[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) › 16.69 # Skandapurana 16.69 Skandapurāṇa 16.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.69.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. gaurīśvareti vikhyātaṃ yattvayā liṃgamuttamam .. kutra tiṣṭhati talliṃgaṃ pūjitaṃ yatphalaṃ labhet .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / ‘The excellent liṅga celebrated as Gaurīśvara which was mentioned by you, / where does that liṅga stand, and what fruit does one obtain when it is worshipped?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ pāpanārānam .. gaurīśvarasya devasya sarvakāmapradasya vai .. 2 .. > Īśvara said: / ‘Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim the sin-destroying māhātmya / of the deity Gaurīśvara, who indeed grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.3) idaṃ tapovanaṃ devi khyātaṃ gauryā mahāprabham .. dhanuṣāṃ pacapaṃcāśatsamaṃtātparimaṃḍalam ..3.. > This penance grove, O goddess, renowned for Gaurī, is exceedingly splendid, / fifty-five bow-lengths in circumference all around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.4) tatra madhye sthitā devī ekapādā taponvitā .. tasyā uttarato devi kiṃcidīśānasaṃsthitam.. ..4 .. > In its center stands the goddess on one foot, engaged in austerity. / To the north of her, O goddess, situated slightly to the northeast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.5) dhanuṣāṃ caturaṃte ca liṃgaṃ pāpabhayāpaham .. yastatpūjayate bhaktyā liṃgaṃ bhaktiyuto naraḥ .. kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 5 .. > at a distance of four bow-lengths, is the liṅga that dispels the fear of sin. / The devoted man who worships that liṅga with devotion, / especially on the eighth day of the dark fortnight, will be freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.6) godānaṃ cātra śaṃsaṃti suvarṇaṃ dvijapuṃgave .. annadānaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvapāpapraśāṃtaye .. 6 .. > They praise the gift of a cow here, and gold to an eminent twice-born; / especially the gift of food, for the pacification of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.7) goghno vā brahmahā vā'pi tathā duṣkṛtakarmakṛt .. sarva pāpaiḥ pramucyeta tasya liṃgasya darśanāt .. 7 .. > Whether a slayer of a cow, a slayer of a brahmin, or a committer of wicked deeds, / he is freed from all sins by the darśana of that liṅga.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.69.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69.69) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye gaurīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 69 .. > Thus ends the sixty-ninth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Gaurīśvara,’ in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.69.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.69) · Pramāṇa