[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) › 16.41 # Skandapurana 16.41 Skandapurāṇa 16.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge sarasvatyā pratiṣṭhitam .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu someśādagnigocare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / In the eastern direction from that very \[shrine\], installed by Sarasvatī, / is a liṅga of great power, in the south-east of Someśa, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.2) bhairaveśvararūpastu vāḍavaḥ kumbhasaṃsthitaḥ .. yatra devyā samānītaḥ sāgarasya samīpataḥ .. 2 .. > where the submarine fire in the form of Bhairaveśvara, situated in a pot, / was brought by the goddess near the ocean. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.3) viśrāmārthaṃ kṣaṇaṃ muktvā devyā liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. samabhyarcya vidhānena gṛhītvā vaḍavānalam.. samudramadhye cikṣepa devānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 3 .. > Depositing \[it\] for a moment for the sake of rest, the liṅga was installed by the goddess; / having worshipped it properly, she took the submarine fire / and cast it into the middle of the ocean, desiring the welfare of the gods. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.4) tato hṛṣṭatarā devāḥ śaṃkhadundubhiniḥsvanaiḥ .. pūrayantoṃ'baraṃ devīmīḍire puṣpavṛṣṭibhiḥ .. 4 .. > Then the exceedingly delighted gods, filling the sky / with the sounds of conches and kettle-drums, praised the goddess with showers of flowers. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.5) devamāteti te nāma kṛtvocustāṃ tadā surāḥ .. kṛtvā tu bhairavaṃ kāryamasādhyaṃ devadānavaiḥ .. 5 .. > Conferring the name "Mother of the Gods" upon her, the gods then said to her: / "Having accomplished a terrifying task that could not be achieved by gods or demons, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.6) pratiṣṭhitavatī cātra yasmālliṃgaṃ mahodayam .. tvaṃ sarvasaritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapātakanāśinī .. tasmādbhairavanāmeti liṃgaṃ khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. 6 .. > and because you have installed an exalted liṅga here, / \[and since\] you are the best of all rivers and the destroyer of all sins, / therefore this liṅga will attain renown by the name 'Bhairava'." 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.7) ityuktā tu tadā devī bhairaveśvaranairṛte .. sāgarasya sthitā ramye tatra mūrttimatī satī .. 7 .. > Being addressed thus, the goddess then, to the south-west of Bhairaveśvara, / remained on the lovely \[shore\] of the ocean, embodied there as a chaste lady. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.8) pūjayettāṃ vidhānena taṃ tathā bhairaveśvaram .. mahānavamyāṃ yatnena kṛtvā snānaṃ vidhānataḥ .. sarasvatīṃ pūjayitvā vāgdoṣānmucyate'khilāt .. 8 .. > One should worship her according to the rule, and likewise that Bhairaveśvara. / Having performed a ritual ablution according to the rule on the great ninth day with diligence, / and having worshipped Sarasvatī, one is released from every defect of speech. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.9) tasyā liṃgaṃ tu saṃpūjya saṃsnāpya payasā pṛthak .. aghoreṇaiva vidhivatsamyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 9 .. > Having worshipped her liṅga and bathed it separately with milk / according to the rite with the Aghora mantra, one properly obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41.41) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 41 .. .. .. > Thus ends the forty-first chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara," in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.41.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.41) · Pramāṇa