[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) › 16.65 # Skandapurana 16.65 Skandapurāṇa 16.65 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.65.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ vai vāḍaveśvaram .. lakṣmīśāduttare bhāge viśālākṣyāśca dakṣiṇe .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga indeed called Vāḍaveśvara, > to the north of Lakṣmīśa and to the south of Viśālākṣī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.65.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65.2) sthitaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi vāḍavena pratiṣṭhitam.. kṛtasmaro yadā dagdhaḥ parvato vāḍavāgninā .. 2 .. > which is situated there, possessed of great power, established by Vāḍava. > When the Kṛtasmara mountain was burnt by the submarine fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.65.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65.3) samīkṛtyākhilaṃ sthānaṃ tena liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. pūjayettaṃ vidhānena daśa saṃsnāpya śaṃkaram .. 3 .. > having leveled the entire place, he established that liṅga. > One should worship that Śaṃkara according to rule after bathing him ten times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.65.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65.4) dadhi dadyācca vai tatra brāhmaṇe vedapārage. so'gnilokamavāpnoti samyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 4 .. > And one should give curds there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas. > He attains the world of Agni and receives the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.65.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65.65) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vāḍaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..65 .. > Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Vāḍaveśvara,' 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.16.65.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.65) · Pramāṇa