[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) › 16.67 # Skandapurana 16.67 Skandapurāṇa 16.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.67.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gachenmahāliṃgaṃ kāmeśvaramiti śrutam .. kāmenārādhitaṃ pūrvaṃ daityasūdanapaścime .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: > Then one should go to the great liṅga known as Kāmeśvara, > previously worshipped by Kāma to the west of Daityasūdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.67.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.2) dhanuṣāṃ saptake tatra sthitaṃ devi mahāprabham .. nirdagdhastu yadā kāma stṛtīyenāgninā mama .. 2 .. > Situated there at a distance of seven bows, O goddess, it has great splendour. > When Kāma was burnt by my third fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.67.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.3) tadā varṣasahasraṃ tu samārādhya maheśvaram .. prapede kāmanāsargaṃ yatrānaṃgaḥ purā kila .. 3 .. > then, having propitiated Maheśvara for a thousand years, > the bodiless \[Kāma\] indeed formerly attained the realm of desire there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.67.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.4) tena kāmeśvaraṃnāma khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ dharātale .. sarvapāpaharaṃ devi sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 4 .. > Therefore the liṅga became known as Kāmeśvara upon the earth; > it removes all sins, O goddess, and bestows the fruits of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.67.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.5) trayodaśyāṃ vidhānena śuklāyāṃ māsi mādhave .. saṃpūjya taṃ vidhānena sa strīṇāṃ kāmavadbhavet.. 5 .. > Having worshipped it according to rule on the thirteenth lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Mādhava, > he becomes like Kāma to women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.67.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67.67) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasyā saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..67.. > Thus ends the sixty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kāmeśvara,' in the first \[sub-section\], 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.16.67.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.67) · Pramāṇa