[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) › 16.320 # Skandapurana 16.320 Skandapurāṇa 16.320 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.320.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasmācca pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidāgneyasaṃsthitam .. liṃgadvayaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ viśvakarmapratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / And to the east of that, situated slightly to the south-east, / is a pair of most holy liṅgas installed by Viśvakarman. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.320.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.2) yadā vai nagaraṃ kartuṃ tvaṣṭā tatra samāgataḥ .. pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ nagaraṃ kṛtavāṃstataḥ .. 2 .. > Indeed, when Tvaṣṭṛ arrived there to build the city, / he installed Mahādeva first and then built the city. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.320.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.3) kṛtvā ca nagaraṃ ramyaṃ liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. punaḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ rligaṃ tena vai viśvakarmaṇā .. 3 .. > And having built the charming city by the power of this liṅga, / another liṅga was installed by that very Viśvakarman. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.320.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.4) karmādau karmaṇaścānte yātrodvāhagṛhādike .. liṃgadvayaṃ pūjayitvā siddhimāpnoti tatkṣaṇāt .. 4 .. > At the beginning and end of any undertaking, on a journey, at a wedding, in housebuilding and the like, / by worshipping the pair of liṅgas, one attains success that very moment. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.320.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.5) tasmātsarvaprayatnena gaṃdhāmṛtarasodakaiḥ .. naivedyai vividhairdevi liṃgayugmaṃ prapūjayet .. 5 .. > Therefore, with every effort, with perfumes, nectar-like juices, and water, / and various food offerings, O goddess, one should worship the pair of liṅgas. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.320.320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320.320) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthānamāhātmye liṃgadvayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 320 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Pair of Liṅgas' in the Greatness of the Unnata Place, in the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the first \[part\] in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, the seventh \[book\] of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 320 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.320.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.320) · Pramāṇa