[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) › 16.245 # Skandapurana 16.245 Skandapurāṇa 16.245 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.245.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tatraivoparisaṃsthitam .. sarasvatyāstaṭe devi parṇādityasya paścime .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, situated right there above, / on the bank of the Sarasvatī, O goddess, to the west of Parṇāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.245.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245.2) tatrāste sumahalliṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ brahmaṇā purā .. brahmeśvareti vikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 2 .. > There is a very great liṅga installed anciently by Brahmā, / renowned as Brahmeśvara, the destroyer of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.245.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245.3) tatra snātvā dvitīyāyāṃ sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ .. arcayeddevadeveśaṃ nāmnā brahmeśvaraṃ śubham.. tarpayecca pitṝñchrāddhe yadīcchecchāśvataṃ padam .. 3 .. > Bathing there on the second day \[of the lunar fortnight\], fasting, with senses subdued, / one should worship the auspicious god of gods named Brahmeśvara, / and propitiate the ancestors in a funeral rite if one desires the eternal abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.245.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245.245) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame pramāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 245 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and forty-fifth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Brahmeśvara,’ 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.16.245.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.245) · Pramāṇa