[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) › 16.51 # Skandapurana 16.51 Skandapurāṇa 16.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.51.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi ketuliṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. rāhvīśānāduttare ca maṃgalāyāśca dakṣiṇe .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the Ketu-liṅga of great splendor, / to the north of Rāhvīśāna and to the south of Maṅgalā, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.2) dhanuṣoṃtaramānena nātidūre vyavasthitam .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam .. 2 .. > situated at a distance of a bow, not very far away; / it is indeed a liṅga of great power, destroying all wicked deeds. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.3) keturnāma grahotyugraḥ śivasadbhāvabhāvitaḥ .. vartulo'tīva vistīrṇo locanābhyāṃ subhīṣaṇaḥ .. 3 .. > The planet named Ketu is extremely fierce, yet suffused with devotion to Śiva; / he is round, extremely vast, and terrifying to behold with one's eyes. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.4) palāladhūmasaṃkāśo grahapīḍāpahārakaḥ .. tatrākarottapaścograṃ divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye .. 4 .. > Resembling straw smoke, he removes planetary affliction. / There he performed fierce tapas for a hundred divine years, O beloved. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.5) tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo graha tvaṃ pradadau priye .. ekādaśaśatānāṃ ca grahāṇāmādhipatyatām .. 5 .. > Pleased with him, Mahādeva granted him the status of a planet, O beloved, / and the sovereignty over eleven hundred planets. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.6) tatrasthaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā ketuliṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. ketūdaye mahāghore tasmindṛṣṭe viśeṣataḥ .. 6 .. > One should worship with devotion the Ketu-liṅga of great splendor situated there; / especially when it is beheld during the terrible rising of Ketu, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.7) grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu pūjayettaṃ vidhānataḥ .. puṣpairgaṃdhaistathā dhūpairnaivedyairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 7 .. > and during fierce planetary afflictions, one should worship it according to the rule / with flowers, scents, incenses, and various auspicious food offerings. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.8) toṣayedvidhivaddevaṃ ketuṃ kalmaṣanāśanam .. 8 .. > One should duly propitiate the god Ketu, the destroyer of sins. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.9) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ ketuliṃgaṃ mahodayam .. grahapīḍopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 9 .. > Thus has been briefly described the Ketu-liṅga of great fortune, / which pacifies planetary affliction and destroys all sins. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.10) etāni nava liṃgāni grahāṇāṃ kathitāni te .. yaḥ paśyati naro nityaṃ tasya pīḍābhayaṃ kutaḥ .. 7.1.51.10 .. > These nine liṅgas of the planets have been told to you; / for the man who sees them daily, whence can there be fear of affliction? 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.11) na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasya na rogī naiva duḥkhitaḥ .. jāyate putravaddevi taṃ rakṣaṃti mahāgrahāḥ .. 11 .. > In his family no one is born unfortunate, diseased, or sorrowful; / the great planets protect him like a son, O goddess. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.12) iti te kathitaṃ samyakcaturdaśāyatanaṃ priye .. vighneśvaraṃ samārabhya yāvatketupratiṣṭhitam .. 12 .. > Thus, O beloved, the fourteen sanctuaries have been described to you properly, / beginning with Vighneśvara and ending with the one established by Ketu. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.13) navagraheśvarāṇāṃ tu māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. tathaiva paṃcaliṃgānāṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 13 .. > Having heard the māhātmya of the Navagraheśvaras, which destroys sin, / and likewise that of the five liṅgas, one is freed from sins. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.14) kaparddinaṃ samārabhya caṃḍanāthāṃtakāni ca .. paṃcaiva mudrāliṃgāni nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ .. 14 .. > No unmeritorious man knows the five Mudrā-liṅgas / beginning with Kapardin and ending with Caṇḍanātha. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.15) sūryeśvaraṃ samārabhya ketuliṃgāṃtakāni vai .. navagrahāṇāṃ liṃgāni nānyo jānāti kaścana .. 15 .. > No one else knows the liṅgas of the nine planets / beginning with Sūryeśvara and ending with the Ketu-liṅga. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.16) caturdaśavidhā tvevaṃ proktā''yatanasaṃgatiḥ .. yaścaināṃ veda bhāvena sa kṣetraphalamaśnute .. 16 .. > Thus has the group of fourteen sanctuaries been declared; / and whoever knows this with devotion enjoys the fruit of the sacred field. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.51.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51.51) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ketvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇananāmaikapaṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 51 .. > Thus ends the fifty-first chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Ketvīśvara,” in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.51.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.51) · Pramāṇa