[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) › 16.173 # Skandapurana 16.173 Skandapurāṇa 16.173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.173.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgānāṃ ca catuṣṭayam .. ekasthānasthitānāṃ tu sāvitryāstatra paścime .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the four liṅgas / situated in a single place to the west of Sāvitrī there. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.2) liṃgānāṃ dvitayaṃ pūrve paścime sammukhadvayam .. kuśakeśvaranāmeti liṃgaṃ vai prathamaṃ smṛtam .. 2 .. > A pair of liṅgas is in the east, and two face them in the west. / The first is known as the liṅga named Kuśakeśvara; (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.3) gargeśvaraṃ dvitīyaṃ tu tṛtīyaṃ puṣkareśvaram .. maitreyeśvaranāmeti caturthaṃ samudāhṛtam .. 3 .. > the second is Gargeśvara, the third is Puṣkareśvara, / and the fourth is declared by the name Maitreyeśvara. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.4) etāni yastu liṃgāni paśyedbhaktyā jitendriyaḥ .. sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairgacchecchivapuraṃ mahat .. .. 4 .. > Whoever, with senses conquered, sees these liṅgas with devotion, / freed from all sins, goes to the great city of Śiva. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.5) śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vaiśākhe tu viśeṣataḥ .. snānaṃ kṛtvā prayatnena brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet .. 5 .. > Having made ritual ablution with effort, especially on the fourteenth of the bright fortnight in Vaiśākha, / one should feed brahmins there. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.6) tebhyo dadyādyathāśaktyā kāñcanaṃ vasanāni ca .. evaṃ kṛte bhavedyātrā paripūrṇā sureśvari .. 6 .. > One should give them gold and garments according to one’s ability. / When this is done, O ruler of the gods, the pilgrimage becomes complete. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.173.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173.173) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kuśakādiliṃgacatuṣṭayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trisaptatyuttaratatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 173 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-third chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of the Four Liṅgas Beginning with Kuśaka,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[khaṇḍa\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (173) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.173.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.173) · Pramāṇa