[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) › 16.63 # Skandapurana 16.63 Skandapurāṇa 16.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam .. yogeśvaryā dakṣiṇato nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Bhairaveśvara, / situated not far to the south of Yogeśvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dibyaiśvaryapradāyakam.. purā daityavināśārthaṃ yadā devī kṛtodyamā .. .. 2 .. > It mitigates all sins and bestows divine sovereign power. > Formerly, when the Goddess made an effort to destroy the demons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.3) tadā bhairavamāhūya dūtatve niyuyoja ha .. śivadūtī tadā khyātā paścādyogeśvarīti ca .. 3 .. > then, having summoned Bhairava, she dispatched him as a messenger. > She was then known as Śivadūtī, and later as Yogeśvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.4) bhairavo yatra vai devyā dūtatve viniyojitaḥ .. tena liṃgaṃ samākhyātaṃ bhairaveśvaranāmakam .. 4 .. > Because Bhairava was appointed to messendership by the Goddess there, > the liṅga is called by the name Bhairaveśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.5) pūjitaṃ devadaityaiśca bhairaveṇa pratiṣṭhitam .. yastatpūjayate bhaktyā kārtikyāṃ vidhinā naraḥ .. niraṃtaraṃ vā ṣaṇmāsaṃ so'bhīṣṭaṃ labhate phalam .. 5 .. > It was worshipped by gods and demons, and established by Bhairava. > The man who worships it with devotion according to rule on the full moon of Kārttika, > or continuously for six months, attains his desired fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.63.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63.63) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhairaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāya .. 63 .. .. .. > Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara,' in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.63.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.63) · Pramāṇa