[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) › 16.79 # Skandapurana 16.79 Skandapurāṇa 16.79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.79.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.1) .. īśvara uvāca.. .. tato gacchenmahādevi lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham .. tasya paścimadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 .. > The Lord said: > Then, O great goddess, one should go to Lakulīśa of great splendour, / situated seven bows to the west of him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.2) pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ śāṃtaṃ mūrtisthitaṃ prabhum .. samāyātaṃ mahākṣetre tatra kāyāvarohaṇāt .. 2 .. > who destroys the sin of all creatures, peaceful, the Lord stationed in his image, / who arrived in this great sacred field from Kāyāvarohaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.3) kṛtvā tatra tapaścograṃ dīkṣayitvātmaśiṣya kān .. kuśakādīṃśca catura uktvā śāstrāṇyanekaśaḥ .. 3 .. > Having performed severe austerity there and initiated his disciples— / Kuśaka and the rest, four \[in all\]—and taught numerous scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.4) nyāyavaiśeṣikādīni tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ gataḥ.. evaṃ jñātvā tu yaḥ samyaktaṃ samarcayate naraḥ .. 4 .. > beginning with Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, he then attained supreme perfection. / Knowing this properly, the man who worships him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.5) kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa ayane cottarepi vā .. vidyādānaṃ ca tatraiva dadyādviprāya śāline .. 5 .. > especially on the full moon day of Kārttika or during the northern course of the sun, / and who also gives the gift of knowledge there to a virtuous brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.6) saptajanmāni viprasya dhanāḍhyasya kule śubhe .. jāyate matimāndhīmāñchrīmānevaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 6 .. > is born for seven births in the auspicious lineage of a wealthy brahmin, / intelligent, wise, and prosperous, again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.79.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79.79) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye lakulīśvaramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 79 .. .. > Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Lakulīśvara’, 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.16.79.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.79) · Pramāṇa