[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) › 16.43 # Skandapurana 16.43 Skandapurāṇa 16.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchedvarārohe liṃgaṃ sūryapratiṣṭhitam .. someśātpaścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam.. ādityeśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O lady of fair hips, to the liṅga consecrated by Sūrya, > situated seven bow-lengths to the west of Someśa, > named Ādityeśvara, which destroys all sins. / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.2) tretāyuge mahādevi samudreṇa mahātmanā .. ratnaiḥ saṃpūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye .. 2 .. > In the Tretā age, O great goddess, by the high-souled Ocean, > that liṅga was worshipped with jewels for ten thousand years, O beloved. / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.3) tena ratneśvaraṃnāma sāṃprataṃ prathitaṃ kṣitau .. paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya paṃcaratnaiḥ prapūjayet ..3.. > Therefore it is currently renowned on earth by the name Ratneśvara. > Having bathed it with the five nectars, one should worship it with the five jewels. / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.4) tato rājopacāreṇa pūjayedvidhivannaraḥ .. evaṃ kṛte mahādevi merudānaphalaṃ labhet ..4.. > Then a person should worship it duly with royal services. > When this is done, O great goddess, he obtains the fruit of giving Mount Meru, / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.5) sarveṣāṃ caiva yajñānāṃ dānānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..5.. > and of all sacrifices and gifts; of this there is no doubt; / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.6) tīrthānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ yaccānyatsukṛtaṃ bhuvi .. uddharetpitṛvargaṃ ca mātṛvargaṃ ca mānavaḥ .. 6 .. > and of all sacred fords, as well as whatever other good deed \[exists\] on earth. > A mortal shall deliver the multitude of his paternal ancestors and maternal ancestors. / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.7) bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā .. kṣālayeccaiva tatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā ratneśvaraṃ naraḥ .. 7 .. > Whatever sin was committed in childhood, old age, or youth, > a person washes away all of that by beholding Ratneśvara. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.8) dhenudānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tasminsthāne maharṣayaḥ .. dhenudastārayennūnaṃ daśa pūrvāndaśāparān .. 8 .. > Great seers praise the gift of a cow in that place. > A giver of a cow will surely liberate ten preceding and ten succeeding generations. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.9) devasya dakṣiṇe bhāge yo japecchatarudriyam .. saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ na sa bhūyaḥ prajāyate ..9.. > Whoever mutters the Śatarudrīya on the southern side of the god, > having worshipped the liṅga duly, is not born again. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.10) evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktamādityeśamahodayam .. śrutvā'vadhārya yatnena mucyate karmabaṃdhanaiḥ .. 7.1.43.10 .. > Thus has the great majesty of Ādityeśa been declared in brief. > Having heard and grasped it with effort, one is freed from the bonds of action. / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43.43) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ādityeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 43 .. > Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Ādityeśvara, in the first \[part\], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.43.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.43) · Pramāṇa