[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) › 16.243 # Skandapurana 16.243 Skandapurāṇa 16.243 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.243.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kṣetrapālaṃ mahāprabham .. īśāne saṃsthitaṃ devaṃ maṃtramālāvibhūṣitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the glorious Kṣetrapāla, / the god residing in the northeast, adorned with a garland of mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.243.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243.2) hiraṇyātaṭamāśritya rakṣārthaṃ samupasthitam .. tatraiva hīrakaṃ kṣetraṃ tasminrakṣāṃ karoti saḥ .. 2 .. > who is situated on the bank of the Hiraṇyā for the sake of protection. / Right there is the Hīraka sacred field; in it he provides protection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.243.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243.3) kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśyāṃ tatra taṃ pūjayennaraḥ .. gaṃdhapuṣpopahāraiśca tathā bali nivedanaiḥ .. 3 .. > On the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight, a person should worship him there / with perfumes, flowers, offerings, and also presentations of food offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.243.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243.4) evaṃ saṃpūjito devaḥ sarvakāmaprado bhavet .. 4 .. > Worshiped in this way, the god bestows all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.243.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243.243) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṃtrāvalikṣetrapālamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 243 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and forty-third chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Mantrāvalī-Kṣetrapāla,’ in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.243.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.243) · Pramāṇa