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# Skandapurana 16.309

Skandapurāṇa 16.309

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.309.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.309.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
tato gacchenmahādevi vināyakamanuttamam ..  
caturmukheti vikhyātaṃ caṇḍīśāduttare sthitam .. 1 ..

> The Lord said: / “Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Vināyaka / renowned as Caturmukha, situated to the north of Caṇḍīśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.309.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.309.2)

kiñcidīśānadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ ca catuṣṭaye ..  
taṃ prayatnācca saṃpūjya sarvavighnaiḥ pramucyate .. 2 ..

> slightly toward the northeast, at a distance of four bows. / Having worshipped him with diligence, one is freed from all obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.309.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.309.3)

gandhapuṣpādibhistatra bhakṣyairbhojyaiḥ samodakaiḥ ..  
caturmukhaṃ caturthyāṃ tu saṃpūjya siddhibhāgbhavet .. 3 ..

> Worshipping Caturmukha there on the fourth lunar day / with perfumes, flowers, and the like, and with edible foods, feasts, and modakas, one shares in accomplishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.309.309](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.309.309)

iti śrīskāṃde mahapurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye caturmukhavināyaka māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 309 ..

> Thus ends the three hundred and ninth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Caturmukha Vināyaka', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa 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.16.309.1) — English, machine translation

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