[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) › 16.253 # Skandapurana 16.253 Skandapurāṇa 16.253 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.253.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.253.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. tato gacchenmahādevi gupheśvaramanuttamam.. hiraṇyā uttare bhāge sarvapātakanāśanam .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi koṭihatyāṃ vyapohati.. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Gupheśvara / to the north of the Hiraṇyā, the destroyer of all sins. / Having seen him, O goddess, a mortal dispels ten million murders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.253.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.253.253) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gupheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..253.. > Thus ends the two hundred fifty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Gupheśvara,' 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.16.253.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.253) · Pramāṇa