[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) › 16.346 # Skandapurana 16.346 Skandapurāṇa 16.346 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.346.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.346.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasmādāgneyadigbhāge sthitaḥ karkoṭako raviḥ .. pūrvakalpe mahādevi smṛtaḥ karkoṭakānvitaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Situated to the southeast of that is the sun \[known as\] Karkoṭaka; / in a previous kalpa, O great goddess, it is remembered as associated with Karkoṭaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.346.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.346.2) tasya darśanamātreṇa prītāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ .. saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa dhūpa gaṃdhānulepanaiḥ .. pūjayedyo vidhānena mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. 2 .. > Merely by seeing it, all the deities are pleased. / Whoever worships \[it\] according to the ordinances with incense, fragrant pastes, and ointments / on the seventh lunar day falling on a Sunday, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.346.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.346.346) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye karkoṭakārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭacatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 346 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and forty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Karkoṭakārka', 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.16.346.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.346) · Pramāṇa