[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) › 16.50.5 # Skandapurana 16.50.5 Skandapurāṇa 16.50.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.5) liṃge'vatārayāmāsa jagaddīpaṃ maheśvaram .. yaścainaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā naraḥ samyakca paśyati .. tasya pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti api brahmavadhodbhavam .. 5 .. > and caused Maheśvara, the light of the universe, to descend into the liṅga. / And whatever man worships it with devotion and beholds it properly, / his sin is destroyed, even that arisen from the slaying of a brahmin. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.4) - [Next: 16.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.6) - [Up: 16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.50.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.5) · Pramāṇa