[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) › 16.218 # Skandapurana 16.218 Skandapurāṇa 16.218 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.218.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218.1) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva mānavaṃ liṃgaṃ manunā saṃpratiṣṭhitam .. pūrvaṃ hatvā sutaṃ devi manuḥ pāpasamanvitaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > In that very place is the liṅga of Manu, consecrated by Manu. > Formerly, having slain his son, O goddess, Manu was accompanied by sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.218.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218.2) kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ jñātvā tatra prātiṣṭhadīśvaram.. muktaścaivābhavatpāpāttasmātputravadhodbhavāt..2.. > Knowing the sacred field to remove sins, he established Īśvara there > and was freed indeed from that sin arising from the murder of his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.218.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218.3) pūjayenmānavo yastu sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 3 .. > Whatever human worships it becomes freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.218.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218.218) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..218.. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mānaveśvara', 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.16.218.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.218) · Pramāṇa