṇino'dhamāḥ .. mṛtāḥ kālavaśāddevi te yāsyaṃti paraṃ padam .. 6 .. > Whosoever the base living beings that reach this space / and die under the power of Time, O goddess, they shall go to the supreme state. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.7) kāṃcanaṃ tatra garuḍaṃ pītāni vasanāni ca .. viṣṇumuddiśya yo dadyātsa tu yātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 7 .. > Whoever offers there a golden Garuḍa and yellow garments / dedicated to Viṣṇu, he obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.155.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155.155) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcapaṃcāśadu ttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 155 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fifth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Ratneśvara", in the first \[part\], the "Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya", in the seventh section, the "Prabhāsakhaṇḍa", of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.155.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.155) · Pramāṇa