[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) › 16.238 # Skandapurana 16.238 Skandapurāṇa 16.238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.238.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyāṃ pāpanāśinīm .. sarvakāmapradāṃ puṇyāṃ dāridryasyāṃtakāriṇīm .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the Hiraṇyā, which destroys sin, / grants all desires, is sacred, and puts an end to poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.238.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238.2) tatra snātvā vidhānena kṛtvā piṃḍodaka kriyām .. prāpnuyādakṣayām̐llokānpitṝnuddhṛtya pāpataḥ ..2.. > Having bathed there according to the rules and performed the rite of rice balls and water, / having delivered the ancestors from sin, one attains imperishable worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.238.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238.3) ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam .. tenāyutasahasraṃ hi bhojitaṃ syāddvijanmanām .. .. 3 .. > Whoever feeds a single brahmin of commended vows there, / by him ten thousand twice-born persons would indeed be fed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.238.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238.4) tatra hemarathā deyo brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. vidhinā śivamuddiśya yātrāyutaphalaṃ labhet .. 4 .. > A golden chariot should be given there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas, / dedicated to Śiva in accordance with the rule; one obtains the fruit of ten thousand pilgrimages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.238.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238.238) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye hiraṇyānadīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭātriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 238 .. > Thus ends the two hundred thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the River Hiraṇyā', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.16.238.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.238) · Pramāṇa