[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) › 16.344 # Skandapurana 16.344 Skandapurāṇa 16.344 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.344.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. kapileśvarasyaiśānyāmuttareṇa vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga that destroys sins, / situated to the northeast and to the north of Kapileśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.2) jaradgaveśvaraṃnāma jaradgavapratiṣṭhitam .. brahmahatyādi pāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 2 .. > named Jaradgaveśvara, installed by Jaradgava, / the destroyer of sins such as the killing of a brahmin; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.3) tatraiva saṃsthitā devi devī aṃśumatī nadī .. tatra snātvā vidhānena piḍadānaṃ tu dāpayet .. 3 .. > Right there is situated, O goddess, the divine river Aṃśumatī; / having bathed there according to the rule, one should offer the piṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.4) varṣakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet .. vṛṣabhastatra dātavyo brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. 4 .. > It brings satisfaction to the ancestors for more than a hundred million years; / a bull should be given there to a brahmin who has crossed to the end of the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.5) tatastu pūjayeddevaṃ gandhapuṣpairjaradgavam .. pañcāmṛtarasenaiva tathā guggu ludhūpanaiḥ .. 5 .. > Then one should worship the god Jaradgava with fragrant pastes and flowers, / with the liquid of the five nectars, and with offerings of bdellium incense, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.6) stutidaṇḍanamaskāraiḥ pradakṣiṇairaharniśam .. brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra bhakṣyabhojyaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. ekena bhojitenaiva koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 6 .. > with praises, prostrations, and circumambulations, day and night; / one should feed brahmins there with different kinds of eatables and foods: / by feeding one alone, ten million are fed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.7) kṛte siddhodakaṃnāma tattīrthaṃ parikīrttitam .. jaradgaveśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ kalau tu parikīrtyate .. 7 .. > In the Kṛta age that sacred ford was known by the name Siddhodaka; / in the Kali age, however, it is celebrated as the Jaradgaveśvara sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.344.344](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344.344) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyeṃ'śumatīmāhātmye jaradgaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 344 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of Jaradgaveśvara in the Greatness of Aṃśumatī”, in the Greatness of the Prabhāsa Field, in the first \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.344.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.344) · Pramāṇa