[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) › 16.345 # Skandapurana 16.345 Skandapurāṇa 16.345 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.345.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ vai hāṭakeśvaram .. jaradgavātpūrvabhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhistribhiḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga indeed of Hāṭakeśvara, / to the eastern part of Jaradgava, at a distance of sixty-three bow-lengths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.345.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345.2) nāmnā naleśvaraṃ devi sthāpitaṃ tu nalena vai .. damayantīyutenaiva jñātvā kṣetraṃ taduttamam .. 2 .. > Named Naleśvara, O goddess, installed indeed by Nala / accompanied by Damayantī, knowing that best of sacred fields. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.345.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. kalibhirmucyate jaṃturdyūte ca vijayī bhavet .. 3 .. > Having seen it, O goddess, and having worshipped according to the ordinances, a mortal / is freed from strife, and a creature becomes victorious in gambling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.345.345](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345.345) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye naleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 345 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Naleśvara', in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Saṃhitā 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.16.345.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.345) · Pramāṇa