[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) › 16.40 # Skandapurana 16.40 Skandapurāṇa 16.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.1) īśvara uvāca.. tato gacchenmahādevi śvetaketupratiṣṭhitam.. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu bhīmenārādhitaṃ purā..1.. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the \[liṅga\] installed by Śvetaketu, / a liṅga of great power which was formerly worshipped by Bhīma. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.2) kedāreśvarasāṃnidhye nātidūre vyavasthitam.. pūjayate ttadvidhānena kṣīrasnānādibhiḥ kramāt .. yātrāphalamabhiprepsuḥ pretya svargaphalāya vai .. 2 .. > It is situated in the presence of Kedāreśvara, not very far away. / One should worship it according to the rule, beginning with a bath of milk and so forth, in due order, / desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage for the sake of the fruit of heaven after death. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. śvetaketostu yaddeva liṃgaṃ proktaṃ tvayā mama .. tasya jātaṃ kathaṃ deva nāma bhīmeśvareti ca .. 3 .. > The Goddess said: / O Lord, as for the liṅga of Śvetaketu which was mentioned by you to me, / how, O Lord, did its name become "Bhīmeśvara"? 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.4) kathaṃ vinirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tasmindṛṣṭe tu kiṃ phalam .. 4 .. > How was it fashioned in the past, and what is the fruit when it is seen? 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. āsīttretāyuge pūrvaṃ rājā svāyaṃbhuveṃtare .. śvetaketuriti khyāto rājarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / Formerly, in the Tretāyuga during the Svāyambhuva manvantara, / there was a royal sage of very great austerity, famous as Śvetaketu. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.6) sa prabhāsaṃ samāgatya pratiṣṭhāpya mahe śvaram .. tapastepe suvipulaṃ sāgarasya taṭe śubhe .. 6 .. > Having arrived at Prabhāsa and installed Maheśvara, / he performed extensive austerity on the auspicious shore of the ocean. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.7) paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme varṣāsvākāśagastathā .. hemaṃte jalamadhyastho nava varṣāṇi paṃca ca .. 7 .. > Practicing the five fires in summer, standing exposed to the sky during the rains, / and staying in the middle of water in winter, for nine and five \[fourteen\] years. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.8) tataścaturddaśe devi tapasā niyamena ca .. tuṣṭenokto mayā devi varaṃ varaya suvrata .. 8 .. > Then in the fourteenth \[year\], O goddess, being pleased by his austerity and observance, / he was addressed by me: "O one of good vows, choose a boon!" 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.9) śvetaketurathovāca bhaktiṃ dehi suniścalām .. sthāne'sminsthīyatāṃ deva yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho .. 9 .. > Śvetaketu then said: "Grant me unswerving devotion; / O Lord, may you abide in this place if you are pleased with me, O Master!" 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.10) evamastvityathoktvā'haṃ tasyāṃtarddhānamāgataḥ .. tataḥ kālāṃtare'tīte śvetaketurmahāprabhaḥ .. 7.1.40.10 .. > "So be it," I said, and then vanished from his sight. / Then, after a period of time had elapsed, the highly lustrous Śvetaketu, 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.11) samārādhya tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ prāptaḥ sthānaṃ mahodayam .. tato jātaṃ nāma tasya śvetaketvīśvaraṃ śrutam .. 11 .. > having fully worshipped this liṅga, attained an exalted state. / Thence its famous name became Śvetaketvīśvara, 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.12) agnitīrthe mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane .. tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte bhrātṛbhiśca samanvitaḥ .. 12 .. > at the exceedingly meritorious Agnitīrtha, which destroys all sins. / Afterwards, when the Kaliyuga arrived, accompanied by his brothers, 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.13) tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ .. bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāyuputro mamāṃśajaḥ .. 13 .. > when he came to Prabhāsa on the occasion of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, / the mighty-armed Bhīmasena, son of the Wind-god and born of my portion, 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.14) talliṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsa kṛtvā jāgeśvaraṃ nijam .. matvā tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sāgarasya samīpataḥ .. 14 .. > worshipped that liṅga, making it his own Jāgeśvara, / recognizing the sacred ford near the ocean as exceedingly meritorious. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.15) tadā prabhṛti bhīmeśaṃ punarnāmā'bhavacchubham .. dṛṣṭamātreṇa tenaiva sakṛlliṃgena bhāmini .. 15 .. > From that time forward, its auspicious name became "Bhīmeśa" once again. / By merely seeing that liṅga even once, O fair lady, 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.16) anyajanmakṛtānyeva pāpāni subahūnyapi .. nāśamāyāṃti sarvāṇi tathaivāmuṣmikāṇi tu .. 16 .. > the numerous sins committed even in other births / all go to destruction, as do those pertaining to the next world. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40.40) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhīmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 40 .. > Thus ends the fortieth chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Bhīmeśvara," in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.40.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.40) · Pramāṇa