[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) › 16.175 # Skandapurana 16.175 Skandapurāṇa 16.175 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.175.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi puṇyamarkasthalaṃ śubham .. tasmādāgneyakoṇasthaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the auspicious and holy Arkasthala, / which destroys all sins and is situated in the southeast quarter from that \[place\]. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.175.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.2) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣo devi na śocyaḥ saṃprajāyate .. sapta janmāni deveśi dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate .. 2 .. > Having seen it, O goddess, a mortal does not become sorrowful; / for seven births, O ruler of the gods, poverty does not arise at all. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.175.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.3) kuṣṭhāni nāśamāyāṃti taṃ dṛṣṭvā daśadhā priye .. gośatasya pradattasya kurukṣetreṣu yatphalam .. 3 .. > The ten kinds of leprosy go to destruction upon seeing it, O dear one. / Whatever fruit is obtained from donating a hundred cows in Kurukṣetra, (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.175.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.4) tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dṛṣṭvā vārkasthalaṃ ravim .. snātvā trisaṃgame tīrthe saptaiva ravivāsarān ..4.. > that fruit one attains upon seeing the Sun of Arkasthala. / Having bathed at the Trisaṅgama tīrtha for seven Sundays, (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.175.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.5) brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā tu mahiṣīṃ tatra dāpayet .. divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu svargaloke mahīyate .. 5 .. > and having fed brahmins, one should donate a female buffalo there. / For a thousand divine years, he is glorified in the heavenly world. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.175.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175.175) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'rkasthalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 175 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fifth chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Arkasthala,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[khaṇḍa\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (175) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.175.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.175) · Pramāṇa