[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) › 16.223.78 # Skandapurana 16.223.78 Skandapurāṇa 16.223.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.223.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.78) .. gautama uvāca .. .. yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ samartho'si varaprada .. yatra sthāne mayā dṛṣṭāḥ pretā yūyaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ .. tatrāhaṃ cāśramaṃ kṛtvā kariṣye cottamaṃ tapaḥ .. 78 .. > Gautama said: / 'If a boon is to be given to me, since you are able to grant a boon, O giver of boons: / at the place where you ghosts were seen by me in great distress, / having built a hermitage there, I shall perform supreme austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.223.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.77) - [Next: 16.223.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.79) - [Up: 16.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.223.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.78) · Pramāṇa