[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) › 16.78 # Skandapurana 16.78 Skandapurāṇa 16.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ vaiśvānareśvaram .. tasyaivāgneyakoṇasthaṃ dhanuṣāṃ paṃcake sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the god Vaiśvānareśvara, / situated in the south-eastern corner of that very \[shrine\], at a distance of five bow-lengths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.2) pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi .. tatra kaścicchukaḥ pūrvaṃ nīḍaṃ devi cakāra ha .. 2 .. > It destroys the sins of all living beings through darśana and even through touch. / Formerly, a certain parrot made a nest there, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.3) prāsāde bhāryayā sārddhaṃ nivasa nsuciraṃ sthitaḥ .. tatastau daṃpatī nityaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ pracakratuḥ .. 3 .. > Residing in the temple with his wife, he stayed for a very long time; / then the pair continually made circumambulation \[of the temple\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.4) kulāyasya vaśāddevi na tu bhaktyā kathaṃcana .. kālena mahatā tau ca paṃcatvaṃ samupasthitau .. 4 .. > due to the constraint of their nest, O goddess, and not by devotion at all. / In the course of long time, the two met their death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.5) jātau tena prabhāvena uktau jātismarau bhuvi .. lopāmudrāgastyanāmaprasiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatau .. 5 .. > By virtue of that, they were born on earth, remembering their former births, as it is told, / and achieved the supreme fame under the names Lopāmudrā and Agastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.6) atha gāthā purī gītā agastyena mahātmanā .. smaratā pūrvadehaṃ tu vismayenānubhūtijā .. 6 .. > Then a song was formerly sung by the great-souled Agastya, / born of his experience in wonder as he recalled his previous body: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.7) kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ samyagvahnīśaṃ yaḥ prapaśyati .. nūnaṃ prasiddhimāpnoti itaścāhaṃ yathā purā .. 7 .. > “Whoever gazes upon the Lord of Fire after duly performing circumambulation / surely attains renown, just as I did from this \[place\] formerly.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.8) evaṃ devi tavākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ vahnidaivatam .. śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 8 .. > Thus, O goddess, the māhātmya dedicated to the god of fire has been told to you; / when heard, it removes the sins of mortals and grants the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.9) ghṛtena taṃ tu saṃsnāpya vidhinā vai samarcayet .. hema dadyācca vipreṃdra samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 9 .. > Bathing him with clarified butter, one should worship him according to rule; / and endowed with perfect faith, one should give gold to an eminent brahmin, O prince of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.10) evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena samyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. vahnilokaṃ tu saṃprāpya modate kālamakṣayam .. 7.1.78.10 .. > Having acted thus according to rite, he obtains the full fruit of the pilgrimage; / and reaching the realm of Agni, he rejoices for imperishable time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.78.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78.78) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāharuyā saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vaiśvānareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭasaptati tamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 78 .. > Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Vaiśvānareśvara’, in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.78.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.78) · Pramāṇa