[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) › 16.168 # Skandapurana 16.168 Skandapurāṇa 16.168 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.168.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ śālakaṭaṃkaṭām .. sāvitryā dakṣiṇe bhāge raivatātpūrvataḥ sthitām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, the wise person should go to Goddess Śālakaṭaṅkaṭā, / situated to the south of Sāvitrī and to the east of Raivata, (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.168.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.2) mahāpāpopaśamanīṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanīm .. pūjitāṃ sarvagandharvaiḥ sphuraddaṃṣṭrograbhīṣaṇām .. 2 .. > who alleviates great sins, who destroys all sorrows, / who is worshiped by all gandharvas, and who is fierce and terrifying with flashing fangs, (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.168.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.3) mahāpracaṇḍadaityaghnīṃ paulastyena pratiṣṭhitām .. mahiṣaghnīṃ mahākāyāṃ kṣetre prābhāsike sthitām .. 3 .. > the slayer of the exceedingly fierce Daityas, installed by the descendant of Pulastya, / the slayer of Mahiṣa, having a huge body, situated in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.168.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.4) māghe māse caturdaśyāṃ yastā mārādhayennaraḥ .. sa bhavetpaśumāndhīmām̐llakṣmīvānputravānsudhīḥ .. 4 .. > A man who worships her on the fourteenth day in the month of Māgha / becomes rich in cattle, wise, prosperous, endowed with sons, and intelligent. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.168.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.5) yastāṃ paśupradānena santarpayati bhaktitaḥ .. balipūjopahāraiśca sa syācchatru vivarjitaḥ .. 5 .. > He who propitiates her with devotion by offering beasts / and with animal offerings, worship, and gifts, becomes free of enemies. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.168.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168.168) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śālakaṭaṃkaṭā māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 168 .. > Thus ends the one hundred sixty-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Śālakaṭaṅkaṭā,’ in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. (168) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.168.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.168) · Pramāṇa