[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) › 16.80 # Skandapurana 16.80 Skandapurāṇa 16.80 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.80.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge liṃgaṃ pātakanāśanam .. gautameśvaranāmāḍhyaṃ daityasūdanapaścime .. 1 .. > The Lord said: > To the east of that very \[shrine\] is a liṅga that destroys sin, / bearing the name Gautameśvara, to the west of Daityasūdana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.2) dhanuṣāṃ paṃcake devi saṃsthitaṃ sarvakāmadam .. śalyenārādhitaṃ yadvai madrarājena bhāmini .. 2 .. > situated five bows away, O goddess, granting all desires, / which was worshipped, O spirited lady, by Śalya, the king of Madra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.3) tataḥ kṛtaṃ tapaścograṃ samārādhya maheśvaram .. anyo'pyevaṃ naro yastu taṃ samārādhayiṣyati .. 3 .. > Then, having worshipped Maheśvara, he performed severe austerity. / Any other person who worships him in like manner > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.4) sa prāpsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ yathā śalyo mahāmanāḥ .. caitra śuklacaturddaśyāṃ snāpayetpayasā tu yaḥ .. 4 .. > will attain supreme perfection, just like the high-minded Śalya. / He who bathes \[the liṅga\] with milk on the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.5) gaṃdhodakena ca tataḥ pūjayetkusumottamaiḥ .. tathaiva vidhivadbhaktyā so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 5 .. > and then with fragrant water, and worships it with supreme flowers / according to rule with devotion in this way, obtains the fruit of an aśvamedha sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.6) vācā kṛtaṃ ca yatpāpaṃ manasā karmaṇā'tha vā .. tatsarvaṃ naśyate devi tasya liṃgasya darśanāt .. 6 .. > Whatever sin has been committed by speech, by mind, or by action, / all of that is destroyed, O goddess, upon seeing that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.80.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80.80) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gautameśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 80 .. .. > Thus ends the eightieth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Gautameśvara’, 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.16.80.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.80) · Pramāṇa