[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) › 16.86 # Skandapurana 16.86 Skandapurāṇa 16.86 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasyāstu dakṣiṇe bhāge sthitaṃ liṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. pāṃḍaveśvaranāmāḍhyaṃ paṃcabhiḥ sthāpitaṃ kramāt .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / On its southern side stands a liṅga of great splendour, / rich in the name Pāṇḍaveśvara, installed in order by the five \[Pāṇḍavas\]. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.2) guptacaryāṃ yadā yātāḥ pāṃḍavā vanavāsinaḥ .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ .. 2 .. > When the Pāṇḍavas, dwelling in the forest, went on their secret wanderings, / they came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa in the course of their pilgrimage. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.3) tasminkāle mahādevi saṃ prāpte somaparvaṇi .. sthāpayāmāsuste sarve liṃgaṃ saṃnihitā taṭe .. 3 .. > At that time, O great goddess, when a lunar eclipse had arrived, / they all installed the liṅga on the bank of the Saṃnihitā. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.4) mārkaṇḍapramukhānkṛtvā ṛtvijo brāhmaṇottamān .. vedoktaiḥ kārayāmāsurabhiṣekaṃ vṛṣāndaduḥ .. 4 .. > Having appointed the best brahmins, headed by Mārkaṇḍeya, as officiating priests, / they had the ritual bath performed according to the Vedic rites and gave bulls. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.5) tataḥ prasannā ṛṣayo mārkaṃḍapramukhāḥ priye .. pratiṣṭhitasya liṃgasya pāṃḍavairvaravarṇini .. 5 .. > Then the seers headed by Mārkaṇḍeya were pleased, O beloved one of fair complexion, / with the liṅga installed by the Pāṇḍavas. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.6) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. ye caitatpūjayiṣyaṃti liṃgaṃ pāṃḍavapūjitam .. te vai pūjyā bhaviṣyaṃti devadānavarakṣasām .. 6 .. > The seers said: / Whoever will worship this liṅga worshipped by the Pāṇḍavas / will indeed be worthy of worship by gods, Dānavas, and Rākṣasas. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.7) aśvamedhaphalaṃ teṣāṃ samyakchraddhārcanena vai .. bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho hyasmadvākyaprabhāvataḥ .. 7 .. > By worshipping with complete faith, the fruit of a horse-sacrifice will indeed be theirs; / there is no doubt, by the power of our word. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.8) snātvā saṃnihitākuṃḍe yo'rcayetpāṃḍaveśvaram .. māghe māsi samagre tu sa sākṣātpuruṣottamaḥ .. 8 .. > Having bathed in the Saṃnihitā pool, whoever worships Pāṇḍaveśvara / throughout the entire month of Māgha is Puruṣottama directly manifest. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.9) darśanenāpi tasyāpi pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā .. viṣṇurūpo hi sa prokto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 9.. > Even by seeing him, sin is dispersed a thousandfold; / indeed, he is declared to have the form of Viṣṇu, no doubt should be entertained on this. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.86.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86.86) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saṃnihityāmāhātmye pāṃḍaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 86 .. > Thus ends the eighty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Pāṇḍaveśvara' in the Glory of Saṃnihitā, within the first \[part\], the Glory of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsa Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.86.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.86) · Pramāṇa