[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) › 16.215 # Skandapurana 16.215 Skandapurāṇa 16.215 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.215.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kumāreśvaramuttamam .. mārkaṇḍeśvarato devi dakṣiṇe nātidūrataḥ .. dhanurviṃśatibhistatra sthitaṃ svāmipratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Kumāreśvara, > situated not far to the south of Mārkaṇḍeśvara, O goddess, > twenty bow-lengths away, consecrated by the Lord \[Kumāra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.2) tataḥ kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ kārttikeyena bhābhini .. paradārāpahārotthapāpānāṃ nāśahetave .. 2 .. > Then, having performed severe austerity, O radiant lady, Kārttikeya, > in order to destroy the sins arising from taking another's wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.3) liṃgaṃ sthāpitavāṃstatra sa muktaḥ kilviṣāttataḥ .. vairāgyādyauvanaṃ tyaktvā kaumāraṃ punarādade .. 3 .. > installed the liṅga there and was freed from defilement. > Having abandoned his youth out of detachment, he assumed bachelorhood once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.4) pitṝnhatvā sumālī ca tamārādhitavānpurā .. so'pi mukto'bhavaddevi pāpātpitṛvadhodbhavāt .. 4 .. > Having slain his fathers, Sumālī also worshipped it formerly; > he too became freed, O goddess, from the sin arising from the murder of his fathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.5) kumāreśvaranāmaitatpūjitaṃ vai surāsuraiḥ .. tasyāgrataḥ kumārasya kūpastiṣṭhati bhāmini .. 5 .. > This is named Kumāreśvara, worshipped by gods and asuras. > In front of that \[liṅga of\] Kumāra stands a well, O radiant lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.6) tatra snātvā pūjayedyaḥ śūlinaṃ svāmipūjitam .. sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairgacchetsvāmipuraṃ mahat .. 6 .. > Having bathed there, whoever worships the Trident-bearer revered by the Lord \[Kumāra\] > is freed from all sins and goes to the great realm of the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.7) śātakauṃbhamayaṃ yastu tāmracūḍaṃ dvijātaye .. dadyātsvāminamuddiśya sa tu yātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 7 .. > And whoever gives a golden rooster to a twice-born person > in honor of the Lord obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.215.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215.215) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye kumāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcadaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 215 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and fifteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kumāreśvara', 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.16.215.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.215) · Pramāṇa