[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) › 16.272 # Skandapurana 16.272 Skandapurāṇa 16.272 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.272.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.272.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyetprācī devyāstu saṃnidhau.. liṃgatrayaṃ samākhyātaṃ tripurāṇāṃ mahātmanām ..1.. > Īśvara said: / One should see, stationed right there in the vicinity of the goddess Prācī, / a triad of liṅgas described as belonging to the high-souled Tripuras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.272.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.272.2) vidyunmālī tārakākhyaḥ kapolākhyastathaiva ca .. taiśca pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate ..2 .. > Vidyunmālin, the one named Tāraka, and likewise the one named Kapola; / having seen the liṅga\[s\] established by them, one is released from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.272.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.272.272) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye tripuraliṃgatrayamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..272.. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-second chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Triad of Tripura Liṅgas,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, 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.16.272.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.272) · Pramāṇa