[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) › 16.157 # Skandapurana 16.157 Skandapurāṇa 16.157 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.157.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi satyabhāmeśvaraṃ śubham .. ratneśvarāddakṣiṇe tu dhanuṣāṃtaramāsthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the auspicious Satyabhāmeśvara, / situated at a distance of one bow to the south of Ratneśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.157.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sthāpitaṃ satyabhāmayā .. kṛṣṇasya kāntayā devi rūpaudāryasametayā .. 2 .. > which relieves all sins and was installed by Satyabhāmā, / Kṛṣṇa's beloved wife, O goddess, endowed with beauty and nobility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.157.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.3) snātvā tadvaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ nṛṇāṃ pātakanāśanam .. 3 .. > Having bathed there, that Vaiṣṇava place destroys the sins of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.157.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.4) māghe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 4 .. > In the month of Māgha on the third lunar day, whether a woman or a man, / whoever worships it with devotion becomes freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.157.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.5) daurbhāgyaduḥkhaśokebhyastathā vighnaiśca duḥkhitaḥ .. mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ satyabhāmānvito bhavet .. 5 .. > One who is distressed by misfortune, sorrow, and grief, as well as by obstacles, / is freed—of this there is no doubt—and will be endowed with true splendour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.157.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157.157) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye satyabhāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 157 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-seventh chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Satyabhāmeśvara", 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.16.157.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.157) · Pramāṇa