[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) › 16.244 # Skandapurana 16.244 Skandapurāṇa 16.244 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.244.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi vicitreśvaramuttamam .. hiraṇyātīranilayaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Vicitreśvara, / residing on the bank of the Hiraṇyā, the destroyer of great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.244.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244.2) vicitreṇa mahādevi lekhakena yamasya ca .. tapaḥ kṛtvā mahāraudraṃ liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhitam.. 2 .. > After performing fierce austerity, O great goddess, / the liṅga was installed there by Vicitra, the scribe of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.244.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi yamalokaṃ na paśyati .. 3 .. > Having seen it, O goddess, a human being does not see the realm of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.244.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244.244) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vicitreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 244 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and forty-fourth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Vicitreśvara,’ 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.16.244.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.244) · Pramāṇa