[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) › 16.252 # Skandapurana 16.252 Skandapurāṇa 16.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.252.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252.1) .. īśvara uvāca... .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. tatra śaṃkaranātheti prasiddhaṃ pāpanāśanam .. .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga renowned across the three worlds, / celebrated there as Śaṃkaranātha, the destroyer of sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.252.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252.2) sthāpitaṃ bhānunā devi kṛtvā tatra mahattapaḥ .. tamarcayitvā deveśaṃ sopavāso maheśvaram.. 2 .. > It was installed by the Sun, O goddess, having performed great austerity there. / Having worshipped that supreme Lord, the ruler of the gods, while fasting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.252.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252.3) brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra śrāddhaṃ kuryājjitendriyaḥ .. śaktyā hiraṇyaṃ vāsāṃsi vipre dadyātsamāhitaḥ .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 3 .. > one should feed brahmins there and, with senses subdued, perform an ancestral rite. / Attentive, one should give gold and clothes to the priest according to one's capacity; / he goes to the supreme abode—there should be no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.252.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252.252) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṅkaranāthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 252 .. > Thus ends the two hundred fifty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Śaṅkaranātha,' 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.16.252.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.252) · Pramāṇa