[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) › 16.46 # Skandapurana 16.46 Skandapurāṇa 16.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tasyaivottarataḥ sthitam .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu budheśvaramiti śrutam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga situated to the north of it, / of great majesty, known as Budheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.2) dhanuṣāṃ dvitaye caiva nātidūre vyavasthitam .. sarvapāpa haraṃ liṃgaṃ darśanādeva bhāmini .. 2 .. > Situated at a distance of two bow-lengths, not very far, / it is a liṅga that takes away all sins merely by darśana, O lovely woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.3) budhena caiva deveśi tatra taptaṃ mahātapaḥ .. sthāpitaṃ vimalaṃ liṃgaṃ samārādhya sadāśivam .. 3 .. > And by Budha, O goddess of the gods, great austerity was performed there; / having propitiated Sadāśiva, the spotless liṅga was installed \[by him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.4) varṣāyutāni catvāri saṃpūjya tu vidhānataḥ .. ananyacetāḥ śāṃtātmā pratyakṣīkṛtavānbhavam.. 4 .. > Having worshipped according to rule for forty thousand years, / with undivided mind and peaceful soul, he brought Bhava before his eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.5) tatastuṣṭamanā devo grahatvaṃ tasya taddadau .. taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena somaputrapratiṣṭhitam.. saumyāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet .. 5 .. > Then, with a pleased mind, the god granted him status as a planet. / Having worshipped according to rule that \[liṅga\] installed by the son of Soma, / particularly on a Wednesday eighth \[lunar day\], one obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.6) na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasya na caiveṣṭaviyojanam .. śatruto na bhayaṃ tasya bhavettasyaprasādataḥ .. 6 .. > There is no misfortune in his family, nor separation from cherished ones; / through his grace, he has no fear from enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.7) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ budhadaivatam.. śrutvā'bhinaṃdya prayataḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam .. 7 .. > Thus the māhātmya dedicated to the deity Budha has been declared in brief; / having heard it and rejoiced, restrained, one attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.46.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46.46) iti śrīskānde mahāpu rāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye budheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 46 .. > Thus in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the forty-sixth chapter named 'Description of the Budheśvara-māhātmya'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.46.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.46) · Pramāṇa