[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) › 16.47 # Skandapurana 16.47 Skandapurāṇa 16.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ guruniṣevitam.. umāyāḥ pūrvadigbhāge siddheśāgneyagocare .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the god served by Guru, / to the eastern region of Umā, in the southeast area of Siddheśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.2) saṃsthitaṃ tu mahalliṃgaṃ devācārya pratiṣṭhitam .. ārādhya parayā bhaktyā liṃgaṃ varṣasahasrakam .. 2 .. > There stands the great liṅga installed by the preceptor of the gods. / Having worshipped the liṅga with supreme devotion for a thousand years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.3) toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim .. prāptavānakhilānkāmānaprāpyānakṛtātmabhiḥ .. 3 .. > he satisfied the lord of gods, Bhava, Śarva, the lord of Umā. / He obtained all desires unobtainable by the undisciplined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.4) devānāṃ caiva pūjyatvaṃ prāpya jñānamathaiśvaram.. grahatvaṃ ca tathā prāpya modate divi sāṃpratam .. 4 .. > And having obtained the status of being worshipped by the gods, divine knowledge, / and likewise planetary status, he now rejoices in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.5) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo bhaktyā na durgati mavāpnuyāt.. bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ ye paśyaṃti narottamāḥ .. 5 .. > Having seen it with devotion, a human being does not meet an evil state. / Those best among men who see the liṅga made by Bṛhaspati, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.6) bṛhaspatikṛtā pīḍā naiva teṣāṃ hi jāyate .. tatra śuklacaturdaśyāṃ guruvāre tathā priye .. .. 6 .. > affliction caused by Bṛhaspati never arises for them. / There, on the bright fourteenth \[lunar day\], and on Thursday, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.7) saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ samyagrājopacārataḥ .. athavā bhaktibhāvena prāpnuyātparamaṃ padam .. 7 .. > having worshipped the liṅga according to rule with all royal services, / or with a disposition of devotion, one attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.8) snānaṃ palasahasreṇa paṃcāmṛtarasena yaḥ .. karoti bhaktyā martyo vai mucyate sa ṛṇatrayāt ..8.. > A mortal who performs with devotion a ritual ablution / with a thousand palas of the liquid of fivefold ambrosia, is indeed freed from the three debts: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.9) mātṛkātpaitṛkāddevi tathā gurusamudbhavāt .. sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā nirdvaṃdvo muktimāpnuyāt .. 9 .. > from the maternal, from the paternal, O goddess, and from that originating from the guru. / Purified in soul from all sins, free from the pairs of opposites, he attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.10) evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ gurudaivatam .. śṛṇuyādyastu bhāvena tasya prīto gururbhavet .. 7.1.47.10 .. > Thus has been declared in brief the māhātmya dedicated to the deity Guru. / For him who listens with devotion, Guru will be pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47.47) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vṛhaspatīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 47 .... .. > Thus in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the forty-seventh chapter named 'Description of the Bṛhaspatīśvara-māhātmya'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.47.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.47) · Pramāṇa