[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) › 16.71 # Skandapurana 16.71 Skandapurāṇa 16.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.1) tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ tatraiva saṃsthitam .. dakṣiṇe varuṇeśasya dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam ..1.. > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga situated right there, / situated three bow-lengths to the south of Varuṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.2) bhāryayā varuṇasyaiva uṣā nāmnyā varānane .. kṛtvā tapo mahāghoraṃ bhartṛduḥkhaparītayā .. 2 .. > By the wife of Varuṇa named Uṣā, O fair-faced one, / having performed very terrible austerity when overcome with sorrow for her husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.3) sthāpitaṃ tu mahalliṃgaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam.. uṣeśvareti vikhyātaṃ sarvasiddhiprapūjitam ..3.. > the great liṅga was established, which grants all perfections, / renowned as Uṣeśvara and worshipped by all the perfected ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.4) yastatpūjayate bhaktyā liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. mahāpāpaughayukto'pi sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim ..4.. > He who worships with devotion that liṅga which destroys sin, / even though laden with a multitude of great sins, goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.71.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.5) strīṇāṃ saubhāgyaphaladaṃ duḥkhadaurbhāgyanā śanam .. 5 .. > It yields the fruit of good fortune for women, and destroys grief and misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.71.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71.71) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya uṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 71 .. > Thus ends the seventy-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Uṣeśvara,' in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.71.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.71) · Pramāṇa