[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) › 16.355 # Skandapurana 16.355 Skandapurāṇa 16.355 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.355.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devagupteśvaraṃ priye .. tatra paścimavāyavye yatra somo'karottapaḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the god Gupteśvara, O beloved, / there in the north-west, where the Moon performed austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.2) gupto bhūtvā kuṣṭharogāllajjayādhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ .. divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu prabhāsakṣetra uttame .. 2 .. > having hidden himself on account of leprosy, keeping his face down out of shame, / for a celestial thousand years in the excellent sacred field of Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.3) tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ yātaḥ sarvadevapatiḥ śivaḥ .. tuṣṭo babhūva caṃdrasya kṣayanāśaṃ tathā'karot .. 3 .. > Then Śiva, the lord of all the gods, became visible to him; / he was pleased with the Moon and removed his consumption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.4) kṣayarogavinirmuktastato'bhūnmṛgalāṃchanaḥ .. pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam .. 4 .. > Freed from the disease of consumption, the hare-marked \[Moon\] then / established a great liṅga worshipped by gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.5) guptastepe tapo yasmāttasmādgupteśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. sarvakuṣṭhaharo devo darśanātsparśanādapi .. 5 .. > Because he performed austerity while hidden, it is therefore remembered as Gupteśvara. / That god removes all leprosy through darśana and even through touch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.6) somavāre viśeṣeṇa yastalliṃgaṃ prapūjayet .. tasyānvaye'pi deveśi kuṣṭhī kaścinna jāyate .. 6 .. > Whoever worships that liṅga, especially on a Monday, / in his lineage too, O ruler of gods, no leper is ever born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.355.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355.354) iti śrīskānde mahā purāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gupteśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuṣpañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 354 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Gupteśvara,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.355.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.355) · Pramāṇa