[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) › 16.171 # Skandapurana 16.171 Skandapurāṇa 16.171 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.171.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devīmekallavīrikām .. ekallavīrāyāmye tu nātidūre vyavasthitām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the goddess Ekallavīrikā, / situated not very far to the south of Ekallavīra. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.2) pūrvaṃ daśaratho yo'sau sūryavaṃśavibhūṣaṇaḥ .. prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapaścakre suduścaram .. 2 .. > Formerly, that famous Daśaratha, an ornament of the Solar dynasty, / came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa and performed exceedingly severe austerity. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.3) liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya toṣayāmāsa śāṃkaram .. sa devaṃ prārthayāmāsa putraṃ caivāmitaujasam .. .. 3 .. > Installing a liṅga there, he propitiated Śaṅkara; / he prayed to the god for a son of immeasurable splendor. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.4) dadau tasya tadā putraṃ devaṃ trailokyapūjitam .. rāmeti nāma yasyāsīttrailokye prathitaṃ yaśaḥ .. 4 .. > Then \[the god\] granted him a son, a god revered throughout the three worlds, / whose name was Rāma, whose fame was renowned across the three worlds, (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.5) yasyādyāpīha gāyanti bhūrbhuvaḥsvarni vāsinaḥ .. devadaityāsurāḥ sarve vālmīkyādyā maharṣayaḥ .. 5 .. > whom to this day the inhabitants of Bhūr, Bhuvas, and Svar, / all gods, Daityas, and asuras, and the great seers headed by Vālmīki, sing of here. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.6) talliṃgasya prabhāvena prāptaṃ rājñā mahadyaśaḥ .. kārtikyāṃ kārtike māsi vidhinā yastamarcayet .. dīpapūjopahāreṇa yaśasvī so'pi jāyate .. 6 .. > By the power of that liṅga, great renown was attained by the king. / Whoever worships it according to rule on the full moon of the month of Kārttika / with offerings and the worship of lamps, he too becomes renowned. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.171.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.171) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye daśaratheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 171 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-first chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Daśaratheśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[khaṇḍa\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (171) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.171.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171) · Pramāṇa