[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) › 16.322 # Skandapurana 16.322 Skandapurāṇa 16.322 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.322.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tasya dakṣiṇasaṃsthitam .. durgādityetināmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the \[shrine\] situated to his south / named Durgāditya, which destroys all sins. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.2) yadā duḥkhamanuprāptā durgā duḥkhavināśinī .. sūryamārādhayāmāsa tadā duḥkhavinuttaye .. 2 .. > When Durgā, the destroyer of sorrow, was overcome by sorrow, / she propitiated the Sun to dispel her sorrow at that time. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.3) tataḥ kālena bahunā tasyāstuṣṭo divākaraḥ .. uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ durgāṃ devo mahāprabhām .. varaṃ varaya deveśi tapasā tuṣṭavānaham .. 3 .. > Then, after a long time, the Sun was pleased with her / and, the radiant god, spoke gentle words to Durgā: / 'Choose a boon, O queen of the gods; I am pleased with your austerity.' 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.4) .. durgovāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo divānātha duḥkhasaṃghaṃ vināśaya .. 4 .. > Durgā said: / If you are pleased, O lord of the day, destroy the host of my sorrows. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.5) .. sūrya uvāca .. .. acireṇaiva kālena bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. saṃprāpsyatyuttamaṃ liṃgamunnate sthāna uttame .. 5 .. > The Sun said: / In no long time the lord who brought about Tripura's end / will obtain an excellent liṅga in the supreme Unnata place. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.6) durgādityeti me nāma iha devi bhaviṣyati .. evamuktvā mahādevi tatraivāntardadhe raviḥ .. saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa durgādityaṃ prapūjayet .. 6 .. > My name here shall be Durgāditya, O goddess. / Having spoken thus, O great goddess, the Sun vanished right there. / On a Sunday that falls on the seventh lunar day, one should worship Durgāditya. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.7) tasya duḥkhāni sarvāṇi kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca .. vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi durgādityaprapūjanāt .. 7 .. > All his sorrows and various forms of leprosy / go to dissolution, O queen of the gods, from the worship of Durgāditya. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.322.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322.322) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisā haruyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye durgādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 322 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Durgāditya', 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 \[verses\]. 322 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.322.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.322) · Pramāṇa