[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) › 16.216 # Skandapurana 16.216 Skandapurāṇa 16.216 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216.1) .. īśvara uvāca.. .. mārkaṇḍeśvarato devi uttare liṃgamuttamam.. dhanuṣāṃ pañcadaśabhirgautameśvaranāmakam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > To the north of Mārkaṇḍeśvara, O goddess, fifteen bow-lengths away, > is the excellent liṅga named Gautameśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216.2) guruṃ hatvā purā devi gautamaḥ pāpaduḥkhitaḥ .. tatra liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tasmātpāpādvyamucyata .. 2 .. > Formerly, having killed his guru, O goddess, Gautama was afflicted by sin; > installing a liṅga there, he was freed from that sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.216.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216.3) yastatra kapilāṃ dadyātsnātvā nadyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ ..3.. > Whoever gives a tawny cow there, having bathed properly in the river > and worshipped the liṅga according to the injunctions, is freed from the five \[great\] sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.216.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216.216) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gautameśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..216.. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gautameśvara', 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.16.216.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.216) · Pramāṇa