[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) › 16.325 # Skandapurana 16.325 Skandapurāṇa 16.325 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.325.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi vināyakamanuttamam .. ṛṣitoyātaṭe ramye sarvavighnanivāraṇam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unexcelled Vināyaka, / on the delightful bank of the Ṛṣitoyā, who removes all obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.325.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325.2) yo'sau devagaṇādhyakṣaḥ sākṣācca tripurāntakaḥ .. gajarūpaṃ samāśritya hyunnate jagati sthitaḥ .. prābhāsike mahākṣetre gaṇānāṃ koṭibhirvṛtaḥ .. 2 .. > He who is the lord of the divine hosts, directly the destroyer of Tripura, / having assumed an elephant form, stands in the elevated world, / in the great sacred field of Prabhāsa, surrounded by crores of gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.325.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325.3) tasmātsarvaprayatnena yātrā nirvighnahetave .. ārādhyo gaṇanāthaśca puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ sadā .. 3 .. > Therefore, with every effort, for the purpose of a journey free from obstacles, / Gaṇanātha should always be propitiated with flowers, incense, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.325.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325.4) caturthyāṃ ca caturthyāṃ ca sarvairnagaravāsibhiḥ .. tasminmahotsavaḥ kāryo rāṣṭrakṣemārtha siddhaye .. 4 .. > On every fourth lunar day, by all inhabitants of the city, / a great festival should be celebrated there for the sake of the welfare and success of the realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.325.325](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325.325) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasvāmimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcaviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 325 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the greatness of Unnatasvāmin', in the first \[part\], the 'Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra', of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse collection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.325.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.325) · Pramāṇa