[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) › 16.212 # Skandapurana 16.212 Skandapurāṇa 16.212 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.212.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.212.1) īśvara uvāca .. .. pulaheśvarāttato devi nairṛte dhanuṣāṣṭake .. kratvīśvaretināmānaṃ mahākratuphalapradam ..1.. > Īśvara said: > Then, O goddess, eight bow-lengths southwest of Pulaheśvara, > \[stands the liṅga\] named Kratvīśvara, which bestows the fruit of a great Vedic sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.212.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.212.2) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pauṃḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet .. saptajanmani dāridryaṃ na duḥkhaṃ tatra jāyate ..2.. > Having seen it, O goddess, a human obtains the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice; > for seven births, poverty and distress do not arise for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.212.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.212.212) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kratvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 212.. > Thus ends the two hundred and twelfth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kratvīśvara', in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the 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.16.212.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.212) · Pramāṇa