[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) › 16.269 # Skandapurana 16.269 Skandapurāṇa 16.269 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.269.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi vidurasyāśramaṃ mahat .. yatrākarottapo raudraṃ viduro dharma mūrttimān .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the great hermitage of Vidura, / where Vidura, righteousness embodied, performed terrible austerity, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.269.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269.2) pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ liṃgaṃ tribhuvaneśvaram .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt ..2.. > having installed Mahādeva, the liṅga that is lord of the three worlds. / Seeing him, O goddess, a mortal obtains all desires. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.269.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269.3) vidurāṭṭālakaṃ nāma gaṇagaṃdharvasevitam .. dvādaśasthānakaṃ sthānaṃ nālpapuṇyena labhyate .. 3 .. > Named Vidurāṭṭālaka, it is served by the hosts of attendants and Gandharvas. / A station of twelve stations, it is not gained with small merit. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.269.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269.4) nāvarṣaṇaṃ bhavettatra kadācidapi pārvati .. liṃgāni tatra divyāni paśyetpāpopaśāṃtaye .. 4 .. > Drought never occurs there at any time, O Pārvatī. / One should look upon the divine liṅgas there for the pacification of sins. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.269.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269.269) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vidurāśrama māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..269.. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Vidura's Hermitage,' in the first \[part\], the 'Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra,' of the seventh section, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.269.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.269) · Pramāṇa