[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) › 17.4 # Skandapurana 17.4 Skandapurāṇa 17.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi dunnāvilleti viśrutam .. yojanasyāṃtare devi paścime maṃgalasthiteḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the well-known Dunnāvilla, / at a distance of a yojana to the west of the station of Maṅgalā, O goddess. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4.2) dunnako yatra bhīmena bhuktvā tyaktaḥ purā priye .. tatraiva vivaraṃ divyaṃ mahā pātālamārgadam .. 2 .. > Where, having eaten, the dunnaka was formerly discarded by Bhīma, O beloved, / right there is a divine chasm that provides a great path to Pātāla. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4.3) tasya kalpaḥ purā proktaḥ pātālottarasaṃgrahe .. tatra liṃgānyanekāni siddhasthānāni ṣoḍaśa .. 3 .. > Its ritual procedure was told long ago in the Pātālottarasaṃgraha; / there are many liṅgas there, sixteen abodes of perfections. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4.4) suvarṇasyākaraḥ pūrvaṃ tatsthānamabhavatpriye .. tasminsthāne narairdevi gantavyaṃ bhūtilipsayā .. 4 .. > Formerly, that place was a mine of gold, O beloved; / men desirous of prosperity should go to that place, O goddess. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.4.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4.4_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye dunnāvillahṛdgiristhānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Dunnāvillahṛda Mountain Abode,' in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second \[sub-section of\] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.4) · Pramāṇa