[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) › 16.53 # Skandapurana 16.53 Skandapurāṇa 16.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kapileśvaramuttamam.. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge nātidūre vyava sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Kapileśvara, / situated in its eastern quarter, not very far away, // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.2) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu darśanātpāpanāśanam .. kapilonāma rājarṣiryatra taptvā mahātapaḥ .. 2 .. > a liṅga of great power that destroys sins upon darśana, / where the royal seer named Kapila, having performed great tapas, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.3) saṃprāptaḥ paramāṃ siddhiṃ pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram .. devasāṃnidhyamīśānaṃ tasmim̐lliṃge sadā hariḥ .. 3 .. > attained the supreme perfection after installing Maheśvara. / The presence of the god, Īśāna, is always in that liṅga, \[as is\] Hari. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.4) śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ .. saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram.. yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet .. 4 .. > On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, for the benefit of all worlds, / he who, having become restrained, beholds Mahādeva, Someśa, \[and\] Kapileśvara seven times, obtains the fruit of gifting cows. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.5) tiladhenuṃ ca yo dadyāttasmiṃstīrthe samāhitaḥ .. tilasaṃkhyāyugānyeva sa svarge vasati priye .. 5 .. > And he who, concentrated in mind, gives a cow made of sesame seeds at that sacred ford, / dwells in heaven, O beloved, for as many yugas as the number of sesame seeds. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53.53) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kapileśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tripañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 53 .. > Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kapileśvara', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium. // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.53.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.53) · Pramāṇa