[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) › 16.254 # Skandapurana 16.254 Skandapurāṇa 16.254 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.254.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.254.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyetsarvapātakanāśanam .. ghaṇṭeśvaramiti khyātaṃ devadānavavanditam .. pūjitaṃ hyṛṣibhiḥ siddhairvāṃchitārthaphalapradam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Standing right there, one should look upon the destroyer of all sins, / known as Ghaṇṭeśvara, praised by gods and demons, / worshipped by seers and perfected ones, granting the fruit of desired objectives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.254.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.254.2) vāre somasya cāṣṭamyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. sa labhedvāṃchitānkāmānmuktaḥ syātpātakena hi ..2 .. > The man who worships him on a Monday and on the eighth lunar day / shall obtain his desired wishes and indeed be freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.254.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.254.254) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ghaṃṭeśvaramāhāratmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuṣpañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 254 .. > Thus ends the two hundred fifty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Ghaṇṭeśvara,' 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.16.254.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vrata(2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vrata-2.p350) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.254) · Pramāṇa