[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) › 16.289.1 # Skandapurana 16.289.1 Skandapurāṇa 16.289.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.289.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyaiva dakṣiṇe devi tasmādgavyūtimātrataḥ .. pātālagāminī gaṃgā saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / To the south of that very place, O goddess, at a distance of just a gavyūti, / is the Ganges that flows to Pātāla, the destroyer of sins. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.288.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.288.288) - [Next: 16.289.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.2) - [Up: 16.289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.289.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.1) · Pramāṇa