[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) › 16.197 # Skandapurana 16.197 Skandapurāṇa 16.197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi jamadagnīśvaraṃ śivam .. vṛddhaprabhāsasāmīpye nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the auspicious Jamadagnīśvara, / situated near Vṛddhaprabhāsa, not very far away, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.197.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.2) sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ sthāpitaṃ jamadagninā .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt .. 2 .. > which pacifies all sins and was installed by Jamadagni. / Having seen it, O goddess, a mortal is freed from the three debts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.197.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.3) snātvā nidhānavāpyāṃ ca saṃpūjya prāpnuyāddhanam .. nidhānaṃ pāṃḍavairlabdhaṃ tatra sthāne purā priye .. 3 .. > Having bathed in the Nidhānavāpī and worshipped \[it\], one obtains wealth. / A treasure was found by the Pāṇḍavas in that place long ago, O dear one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.197.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.4) nidhānenaiva sā khyātā vāpī trailokyavaṃditā .. 4 .. > because of that very treasure (nidhāna), that step-well (vāpī) is praised throughout the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.197.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.5) tasyāṃ snātvā mahādevi durbhagā subhagā bhavet .. labhate vāñchitānkāmāniti proktaṃ mayā tava .. 5 .. > Having bathed in it, O great goddess, an unfortunate woman becomes fortunate, / and obtains her wished-for desires: thus it has been declared by me to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.197.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197.197) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jamadagnīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 197 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Jamadagnīśvara,” in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.197.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.206.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.197) · Pramāṇa