[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) › 16.76 # Skandapurana 16.76 Skandapurāṇa 16.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyaiva devadevasya samīpasthaṃ virājate .. liṃgadvayaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ lakulīśapratiṣṭhitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Near that very god of gods there shines / a pair of highly sacred liṅgas established by Lakulīśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.76.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.2) lakule śvaranāmāsti tasya liṃgadvayasya vai .. taddṛṣṭvā devadevasya liṃgadvayamanuttamam .. 2 .. > Indeed, the name of that pair of liṅgas is Lakulīśvara. / Seeing that unexcelled pair of liṅgas of the god of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.76.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.3) mucyate sakalātpāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt .. tatra śuklacaturddaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade priye .. 3 .. > one is freed from all sin from birth to the end of life. / There, on the bright fourteenth day of the month of Bhādrapada, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.4) upavāsaparo bhūtvā yaḥ karoti prajāgaram .. mūrttimaṃtaṃ tu saṃpūjya lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham .. 4 .. > whoever devotes himself to fasting and keeps a vigil, / having worshipped the illustrious Lakulīśa in embodied form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.5) tataḥ saṃpūjya vidhinā tatra liṃgadvayaṃ pṛthak .. samyakpūjāvidhānena stutimaṃtrairanukramāt .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 5 .. > and then having duly worshipped the pair of liṅgas separately there / according to the proper ritual rules, with hymns of praise and mantras in order, / goes to the supreme abode where God Maheśvara resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.76.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76.76) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye someśvaramāhātmye kalakaleśvarasamīpavarti lakulīśaliṃgadvayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ..76.. > Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter, named “The Description of the Māhātmya of the Pair of Lakulīśa Liṅgas Situated Near Kalakaleśvara,” in the Someśvaramāhātmya, in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.76.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.76) · Pramāṇa