[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) › 16.356 # Skandapurana 16.356 Skandapurāṇa 16.356 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.356.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ bahusuvarṇakam .. hiraṇyāpūrvadigbhāge sthāne bahusuvarṇake .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the god Bahusuvarṇaka, / in the eastern direction of the Hiraṇyā, in the place named Bahusuvarṇaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.356.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.2) dharmaputreṇa yatraiva kṛto yajñaḥ suduṣkaraḥ .. nāmnā bahusuvarṇeti sthāpya liṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. 2 .. > where a sacrifice very difficult to perform was celebrated by the Son of Dharma, / after establishing a liṅga of great splendor, under the name Bahusuvarṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.356.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.3) sarvakratūnāṃ phaladaṃ nāmnā sarveśvaraṃ viduḥ .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ liṃgaṃ pūrṇaṃ sārasvatairjalaiḥ .. 3 .. > They know it by the name Sarveśvara, bestowing the fruit of all sacrifices. / In that very place is established the liṅga, filled with the waters of the Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.356.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.4) snātvā tatra varārohe piṇḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ .. kulakoṭiṃ samuddhṛtya rudraloke mahīyate .. 4 .. > Having bathed there, O fair-hipped lady, whoever gives an offering of rice balls, > uplifting ten million ancestors, is glorified in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.356.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.5) yastaṃ pūja yate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpairvidhānataḥ .. koṭipūjāphalaṃ tasya tathetyāha sadāśivaḥ .. 5 .. > Whoever worships it with devotion, with perfumes and flowers according to the rule, > obtains the fruit of ten million acts of worship; so declared Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.356.355](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356.355) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bahusuvarṇeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 355 .. > Thus ends the three hundred fifty-fifth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Greatness of Bahusuvarṇeśvara', in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first section of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.356.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.356) · Pramāṇa