[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) › 16.97 # Skandapurana 16.97 Skandapurāṇa 16.97 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi yogeśvaramiti śrutam .. kāmeśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to what is renowned as Yogeśvara, / situated seven dhanuses to the north-west of Kāmeśa. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.2) liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi darśanātpāpanāśanam.. pūrve yuge tu saṃkhyātaṃ gaṇeśvaramiti śrutam.. 2 .. > A liṅga indeed of great power, destroying sin by its mere darśana; / in the former yuga it was accounted and renowned as Gaṇeśvara. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.3) purā mama gaṇā devi asaṃkhyātā mahāvalāḥ .. kṣetraṃ māheśvaraṃ jñātvā prabhāsaṃ samupāgaman .. 3 .. > Anciently, O goddess, my countless attendants of great strength, / recognizing Prabhāsa to be a sacred field of Maheśvara, came there. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.4) tatrasthāśca tapo ghoraṃ tepuste yogamāśritāḥ .. divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 4 .. > Staying there, taking resort to yoga, they performed terrible austerity / for a thousand divine years; thereupon Maheśvara was pleased, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.4_1) sālokyāṃ ca dadau muktiṃ teṣāṃ yogabalena 3 .. > and by the power of their yoga he granted them liberation consisting of dwelling in the same world \[with him\]. 3 \[5a\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.5) yasmā tṣaḍaṃgayogena teṣāṃ tuṣṭo vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. tena yogeśvaraṃ nāma liṃgaṃ yogaphalapradam .. 5 .. > Because the bull-bannered god was pleased with them through the six-limbed yoga, / therefore the liṅga is named Yogeśvara, granting the fruit of yoga. 5 \[5b-c\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.6) yastamarcayate bhaktyā samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ .. sa yogasiddhimāpnoti modate divi devavat .. 6 .. > He who worships it with devotion according to the proper ritual rules / attains the perfection of yoga and rejoices in heaven like a god. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.7) yo dadyātkāṃcanaṃ meruṃ kṛtsnāṃ caiva vasundharām .. yogeśaṃ pūjayedyastu sa tayoradhikaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 7 .. > He who would give a golden Meru and the entire earth— / yet he who worships Yogeśa is remembered as superior to both. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.8) vṛṣabhastatra dātavyaḥ saṃpūrṇaphalahetave .. evamekādaśa proktā rudrāḥ prābhāsamāśritāḥ .. nityaṃ pūjyāśca vaṃdyāśca kṣetrasya phalamīpsubhiḥ .. 8 .. > A bull should be given there for the sake of the complete fruit. / Thus eleven Rudras dwelling in Prabhāsa have been proclaimed; / they must be constantly worshipped and revered by those desiring the fruit of the sacred field. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.9) ya etāṃ caiva śṛṇuyādrudraikādaśasaṃhitām .. tasya kṣetraphalaṃ sarvaṃ prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ .. 9 .. > And whoever hears this collection of the eleven Rudras / gains the entire fruit of the sacred field of one who dwells within Prabhāsa. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.10) yaścaitānnaiva jānāti rudrānprābhāsamāśritān .. sa kṣetramadhyasaṃstho'pi nāstyeva sa paśuḥ smṛtaḥ .. 7.1.97.10 .. > And he who does not know these Rudras dwelling in Prabhāsa, / even though he resides in the middle of the sacred field, is considered non-existent, a beast. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.11) eteṣāṃ caiva rudrāṇāṃ sarvānvāpyekameva vā .. someśvaraṃ pūjayitvā japedvai śatarudriyam .. sarveṣāṃ labhate puṇyaṃ rudrāṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 11 .. > Having worshipped all these Rudras, or even just one, / \[or\] Someśvara, if one recites the Śatarudrīya, / he obtains the merit of all the Rudras; of this there is no doubt. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.12) idaṃ rahasyaṃ saṃkhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava bhāmini .. rudrāṇāṃ pāpaśamanaṃ śrutaṃ puṇyavivarddhanam .. 12 .. > This secret māhātmya of the Rudras has been declared to you, O passionate lady; / heard, it dispels sin and increases merit. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.97.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97.97) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye yogeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 97 .. > Thus ends the ninety-seventh chapter, named “The Description of the Māhātmya of Yogeśvara,” in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.97.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Puraścaryārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.purascarana.purascaryarnava.3.29.145) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.97) · Pramāṇa