[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) › 16.251 # Skandapurana 16.251 Skandapurāṇa 16.251 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.251.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi śaṃkarādityamuttamam .. gaṃgeśvarasya pūrveṇa śaṃkareṇa pratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Śaṃkarāditya, / installed by Śaṃkara to the east of Gaṅgeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.251.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251.2) ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva tu śuklāyāmenaṃ yaḥ pūjayiṣyati .. gamiṣyati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo divākaraḥ .. 2 .. > And whoever worships this \[deity\] on the sixth lunar day of the bright fortnight / will go to the supreme abode where the divine Sun resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.251.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251.3) raktacaṃdanamiśraiśca raktapuṣpaiḥ samāhitaḥ .. tāmrapātre samādhāya yo'rghyaṃ dāsyati mānavaḥ .. sa yāsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ na ca yāti daridratām.. 3 .. > Having collected \[them\] in a copper vessel, with red sandalwood mixed with red flowers, / the attentive person who offers the guest water / will attain supreme perfection and never suffer poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.251.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251.4) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tasminkṣetre varānane .. pūjayecchaṃkarādityaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 4 .. > Therefore, O fair-faced goddess, with every effort in that sacred field / one should worship Śaṃkarāditya, who grants the fruits of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.251.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251.251) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkarādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 251 .. > Thus ends the two hundred fifty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Śaṃkarāditya,' in the first section, the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in 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.16.251.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.251) · Pramāṇa