[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) › 16.156 # Skandapurana 16.156 Skandapurāṇa 16.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.156.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi vainateyapratiṣṭhitam .. ratneśvarāduttarato dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to \[the liṅga\] consecrated by the son of Vinatā, / situated three bows to the north of Ratneśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.156.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156.2) vainateyaśca deveśi jñātvā kṣetraṃ tu vaiṣṇavam .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 2 .. > And the son of Vinatā, O ruler of the gods, knowing it to be a Vaiṣṇava sacred field, / consecrated a liṅga that destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.156.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156.3) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā paṃcamyāṃ tu vidhānataḥ .. na viṣaṃ kramate tasya sapta janmāni sarpajam .. 3 .. > Whoever worships it with devotion on the fifth lunar day according to rule, / snake poison will not affect him for seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.156.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156.4) paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. prāpnuyātsakalaṃ puṇyaṃ modate divi devavat .. 4 .. > Having bathed it with the five nectars and worshiped it according to rule, / one attains all religious merit and rejoices like a god in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.156.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156.156) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmye garuḍeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 156 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Garuḍeśvara within 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.16.156.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.156) · Pramāṇa