[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) › 16.367.p18 # Skandapurana 16.367.p18 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p18) 16 pātālasthitai rākṣasaistejasā grasta trailokyaṃ dṛṣṭvā prabhākareṇa bhagavaccintanaṃ kṛtvā krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhūmāvākāśataḥ patanam, tatasteṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ pātāle gamanam, tatastatpātālabiladvāre liṃgasthāpanam , trisaṃgame snānadānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam , tasya śrīmukhadvāretināmnā prasiddhikaraṇam, pātālavivarasunandādimātṛgaṇotpattivarṇanam, sunandādīnāṃ pūjāvidhānamāhātmyakathanam 24 2 > 16 Seeing the three worlds seized by the demons residing in Pātāla with their brilliance, the Sun meditates on the Blessed Lord; looked upon with eyes inflamed with rage, the demons fall to the earth from the sky; then those demons enter Pātāla; then a liṅga is installed at the entrance to that cavern in Pātāla; description of the fruit and māhātmya of ritual ablution and gifting at the confluence of the three; making it famous by the name Śrīmukhadvāra; description of the origin of the group of Mothers beginning with Sunandā from the cleft of Pātāla; explanation of the rules of worship and the māhātmya of Sunandā and the others. 24.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p17) - [Next: 16.367.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p19) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhatkathākośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.brhatkathakosa.94.30) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p18) · Pramāṇa