[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) › 16.66 # Skandapurana 16.66 Skandapurāṇa 16.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.1) .. .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahāliṃgamarghyeśvaramiti śrutam .. uttare tu viśālākṣyā nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go to the great liṅga known as Arghyeśvara, > situated to the north of Viśālākṣī, not very far away, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.2) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi suragandharvapūjitam .. yadā devī samāyātā vaḍavānaladhāriṇī .. 2 .. > a liṅga of great power, worshipped by gods and gandharvas. > When the Goddess carrying the submarine fire arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.3) prabhāsakṣetramāsādya dṛṣṭvā tatra mahodadhim .. arghyaṃ dattavatī tatra vidhinā tanmahodadheḥ .. 3 .. > having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa and seeing the great ocean there, > she offered an arghya offering to that great ocean according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.4) pratiṣṭhāpya mahalliṃgaṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā tataḥ .. praviveśātha deveśi snānārthaṃ ca mahodadhau .. 4 .. > Then, having established the great liṅga and worshipped it according to rule, > she entered into the great ocean for a ritual ablution, O ruler of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.5) yasmādarghyaṃ purā dattvā paścādīśaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. tenārghyeśeti vikhyātaṃ liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. 5 .. > Because an arghya was offered first and the Lord was established afterwards, > therefore the liṅga which destroys sin is known as Arghyeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.6) paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya vidhinā yastamarcayet .. saptajanmāni deveśi sa vidyāmadhigacchati .. samyakchāstrapravaktā ca sarvasaṃdehavittamaḥ .. 6 .. > He who bathes it with the five nectars and worships it according to rule, > he attains learning for seven births, O ruler of gods, > and becomes a proper expositor of the scriptures and the best knower of all doubts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.66.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66.66) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'rghyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 66 .. > Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Arghyeśvara,' 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.16.66.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.66) · Pramāṇa