[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 # Skandapurana 16.289 Skandapurāṇa 16.289 - **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) ### [16.289.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.2) viśvāmitreṇa cāhūtā snānārthaṃ varavarṇini .. tatra snātvā mahādevi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 2 .. > She was summoned by Viśvāmitra for the purpose of bathing, O fair-complexioned one; / having bathed there, O great goddess, one is freed from all sins. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.289.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.3) tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitreśvaraṃ tathā .. bāleśvaraṃ ca saṃprekṣya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 3 .. > Having seen Gaṅgeśvara there, and likewise Viśvāmitreśvara, / and having beheld Bāleśvara, one attains all desires. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.289.289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289.289) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmye pātāla gaṃgeśvaraviśvāmitreśvarabāleśvarābhidhaliṃgatrayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 289 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Triad of Liṅgas Named Pātālagaṅgeśvara, Viśvāmitreśvara, and Bāleśvara in the Bālārka-māhātmya', 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.16.289.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.289) · Pramāṇa