[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) › 16.290.23 # Skandapurana 16.290.23 Skandapurāṇa 16.290.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.290.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.23) mūrtiḥ kvāpi maheśvarasya mahatī yajñasya mūlodayā tumbī tuṃgaphalāvatī ca śataśo brahmāṇḍakoṭistathā .. yanmānaṃ na pitāmaho na ca harirbrahmāṇḍamadhyasthito jānātyanyasureṣu kā ca gaṇanā sā saṃtataṃ vo'vatāt .. 23 .. > "In some place is that great form of Maheśvara, the prime origin of sacrifice, / like a bottle-gourd creeper bearing high fruits of hundreds of millions of cosmic eggs, / whose measure neither the Grandfather nor Hari situated within the cosmos knows— / what reckoning can there be among other gods?—may that \[form\] protect you continually! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.290.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.22) - [Next: 16.290.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.24) - [Up: 16.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.290.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.290.23) · Pramāṇa