[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) › 16.160 # Skandapurana 16.160 Skandapurāṇa 16.160 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.160.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160.1) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi rājabhaṭṭārakaṃ param .. raivantakaṃ sūryaputramaśvārūḍhaṃ mahābalam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Rājabhaṭṭāraka, / Raivantaka, the son of the Sun, mounted on a horse, endowed with great strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.160.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160.2) saṃsthitaṃ kṣetramadhye tu sāvitryā nairṛte priye .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi sarvāpadbhyo vimucyate ..2.. > situated in the middle of the sacred field to the south-west of Sāvitrī, O beloved; / having seen him, O goddess, a human being is delivered from all distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.160.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160.3) ravivāreṇa saptamyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. tasyā'nvaye'pi no devi daridrī jāyate naraḥ..3.. > The person who worships him on a Sunday on the seventh lunar day— / even in his lineage, O goddess, no person becomes impoverished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.160.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160.4) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tamevārādhayenmanāk .. nirvighnaṃ kṣetravāsārthaṃ rājā vā'śvavivṛddhaye .. 4 .. > Therefore, with every effort, one should worship only him for a while, / for dwelling in the sacred field without obstacles, or a king \[should worship him\] for the increase of horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.160.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160.160) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye raivaṃtakarājabhaṭṭārakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 160 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixtieth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Raivantaka-Rājabhaṭṭāraka", 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.16.160.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.169.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.160) · Pramāṇa