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# Skandapurana 16.235

Skandapurāṇa 16.235

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.235.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyelliṃgatrayamanuttamam ..  
śatamedhaṃ sahasramedhaṃ koṭimedhamiti kramāt .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / In that very place, one should behold the three unexcelled liṅgas / situated in sequence: Śatamedha, Sahasramedha, and Koṭimedha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.2)

dakṣiṇe śatamedhaṃ tu śatayajñaphalapradam ..  
kārtavīryyeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā .. 2 ..

> To the south is Śatamedha, which grants the fruit of a hundred sacrifices; / a hundred sacrifices were performed there in ancient times by Kārtavīrya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.3)

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam ..  
madhyabhāge'tra yalliṃgaṃ koṭimedheti viśrutam .. 3 ..

> having installed a great liṅga that destroys all sins. / The liṅga situated in the central part here is renowned as Koṭimedha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.4)

tatreṣṭā brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ koṭi saṃkhyā makhottamāḥ ..  
saṃsthāpya tu mahādevaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkarama .. 4 ..

> There formerly one crore of the best sacrifices were offered by Brahmā, / after having installed Mahādeva, Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.5)

tasya uttarabhāgasthaṃ sahasrakratusaṃjñakam ..  
śakraśca devarājo'pi sahasraṃ yaṣṭavānkratūn .. 5 ..

> The one located in its northern part is named Sahasrakratu; / Śakra, the king of the gods, also offered a thousand sacrifices \[there\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.6)

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ devānāmādidaivatam ..  
gaṃdhapuṣpādividhinā paṃcāmṛtarasodakaiḥ .. 6 ..

> having installed a great liṅga, the primal deity of the gods, / according to the rite, with fragrant powders, flowers, and the like, with the five nectars and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.7)

sa prāpnuyātphalaṃ devi liṃganāmodbhavaṃ kramāt ..  
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ ..7..

> He obtains, O goddess, the fruit born of the name of the liṅga in order. / A gift of a cow should be given there by those desiring the full fruit of pilgrimage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.8)

daśalakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ tatra tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini ..  
liṃgatrayaṃ tathā madhye sarvapātakanāśanam .. .. 8 ..

> Ten hundred thousand tīrthas stay there, O passionate lady, / and likewise in the center the three liṅgas, which destroy all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.235.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.235.235)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye daśāśvamedhamāhātmye śatamedhādi liṃgatrayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 235 ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Three Liṅgas Beginning with Śatamedha in the Māhātmya of Daśāśvamedha,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.235.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.246.1) — Sanskrit

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