[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) › 16.72 # Skandapurana 16.72 Skandapurāṇa 16.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.72.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedvighneśaṃ jalavāsasam .. sarvavighnavināśāya sarvakāryaprasiddhaye .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Right there one should behold the Lord of Obstacles named Jalavāsas, / for the destruction of all obstacles and for the success of all undertakings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.72.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72.2) varuṇena mahādevi taponirvighnahetave .. pūjito jalajairbhaktyā jalavāsāstataḥ smṛtaḥ .. 2 .. > By Varuṇa, O great goddess, for the sake of freedom from obstacles in his austerity, / he was worshipped with water-born flowers in devotion; therefore he is remembered as Jalavāsas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72.3) caturthyāṃ tarpayedbhaktyā gandhaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sa modakaiḥ .. yathābhaktyanusāreṇa tasya tuṣyedgaṇādhipaḥ .. 3 .. > On the fourth lunar day, one should propitiate him with devotion, using perfumes, flowers, and modakas; / according to one's devotion, the Lord of Gaṇas is pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.72.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72.72) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jalavāsagaṇapatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 72 .. > Thus ends the seventy-second chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Jalavāsa-Gaṇapati,' 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.16.72.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.72) · Pramāṇa