[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) › 16.340 # Skandapurana 16.340 Skandapurāṇa 16.340 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.340.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.340.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tatra sthāne tu saṃsthitam.. caṇḍīśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to Caṇḍīśvara, the great liṅga / situated in that place, the destroyer of all sins. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.340.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.340.2) tatra śuklacaturddaśyāṃ kārtike māsi bhāmini .. upavāsaparo bhūtvā yaḥ karoti prajāgaram .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 2 .. > There, on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Kārttika, O spirited lady, / whoever observes a fast and keeps a vigil / goes to the supreme abode where the divine Maheśvara dwells. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.340.340](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.340.340) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devikāmāhātmye caṇḍīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 340 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and fortieth chapter, titled 'Description of the māhātmya of Caṇḍīśvara' in the māhātmya of Devikā, in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 340 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.340.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.340](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.340) · Pramāṇa