[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) › 16.164 # Skandapurana 16.164 Skandapurāṇa 16.164 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.164.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tasmātpūrveṇa saṃsthitam .. mahāpāpaughaśamanaṃ pūjitaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to that situated to the east of that, / which calms the flood of great sins, is worshipped, and grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.164.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.2) aśvineśvaranāmānaṃ dhanuṣāṃ paṃcake sthitam .. sarvarogapraśamanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sarvārthasādhakam .. 2 .. > Named Aśvineśvara, situated within five bows' length, / it alleviates all diseases; seen, it accomplishes all aims. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.164.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.3) ye kecidrogiṇo loke teṣāṃ tadbheṣajaṃ mahat .. māghamāse dvitīyāyāṃ darśanaṃ tasya durlabham .. 3 .. > Whatever diseased people there are in the world, for them it is a great medicine. / In the month of Māgha, on the second \[lunar day\], the darśana of it is hard to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.164.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.4) tasmātpaśyecca tadbhaktyā yadi śreyo'bhikāṃkṣitam .. mahāpāpaughaśamanaṃ pūjitaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 4 .. > Therefore, one should behold it with devotion if the highest good is desired; / it calms the flood of great sins, is worshipped, and grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.164.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.5) iti liṅgadvayaṃ devi sūryaputrapratiṣṭhitam .. tasminneva dine paśyetsaṃyatātmā narottamaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus, O goddess, the pair of liṅgas was installed by the sons of the Sun. / On that very day, with self restrained, the best of men should behold \[them\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.164.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164.164) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'śvineśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 164 .. > Thus ends the one hundred sixty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Aśvineśvara', in the first \[section,\] the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[book,\] the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.164.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śivarahasyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.sivarahasyapurana.1.349) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.164) · Pramāṇa