[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) › 16.158 # Skandapurana 16.158 Skandapurāṇa 16.158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.158.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi anaṃgeśvaramuttamam .. ratneśvarādagrataḥsthaṃ dhanuṣāntaramāsthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Anaṅgeśvara, / situated in front of Ratneśvara at a distance of one bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.2) sthāpitaṃ kāmadevena talliṃgaṃ viṣṇusūnunā .. jñātvā tadvaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ kalau pātakanāśanam .. 2 .. > That liṅga was established by Kāmadeva, the son of Viṣṇu, / knowing it to be a Vaiṣṇava place that destroys sins in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā tu kāmadevasamo bhavet .. svargavidyādharīṇāṃ ca jāyate cittamohakaḥ .. 3 .. > Having seen and worshiped it, one becomes equal to Kāmadeva, / and becomes one who captivates the minds of the heavenly Vidyādharīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.4) tasyānvaye'pi na bhavetkurūpo durbhago'pi vā .. 4 .. > In his lineage, moreover, no one will be ugly or unfortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.5) tatrānaṃgatrayodaśyāṃ vratena varavarṇini .. viśeṣārādhanaṃ tatra janmasāphalyakāraṇam .. 5 .. > There, on the thirteenth lunar day sacred to Anaṅga, by observance of the vow, O fair-complexioned one, / special worship is the cause of making one's birth fruitful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.6) śayyādānaṃ tu dātavyaṃ tatra viprāya śīline .. viśeṣādviṣṇubhaktāya samyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 6 .. > A gift of a bed should be given there to a virtuous brahmin, / especially to a devotee of Viṣṇu; one thereby obtains the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.158.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158.158) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmye'naṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 158 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-eighth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Anaṅgeśvara 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.16.158.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.158) · Pramāṇa