[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) › 16.73 # Skandapurana 16.73 Skandapurāṇa 16.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.73.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi kumāreśvaramuttamam .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi mahāpātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Kumāreśvara, / a liṅga of great power indeed, the destroyer of great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.2) dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā devi varuṇānnaiṛte sthitam .. gaurītapovanāddevi dakṣiṇa sthānasaṃsthitam .. 2 .. > It is situated thirty bow-lengths to the southwest of Varuṇa, O goddess, / located in a spot to the south of Gaurī's penance-grove, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.3) ṣaṇmukhena mahādevi tatra kṛtvā mahattapaḥ .. pratiṣṭhitaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ kumāreśastato'bhavat .. 3 .. > By the Six-faced One, O great goddess, having performed great austerity there, / the great liṅga was installed; hence it became Kumāreśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.4) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā māsamekaṃ nirantaram .. ṣaṇmāsasyārcanenaiva yatpuṇyamupajāyate .. 4 .. > He who worships it with devotion continuously for one month— / whatever religious merit arises from worshipping for six months, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.5) tatpuṇyaṃ sakalaṃ tasya kumāreśārcanātsakṛt .. labhate divasaikena vidhinā yadi pūjayet .. 5 .. > all that merit he obtains from a single worship of Kumāreśa / in one day, if he worships according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.6) kāmaṃ krodhaṃ tathā lobhaṃ rāgaṃ tyaktvā tu matsaram .. brahmacārī yatirbhūtvā sakṛdapyenamarcayet .. 6 .. > Abandoning desire, anger, greed, attachment, and malice, / becoming a celibate student or ascetic, he should worship it even once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.7) evaṃ saṃpūjite devi samyagyātrā phalaṃ labhet .. 7 .. > When it is worshipped thus, O goddess, he obtains the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.73.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73.73) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kumāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 73 .. > Thus ends the seventy-third chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Kumāreśvara,' 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.16.73.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.73) · Pramāṇa