[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) › 16.287 # Skandapurana 16.287 Skandapurāṇa 16.287 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.287.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi ajāpāleśvarīṃ śubhām .. agastyasthānapūrveṇa nātidūre vyavasthitām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the auspicious Ajāpāleśvarī, / situated not very far to the east of Agastya's place. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.287.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287.2) raghuvaṃśasamudbhūto hyajāpālo nṛpottamaḥ .. sa tatra devīmārādhya pāparogavaśaṃkarīm .. 2 .. > There was a king, best among rulers, named Ajāpāla, born in Raghu's lineage. / He, having propitiated the goddess there who subdues sinful diseases, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.287.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287.3) ajārūpāṃśca rogānvai cārayāmāsa bhūmipaḥ .. tatra tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa svanāmnā pāpanāśinīm ... .. 3 .. > and having tended the diseases that had assumed the form of goats, that ruler of the earth / installed her there, the destroyer of sins, after his own name. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.287.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287.4) yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā tṛtīyāyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. bala buddhiryaśo vidyāṃ saubhāgyaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ .. 4 .. > Whoever worships her with devotion according to the prescribed rites on the third lunar day / will obtain strength, intellect, fame, learning, and good fortune. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.287.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287.287) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 287 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Ajāpāleśvarī', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of 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.16.287.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.287) · Pramāṇa