[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) › 16.88 # Skandapurana 16.88 Skandapurāṇa 16.88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi nīlarudraṃ dvitīyakam.. bhūteśāduttare bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśe sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then he should proceed, O great goddess, to Nīlarudra, the second, / situated to the north of Bhūteśa at a distance of sixteen bows; // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.2) mahāliṃgaṃ mahādevi gaṇagaṃdharvapūjitam.. saṃsnāpya taṃ vidhānena īśamaṃtreṇa pūjayet.. 2 .. > the great liṅga worshipped by gaṇas and gandharvas, O great goddess. / Having bathed it according to the prescribed rite, he should worship it with the Īśa mantra. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.3) kumudotpalasaṃbhāraiḥ samyaksaṃbhāvitātmavān .. kṛtvā pradakṣiṇāṃ tasya namaskāreṇa pūjayet .. 3 .. > Self-controlled and properly collected, with collections of white and blue water-lilies, / having circumambulated it, he should worship it with prostration. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.4) evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet .. vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 4 .. > Having done so, O goddess, a man obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice. / A bull should be given right there by those desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.5) nīlāṃjananibho daityo nihataścāṃtakaḥ purā .. tasya rodayitā strīṇāṃ nīlarudrastataḥ smṛtaḥ..5.. > In ancient times, a Daitya resembling blue collyrium, named Antaka, was slain; / because he made his women weep, he is known as Nīlarudra. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.6) tasya saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. samyakchraddhānvitaiḥ prāpyaṃ śrāvyaṃ taddarśanotsukaiḥ .. 6 .. > His sin-destroying glory has been proclaimed in brief; / it is to be attained by those endowed with complete faith, and heard by those eager for his darśana. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.88.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88.88) itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye nīla rudramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 88 .. > Thus ends the eighty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Nīlarudra' in the Glory of the Eleven Rudras, 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. // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.88.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Pūjāprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.pujaprakasa.8.p259) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.88) · Pramāṇa