[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) › 16.359 # Skandapurana 16.359 Skandapurāṇa 16.359 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.359.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.359.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tīrthaṃ nārāyaṇābhidham .. tasyaiveśānadigbhāge vāpī śāṃḍilyakīrtitā .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the sacred ford named Nārāyaṇa; > in its north-eastern direction lies the stepwell celebrated as Śāṇḍilya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.359.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.359.2) snātvā tatraiva vidhivacchāṃḍilyaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet .. ṛṣipaṃcamyāṃ vidhinā nārī caiva pativratā .. spṛṣṭvāspṛṣṭvā vimucyeta rajodoṣabhayāddhruvam .. 2 .. > Having bathed right there according to rule, whoever properly worships Śāṇḍilya— > and a devoted wife on Ṛṣipañcamī— > touching and touching again, she is certainly freed from the dread of the fault of menstruation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.359.358](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.359.358) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nārāyaṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmā ṣṭāpaṃcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 358 .. > Thus ends the three hundred fifty-eighth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Greatness of the Nārāyaṇa Sacred Ford', 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.16.359.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.359](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.359) · Pramāṇa