[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) › 16.326 # Skandapurana 16.326 Skandapurāṇa 16.326 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.326.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tasyaivottarataḥ sthitam .. mahākāleśvaraṃ devaṃ sarvarakṣākaraṃ param .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme god Mahākāleśvara / situated to the north of him, who grants protection against all \[perils\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.326.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326.2) adhiṣṭhātā purasyāsya bhairavo rudrarūpadhṛk .. darśe ca pūrṇimāyāṃ ca mahāpūjāṃ prakārayet .. 2 .. > He is the presiding deity of this city, Bhairava bearing the form of Rudra. / On the new moon day and on the full moon day, one should have a great pūjā performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.326.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326.3) mahodaye naraḥ snātvā mahākālaṃ prapaśyati .. dhanāḍhyo jāyate loke saptajanmasahasrakam .. 3 .. > Having bathed at Mahodaya, when a person looks upon Mahākāla, / he is born rich in this world for seven thousand lifetimes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.326.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326.326) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mahākālamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 326 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the greatness of Mahākāla', 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.16.326.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.326) · Pramāṇa