[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) › 16.42 # Skandapurana 16.42 Skandapurāṇa 16.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi caṇḍīśaṃ devamuttamam .. someśādīśadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to Caṇḍīśa, the supreme god, > situated seven bow-lengths in the north-eastern direction from Someśa, / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.2) daṇḍapāṇestu bhavanāddakṣiṇe nātidūragam .. caṃḍyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ pūrvaṃ caṇḍenārādhitaṃ tataḥ .. 2 .. > not very far to the south of the residence of Daṇḍapāṇi. > It was consecrated formerly by Caṇḍī, and subsequently worshipped by Caṇḍa, / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.3) gaṇena mama deveśi tatkṛtvā duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ .. tena caṇḍeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale .. 3 .. > my gaṇa, O ruler of gods, after performing severe austerity. > Therefore that Caṇḍeśvara liṅga is renowned across the surface of the earth. / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.4) snāpayetpayasā pūrvaṃ dadhnā ghṛtayutena ca .. madhunekṣurasenaiva kuṃkumena vilepayet .. 4 .. > One should first bathe it with milk, and then with curds joined with ghee, > with honey, sugarcane juice, and smear it with saffron, / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.5) karpūrośīramiśreṇa mṛganābhirasena ca .. candanena sugandhena puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayettataḥ .. 5 .. > with musk-juice mixed with camphor and uśīra, > and with fragrant sandalpaste; then one should worship it with flowers. / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.6) dagdhvā dhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum .. vastraiḥ saṃpūjayetpaścādātmavittānusārataḥ .. 6 .. > Having burnt incense and agallochum before the god, O goddess, > one should afterwards worship with garments according to one’s wealth. / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.7) naivedyaṃ paramānnaṃ ca dattvā dīpasama nvitam .. tato dadyāddvijātibhyo yathāśaktyā tu dakṣiṇām.. 7 .. > Having offered food offerings, supreme rice, together with lamps, > one should then give a sacrificial fee to twice-borns according to one's means. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.8) dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthāya yatkiṃcittatra dīyate.. caṇḍīśasya varārohe tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 8 .. > Whatever is given there towards the southern direction > of Caṇḍīśa, O lady of fair hips, all that becomes inexhaustible. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.9) yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra caṇḍīśasya tu dakṣiṇe .. ākalpaṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya bhāmini .. 9 .. > The man who performs a śrāddha there to the south of Caṇḍīśa, > his ancestors attain satisfaction until the end of the kalpa, O beautiful lady. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.10) ayane cottare prāpte yaḥ kuryādghṛta kambalam .. na sa bhūyo'tra saṃsāre janma prāpnoti dāruṇam.. 7.1.42.10 .. > And when the northern solstice has arrived, whoever offers a blanket of ghee, > he does not obtain terrible rebirth again in this saṃsāra. / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.11) evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā yātrāṃ devasya śūlinaḥ .. nirmālyātikramodbhūtairajñānādbhakṣaṇodbhavaiḥ .. pāpaiḥ pramucyate jaṃtustathā'nyaiḥ karmasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 11 .. > Performing thus with devotion the pilgrimage to the trident-bearing god, > a creature is released from the sins arising from stepping on discarded offerings, > from eating \[them\] through ignorance, and likewise from others born of actions. / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.42.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42.42) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye caṇḍīśamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmadvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 42 .. > Thus ends the forty-second chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Caṇḍīśa, in the first \[part\], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.42.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.42) · Pramāṇa