[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) › 16.19.2 # Skandapurana 16.19.2 Skandapurāṇa 16.19.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. amā ṣoḍaśabhedena devi proktā mahākalā .. saṃsthitā paramā māyā dehināṃ deha dhāriṇī .. 2 .. > Īśvara said: / The Great Digit, O Goddess, is declared to be sixteenfold as Amā. / Present as the supreme Māyā, she supports the bodies of embodied beings. 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.1) - [Next: 16.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.3) - [Up: 16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.19.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Tattvacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.tattvacintamani.2.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.2) · Pramāṇa