[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) › 16.224 # Skandapurana 16.224 Skandapurāṇa 16.224 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.224.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgamiṃdrapratiṣṭhitam .. pāpamocananāmāḍhyaṃ dakṣiṇe puruṣottamāt.. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga installed by Indra, / richly endowed with the name Pāpamocana, south of Puruṣottama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.2) vṛtraṃ hatvā purā śakro brahmahatyāsamanvitaḥ .. abravītsa ṛṣīndivyānkathameṣā gamiṣyati .. 2 .. > Long ago, having slain Vṛtra, Śakra, joined with \[the sin of\] brahmin-slaughter, / said to the divine seers: 'How will this go away? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.3) brahmahatyā hi duṣprekṣyā vivarṇajananī mama .. durgaṃdhacāriṇī caiva sarvatejovināśinī .. 3 .. > Indeed, brahmin-slaughter is dreadful to behold, causing discoloration in me, / moving with a foul smell, and destroying all brilliance.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.4) athocustaṃ suragaṇā nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ .. prabhāsaṃ gaccha deveśa kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ hi tat .. 4 .. > Then the hosts of gods and the great seers headed by Nārada said to him: / 'Go to Prabhāsa, O lord of gods, for that is a sacred field that takes away sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.5) tatrārādhya mahādevaṃ mokṣyase brahmahatyayā .. sa tatheti pratijñāya gatastatra varānane .. 5 .. > Having worshipped Mahādeva there, you will be freed from brahmin-slaughter.' / Promising, 'So be it,' he went there, O lovely-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.6) liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. tasya pūjārato nityaṃ dhūpagaṃdhānulepanaiḥ .. 6 .. > He established a liṅga of the god of gods, the wielder of the trident; / he was constantly devoted to its worship with incenses, scents, and ointments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.7) tato'sya gātradaurgaṃdhyaṃ nāśamāśvabhyagacchata .. vivarṇatvaṃ gataṃ sarvaṃ vapuścābhūttathottamam.. 7 .. > Then the foul smell of his body quickly went to destruction; / all his discoloration vanished, and his body became supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.8) atha hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha .. tatrāgatya naro bhaktyā yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. 8 .. > Then, becoming joyful in mind, he spoke these words: / 'Whichever person, having come here, worships this \[liṅga\] with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.9) brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ nāśaṃ tasya prayāsyati .. evamuktvā sahasrākṣaḥ prahṛṣṭastridivaṃ yayau .. 9 .. > his sin consisting of brahmin-slaughter and the like will go to destruction.' / Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], exceedingly glad, went to heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.10) brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ pūjyamāno divaukasaiḥ .. godānaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. brahmahatyāpanodārthaṃ tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret .. 7.1.224.10 .. > freed from brahmin-slaughter and worshipped by the denizens of heaven. / The gift of a cow is to be given there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas; / to remove brahmin-slaughter, one should perform a śrāddha there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.224.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224.224) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 224 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Indreśvara', in the first \[part\], 'Glory of Prabhāsakṣetra', in the seventh \[book\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the venerable Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 224 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.224.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.224) · Pramāṇa