[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 # Skandapurana 16.50 Skandapurāṇa 16.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ rāhupratiṣṭhitam .. śanaiścareśvarāddevi vāyavye saṃpratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga established by Rāhu, / situated, O goddess, to the northwest of Śanaiścareśvara. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.2) ajādevyāścottarato dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. maṃgalāyāḥ samīpasthaṃ nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 2 .. > It stands to the north of Ajādevī at a distance of seven bows, / situated near Maṅgalā, not very far away. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.3) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu saiṃhikeyapratiṣṭhitam .. tatra varṣasahasraṃ tu vaipracittistapo'karot .. 3 .. > The liṅga of great power was established by the son of Siṃhikā; / there the son of Vipracitti performed tapas for a thousand years. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.4) svarbhānuḥ sa mahāvīryo vaktrayodhī mahāsurāḥ .. samārādhya mahādevaṃ divyena tapasā prabhum .. 4 .. > That Svarbhānu of great valor, the great Asura who fights with his mouth, / worshipped the Lord Mahādeva with divine tapas, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [16.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.6) nāṃdho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirddhanaḥ .. kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale .. 6 .. > When it is beheld on earth, a mortal is never born / blind, deaf, mute, diseased, or destitute. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.7) sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpannastadā bhavati rūpavān .. sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā modate divi devavat .. 7 .. > He then becomes endowed with happiness and good fortune, handsome, / his soul enriched with all desires, and he rejoices in heaven like a god. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.8) iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ rāhudaivatam .. śrutvā tu mohaniryāto naro niṣkalmaṣo bhavet .. 8 .. > Thus the māhātmya dedicated to Rāhu has been related to you, O goddess; / having heard it, a man is freed from delusion and becomes stainless. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.50.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50.50) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye rāhvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 50 .. > Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Rāhvīśvara,” in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.50.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.50) · Pramāṇa