[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) › 16.217 # Skandapurana 16.217 Skandapurāṇa 16.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.217.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. gautameśvarato devi paścime nātidūrataḥ .. dhanuḥṣoḍaśabhirdevi devarājeśvaraḥ sthitaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Not far to the west of Gautameśvara, O goddess, > sixteen bow-lengths away, stands Devarājeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.217.2) liṃgaṃ sa sthāpayāmāsa tataḥ pāpairvyamucyata .. yastaṃ samāhitamanāḥ pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ .. sa ca mānavasaṃbhūtātpātakātsaṃpramokṣyati .. 2 .. > He established that liṅga and was thereupon freed from sins. > Whatever human worships it with a collected mind > shall be completely liberated from sins born of humans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.217.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.217.217) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devarājeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptadaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..217.. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventeenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Devarājeśvara', 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.16.217.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.217) · Pramāṇa