[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) › 16.341 # Skandapurana 16.341 Skandapurāṇa 16.341 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.341.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. āśāpūraṃ tato gacchedvighnarājamakalmaṣam .. śaśibhūṣaṇa vāyavye saṃsthitaṃ vighnanāśanam.. āśāṃ pūrayate yasmāttenāśāpūrakaḥ smṛtaḥ ..1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go to the blameless Vighnarāja Āśāpūra, / situated to the north-west of Śaśibhūṣaṇa, the destroyer of obstacles; / because he fulfills desires, he is called Āśāpūraka. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.2) yatra rāmeṇa deveśi sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca .. samārādhya ca vighneśaṃ prāptaṃ kāmamabhīpsitam.. 2 .. > Where, having worshipped the lord of obstacles, O ruler of gods, / Rāma, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, obtained their desired wish; 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.3) yatra caṃdramasā devi samārādhya gaṇādhipam .. labdhaṃ tadvāṃchitaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvakuṣṭhavināśanam .. 3 .. > where, O goddess, having worshipped the leader of the gaṇas, the Moon / obtained of old his desired wish: the destruction of all leprosy. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.4) caturthyāṃ śuklapakṣe ca māsi bhādrapade tathā .. tatra saṃpūjya deveśaṃ modakairbhojayeddvijān .. 4 .. > On the fourth day in the bright half of the month of Bhādrapada, / having worshipped the lord of gods there, one should feed the twice-born with sweetmeats (modakas). 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.5) vāñchitāṃ labhate siddhiṃ vighnarājaprasādataḥ .. kṣetrasyāsya mahādevi rakṣārthaṃ tu mayā purā .. 5 .. > By the grace of the king of obstacles, one obtains the desired perfection (siddhi). / For the protection of this sacred field, O great goddess, by me of old, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.6) tato niyukto deveśi yāyināṃ vighnanāśanaḥ .. 6 .. > then was the destroyer of obstacles appointed, O ruler of gods, for travelers. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.341.341](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341.341) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya āśāpūravighnarāja māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatśariṃśaduttara triśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 341 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-first chapter, titled 'Description of the māhātmya of Āśāpūravighnarāja' in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 341 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.341.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.341) · Pramāṇa