[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) › 16.48 # Skandapurana 16.48 Skandapurāṇa 16.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ śukrapratiṣṭhitam.. sarvapāpaharaṃ devi vibhūtīśvarapaścime..1.. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga installed by Śukra, / removing all sins, O goddess, to the west of Vibhūtīśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.2) nātidūre sthitaṃ tatra svayaṃ śukreṇa nirmitam.. yatra saṃjīvanīṃ prāpto vidyāṃ rudraprabhāvataḥ ..2.. > situated not very far from there, fashioned by Śukra himself, / where he obtained the lore of reviving the dead through the power of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.3) saṃtapya tu mahāghoraṃ tapovarṣasahasrakam .. saṃprasādya virūpākṣaṃ yo'vāpa grahatāṃ sudhīḥ ..3.. > Having performed very dreadful austerity for a thousand years, / having propitiated Virūpākṣa, the wise one obtained the status of a planet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.4) grastena śaṃbhunā yena devakāryārthasiddhaye .. tatrodaragatenaiva tapastaptaṃ suduṣkaram.. 4.. > He, swallowed by Śambhu for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods, / performed very difficult austerity while dwelling within his belly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.5) varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ tuṣṭiṃ nīto maheśvaraḥ .. niṣkāsitastataḥ śīghraṃ śukra mārgeṇa śaṃbhunā ..5.. > For fully ten thousand years, Maheśvara was brought to satisfaction. / Then he was quickly expelled by Śambhu through the path of semen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.6) tataḥ śukreti nāmābhūdbhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ .. tadārādhayate liṃgaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā niścalaṃ manaḥ ..6.. > Thereupon, the name 'Śukra' came to be for that great-souled Bhārgava. / He who worships that liṅga having made his mind steadfast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.7) mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japellakṣaṃ sa samīhitamāpnuyāt..7.. > and recites the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra a hundred thousand times, attains his desired aim. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.8) taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvathavā spṛṣṭvā janmādimaraṇāntakāt.. mucyate pātakānmṛtyoḥ prasādāttasya bhāmini..8.. > Having seen or touched it, one is freed from the sin / extending from birth to death, through his grace, O lovely woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.9) mṛtasaṃjīvanārthaṃ yadaiśvaryamaṇimādikam.. prāpnuyānnātra saṃdeho yasya bhaktiḥ suniścalā ..9.. > Whatever sovereignty for reviving the dead, beginning with the power of becoming small, / he attains, there is no doubt, whose devotion is very firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.10) paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya devaṃ śukapratiṣṭhitam.. sugandhapuṣpaiḥ saṃpūjya śaukrīṃ pīḍāṃ sa nāpnuyāt ..7.1.48.10.. > Having bathed the god installed by Śukra with fivefold ambrosia / and worshipped with fragrant flowers, he does not suffer affliction caused by Śukra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.11) iti sarvaṃ samāsena māhātmyaṃ śukradaivatam .. kathitaṃ tava suśroṇi śrutaṃ pāpabhayāpaham ..11.. > Thus the entire māhātmya dedicated to the deity Śukra / has been told to you in summary, O woman of beautiful hips; heard, it removes sin and fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.48.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48.48) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 48 .. > Thus in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the forty-eighth chapter named 'Description of the Śukreśvara-māhātmya'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.48.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.48) · Pramāṇa