[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) › 16.206.18 # Skandapurana 16.206.18 Skandapurāṇa 16.206.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.206.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.18) udaṅmukhastu devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ .. agninā bhasmanā vāpi yavenāpyudakena vā .. dvārasaṃkramaṇenāpi paṃktidoṣo na vidyate .. 18 .. > One faces north for the gods, but faces south for the ancestors. / By means of fire, ash, barley, water, / or the partition of a doorway, no fault of the dining line exists. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.206.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.17) - [Next: 16.206.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.19) - [Up: 16.206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.206.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Bārhaspatyasaṃhitā (Aṅgiras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.barhaspatyasamhita.31.90) — Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p100) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.2.p74) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p98) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p98) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.10.p1.25) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.18) · Pramāṇa