[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) › 16.194 # Skandapurana 16.194 Skandapurāṇa 16.194 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.194.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ devaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam .. jñātvā prabhāvaṃ kṣetrasya sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga installed by the gods, / having recognized the power of the sacred field which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.194.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194.2) tatra kṛtvā tapaścograṃ liṃgaṃ devaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi kṛtakṛtyaḥ prajāyate .. 2 .. > Having performed severe austerity there, the liṅga was installed by the gods; / having seen it, O goddess, a man accomplishes his purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.194.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194.3) godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. samyakca labhate devi yātrāyāḥ phalamūrjitam .. 3 .. > A gift of a cow should be given there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas; / and one properly attains, O goddess, the abundant fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.194.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194.194) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'mareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 194 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Amareśvara', in the first \[part\], 'Glory of the Prabhāsa Field', of the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.194.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.194) · Pramāṇa