[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) › 16.342 # Skandapurana 16.342 Skandapurāṇa 16.342 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.342.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasya dakṣiṇanairṛtye nātidūre vyavasthitam .. liṃgaṃ pāpaharaṃ devi svayaṃ somapratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / To the south-south-west of it, established not very far away, / is the liṅga that removes sins, O goddess, installed by Soma himself. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.342.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342.2) tatraivāmṛtakuṇḍaṃ tu kalākuṇḍaṃ tu tatsmṛtam .. tatra snātvā tu caṃdreśaṃ yo naraḥ pūjayiṣyati .. 2 .. > Right there is the Amṛtakuṇḍa, which is known as Kalākuṇḍa; / having bathed there, whatever man worships Candreśa, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.342.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342.3) sa tu varṣasahasrasya tapaḥphalamavāpsyati .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ devi taḍāgaṃ caṃdranirmitam .. 3 .. > he will obtain the fruit of a thousand years of austerity. / Right there, O goddess, lies the pool created by the Moon, 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.342.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342.4) dhanuḥṣoḍaśavistāraṃ caṃdreśātpūrvapaścime .. tatpūrvaṃ te samākhyātaṃ muktidānādipūrvakam .. 4 .. > sixteen bows in breadth, to the east and west of Candreśa; / that has been told to you previously, beginning with the bestowing of liberation. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.342.342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342.342) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya āśāpūramāhātmye caṃdreśvarakalākuṇḍatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 342 .. .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-second chapter, titled 'Description of the māhātmya of the sacred ford of Candreśvara and Kalākuṇḍa' in the māhātmya of Āśāpūra, in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 342 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.342.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.342) · Pramāṇa