[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) › 16.178 # Skandapurana 16.178 Skandapurāṇa 16.178 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.178.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.178.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tasmāddakṣiṇataḥ sthitam .. bhārgaveśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the one situated to the south of it, / named Bhārgaveśvara, which destroys all sin. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.178.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.178.2) yastaṃ pūjayate devi divyapuṣpopahārakaiḥ .. sa bhavetkṛtakṛtyastu sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhimān .. 2 .. > Whoever worships it, O goddess, with offerings of heavenly flowers, / he has accomplished his aims and abounds in all desired objects. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.178.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.178.178) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhārgaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ- nāmāṣṭasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 178 .. > Thus ends the hundred and seventy-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the māhātmya of Bhārgaveśvara', 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. 178 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.178.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.178) · Pramāṇa