[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) › 16.174 # Skandapurana 16.174 Skandapurāṇa 16.174 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.174.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kuntīśvaramanuttamam .. sāvitryāḥ pūrvabhāgasthaṃ khātamadhye vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Kuntīśvara, / situated in the eastern quarter of Sāvitrī, within a ditch. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.174.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.2) kuntyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ devi kṣetre prābhāsike priye .. pāṇḍavāstu yadā pūrvaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāgatāḥ .. 2 .. > It was installed by Kuntī, O goddess, in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, O dear one, / when the Pāṇḍavas formerly came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.174.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.3) tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena kuntyā caiva samanvitāḥ .. tasminkāle mahādevi jñātvā kṣetramanuttamam..3.. > accompanied by Kuntī in the course of a pilgrimage. / At that time, O great goddess, having recognized the sacred field to be unsurpassed, (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.174.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.4) kuntyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapāpabhayāpaham.. kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ.. sa sarvakāmatṛptātmā rudraloke mahīyate..4.. > the liṅga that dispels fear of all sins was installed by Kuntī. / The man who worships it especially on the full moon of Kārttika, / with all his desires satisfied, is glorified in the world of Rudra. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.174.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.5) vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yadupārjitam.. tatsarvaṃ naśyate devi tasya liṃgasya darśanāt..5.. > Whatever sin has been acquired through speech, mind, or action, / all of that is destroyed, O goddess, upon seeing that liṅga. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.174.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174.174) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kuntīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥsaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 174 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Kuntīśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[khaṇḍa\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (174) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.174.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.174) · Pramāṇa