[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) › 16.177 # Skandapurana 16.177 Skandapurāṇa 16.177 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.177.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge lakulīśastu mūrtimān .. svayaṃ tiṣṭhati deveśi kṛtvā ghoraṃ tapaḥ purā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / To the east of that very \[liṅga\], Lakulīśa himself, embodied, / stands, O queen of the gods, having performed fierce austerity in ancient times. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.177.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177.2) saṃsthitaḥ pāpaśamane tatra sthāne sthalopari .. kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. 2 .. > He is stationed on the high ground at that place, destroying sin. / Whosoever worships him on the full moon of Kārttika under the asterism Kṛttikā, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.177.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177.3) sa pūjyate mahādevi sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 3 .. > he is worshipped, O great goddess, by all the gods and asuras as well. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.177.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177.177) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye lakulīśamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptasaptatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 177 .. > Thus ends the hundred and seventy-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the māhātmya of Lakulīśa', in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 177 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.177.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.177) · Pramāṇa