[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) › 16.15 # Skandapurana 16.15 Skandapurāṇa 16.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyāgneye tu deveśi aruṇena pratiṣṭhitam.. dhanuṣāṃ ca traye tatra siddhaliṃgasamīpataḥ ..1.. > Īśvara said: / To the south-east of it, O queen of the gods, \[a liṅga\] was established by Aruṇa / at a distance of three bows from that Siddha-liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15.2) sūryasārathinā tatra liṃgaṃ devipratiṣṭhitam.. kalau pāpaharaṃnāma darśanātpāpanāśanam .. 2 .. > A liṅga was established there by the charioteer of the Sun, O goddess; / in the Kali \[age\] it is named Pāpahara, destroying sins by its very sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15.3) caitramāsa trayodaśyāṃ śuklāyāṃ varavarṇini .. pūjayedvidhivadbhaktyā pauṃḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet .. 3 .. > On the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Caitra, O woman of excellent complexion, / one who worships it according to rule with devotion attains the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15.15) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye pāpanāśanotpattivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 .. > Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of Pāpanāśana', in the first \[part\], 'Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra', of the seventh \[book\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.16.15.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.15) · Pramāṇa