[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) › 16.230 # Skandapurana 16.230 Skandapurāṇa 16.230 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.230.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ gaṇapatipriyam .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ samyaṅmayā tatra niyojitaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the deity who is dear to Gaṇapati, / situated right there properly; he was appointed there by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.230.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230.2) gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe devi kṣetrarakṣaṇatatparaḥ .. māghe kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. 2 .. > to the south of the Gaṅgā, O goddess, intent upon protecting the sacred field. / Whichever man worships him on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.230.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230.3) divyamodakanaivedyaiḥ puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ kramāt .. na tasya jāyate vighnaṃ yāvatkṣetre vasatyasau .. 3 .. > successively with celestial food offerings of sweetmeats, flowers, incense, and the like, / no obstacle arises for him as long as he dwells in the sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.230.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230.230) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gaṇapatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 230 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gaṇapati', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.230.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.230) · Pramāṇa