[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) › 16.52 # Skandapurana 16.52 Skandapurāṇa 16.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. paṃcātha siddhaliṃgāni kathayāmi yaśasvini .. yeṣāṃ darśanato devi siddhā yātrā bhavennṛṇām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O renowned one, I will tell of the five Siddha-liṅgas, / by the darśana of which, O goddess, the pilgrimage of men becomes successful. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.2) someśādīśadigbhāge varāroheti yā smṛtā .. tasyāśca pūrvadigbhāge devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param .. abhigamya naro bhaktyā aṇimādikamāpnuyāt .. 2 .. > To the northeast of Someśa is the one remembered as Varārohā; / and approaching with devotion the supreme deity Siddheśvara to the east of her, / a man attains \[the perfections of\] Aṇimā and the rest. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.3) siddhaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā tu mānavaḥ .. mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ siddhalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 3 .. > Having seen with devotion the liṅga established by the Siddhas, / a man is freed from all sins and goes to the realm of the Siddhas. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.4) vighnāni nāśamāyāṃti tatra kṣetranivāsinām .. kāmaḥ krodho bhaya lobho rāgo matsara eva ca .. 4 .. > Obstacles come to destruction for those dwelling in that sacred field: / desire, anger, fear, greed, passion, and malice, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.5) īrṣyā daṃbhastathā''lasyaṃ nidrā mohastvahaṃkṛtiḥ .. etāni vighnarūpāṇi siddhervighnakarāṇi tu .. 5 .. > jealousy, hypocrisy, laziness, sleep, delusion, and egotism— / these obstacles that cause hindrances to perfection. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.6) tāni nāśaṃ samāyāṃti tatra siddhe śvarārcanāt .. evaṃ jñātvā tu yatnena tatra yātrāṃ samācaret .. 6 .. > They come to destruction there by the worship of Siddheśvara. / Knowing this, one should diligently make a pilgrimage there. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.7) ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi siddheśvaramahodayam.. sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam .. 7 .. > Thus has the great exalted power of Siddheśvara been told, O goddess; / granting all desires to men, it destroys sin when heard. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.52.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52.52) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 52 .. > Thus ends the fifty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium. // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.52.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.52) · Pramāṇa