[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) › 16.366 # Skandapurana 16.366 Skandapurāṇa 16.366 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.366.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyāyāśca uttare .. siddhisthānāni divyāni yatra siddhā maharṣayaḥ .. 1 .. > The Lord said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the north of the Hiraṇyā, / to the divine abodes of perfections where great seers attained perfection. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.2) tatra liṃgānyanekāni śakyaṃte kathituṃ na hi .. sāgraṃ śataṃ punastatra liṃgānāṃ pravaraṃ smṛtam ..2.. > There are manifold liṅgas there, which cannot possibly be fully told; / yet one hundred and more liṅgas there are considered foremost. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.3) vajriṇyāstu taṭe devi liṃgānyekonaviṃśatiḥ .. nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe devi sahasraṃ dviśatādhikam .. 3 .. > On the bank of the Vajriṇī, O goddess, there are nineteen liṅgas; / on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, O goddess, a thousand and two hundred more. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.4) prādhānyena varārohe pūrve svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare .. kapilāyāstaṭedevi liṃgānāṃ ṣaṣṭiruttamā .. 4 .. > Chiefly, O fair-hipped goddess, during the former Svāyambhuva manvantara, / on the bank of the Kapilā, O goddess, is an excellent \[group\] of sixty liṅgas. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.5) sarasvatyāṃ punastatra liṃgasaṃkhyā na vidyate .. evaṃ paṃcamukhā devi liṃgamālā vibhūṣitā .. 5 .. > Along the Sarasvatī, moreover, the number of liṅgas there is beyond reckoning. / In this way, adorned with a garland of liṅgas, \[she is\] five-mouthed, O goddess. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.6) prabhāse kathitā devi paṃcasrotāḥ sarasvatī .. yasyāḥ pravāhaiḥ saṃbhinnaṃ kṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanam .. .. 6.. > In Prabhāsa, O goddess, the Sarasvatī is said to possess five streams, / by whose waters the sacred field of twelve yojanas is intersected. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.7) tatra vāpīṣu kūpeṣu yatra tatrodbhavaṃ jalam .. sārasvataṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ te dhanyā ye pibaṃti tat .. 7 .. > The water arising anywhere therein, in step-wells and wells, / is to be understood as belonging to Sarasvatī; blessed are those who drink it. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.8) yatratatra naraḥ snātvā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. sārasvatasnānaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 8 .. > Bathed anywhere \[in them\], a person endowed with full faith / obtains the fruit of a ritual ablution in the Sarasvatī; of this there is no doubt. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.9) yatproktaṃ sparśaliṃgaṃ tu śrīsomeśeti viśrutam .. prabhāsakṣetraliṃgānāṃ kalā tasyaiva śāṃkarī ..9 .. > That which is declared to be the sparśaliṅga, renowned as the glorious Someśa, / the liṅgas of the sacred field of Prabhāsa are indeed a portion of Śiva proceeding from it. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.10) yadvā tadvā pūjayitvā liṃgaṃ kṣetrasya madhyagam .. śrīsomeśamiti jñātvā someśaḥ pūjito bhavet ..7.1.366.10.. > Whichever liṅga located in the midst of the sacred field one worships, / understanding it to be the glorious Someśa, Someśa is thereby worshipped. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.365](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.365) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prakīrṇasthānaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcaṣaṣṭyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 365 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and sixty-fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of the Miscellaneous Liṅgas of the Sacred Field," in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. \[365\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.366.365\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366.365_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathamaṃ prabhāsakṣetra māhātmyaṃ sampūrṇam .. ( 7-1) .. > Thus ends completely the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (7.1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.366.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.366) · Pramāṇa