[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) › 16.327 # Skandapurana 16.327 Skandapurāṇa 16.327 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.327.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato mahodayaṃ gacchettasmādīśānasaṃsthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go to Mahodaya, situated to the northeast of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.2) vidhinā tatra yaḥ snāti tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. pratigrahakṛtāddoṣānna bhayaṃ tasya vidyate .. 2 .. > Whoever bathes there according to rule and satisfies the ancestors and deities / has no fear arising from the fault of accepting gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.3) mahodayaṃ mahānandadāyakaṃ ca dvijanmanām .. pratigrahaprasaktānāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām .. teṣāmapi dadenmuktiṃ tena khyātaṃ mahodayam .. 3 .. > Mahodaya brings great joy to the twice-born; / even to those addicted to accepting gifts whose minds are attached to sensory objects, / it grants liberation: therefore it is celebrated as Mahodaya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.4) tasya vai rakṣaṇārthāya mahākālasya cottare .. niyuktāśca mahādevi mātarastatra saṃsthitāḥ .. tasminsnātvā naraḥ pūrvaṃ mātṝstāśca prapūjayet .. 4 .. > Indeed, for its protection, to the north of Mahākāla, / the Mothers were appointed and remain there, O great goddess. / Having bathed there, a person should first worship those Mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.5) evaṃ devi mayā khyātaṃ mahodayamahodayam .. sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāmabhiṣekācca muktidam .. 5 .. > Thus, O goddess, has been proclaimed by me the greatly fortunate Mahodaya, / which removes all sins of humans and gives liberation through ritual bathing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.6) ardhakrośe ca tattīrthaṃ samaṃtātparimaṃḍalam .. etanmadhyaṃ mahāsāraṃ sadaiva munivallabham .. 6 .. > That sacred ford measures half a krośa in circumference on all sides; / its center is of great excellence and ever dear to sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.327.327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.327) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mahodayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma sapta viṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 327 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the greatness of Mahodaya', 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.16.327.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327) · Pramāṇa