[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) › 16.249 # Skandapurana 16.249 Skandapurāṇa 16.249 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.249.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ vai saṃgameśvaram .. golakṣamiti vikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam . 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the god Saṃgameśvara, / renowned as Golakṣa, the destroyer of all sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.2) tasyaiva paścime bhāge sarvakāmaphalapradam .. ṛṣiruddālakonāma purā hyāsīnmahātapāḥ .. 2 .. > in its western part, bestowing the fruit of all desires. / In ancient times there was a seer named Uddālaka of great austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.3) sa purā saṃgamaṃ prāpya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. sarasvatyāśca piṃgāyāstapastepe sureśvari .. 3 .. > Formerly, having reached the confluence of Sarasvatī and Piṅgā / that destroys all sins, he performed austerity, O queen of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.4) tatastapasyatastasya tapo raudraṃ mahātmanaḥ .. purato hyutthitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhaktyā yuktasya sundari .. 4 .. > Then, as that great-souled one endowed with devotion was performing severe austerity, / a liṅga indeed rose up before him, O beautiful one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.5) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. uddālaka mahābāho śṛṇuṣvaitadvaco mama .. 5 .. > At that very moment, a bodiless voice spoke: / 'O mighty-armed Uddālaka, listen to this word of mine! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.6) adyaprabhṛti vāso'tra mama nityaṃ bhaviṣyati .. yasmādatra samutpannaṃ saṃgame liṃgamuttamam .. saṃgameśvaramityeva nāma cāsya bhavi ṣyati .. 6 .. > From this day forth my dwelling here will be perpetual. / Since this supreme liṅga arose here at the confluence, / its name shall indeed be Saṃgameśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.7) yetra snānaṃ narāḥ kṛtvā saṃgame lokaviśrute .. saṃgameśvaramīkṣante te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 7 .. > Those men who, having bathed here at the world-renowned confluence, / behold Saṃgameśvara, go to the supreme state.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.8) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsa divārātramataṃdritaḥ .. tato dehāvasāne'sau gato yatra maheśvaraḥ .. 8 .. > Īśvara said: / Then he worshipped it day and night without wearying; / then, at the end of his body, he went to where Maheśvara is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.249.249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249.249) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame ,prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saṃgameśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonapañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 249 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and forty-ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Saṃgameśvara,' in the first \[part\], 'Glory of the Prabhāsa Field,' of the seventh \[book\], 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.16.249.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.249) · Pramāṇa