[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) › 17.5 # Skandapurana 17.5 Skandapurāṇa 17.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi maṃgalātpaścime sthitam .. gaṃgāsrotastathā liṃgaṃ surārkaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to that situated to the west of Maṅgalā: / the current of Gaṅgā, as well as the liṅga, and Surārka in particular. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5.2) tāngacchedvidhivaddevi yadi yātrāphalepsutā .. snātvā piṇḍapradānaṃ ca kuryāttatra yathārthataḥ .. brāhmaṇebhyastathā deyamannaṃ bhūri sadakṣiṇam .. 2 .. > One should go to them according to rule, O goddess, if one desires the fruit of pilgrimage; / having bathed, one should properly offer rice balls there, / and abundant food with fees should be given to brahmins. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5.3) iti te kathitaṃ mayā priye kalipāpaughavināśanaṃ śubham .. nikhilaṃ tīrthamahodayodayaṃ paṭhitaṃ sadvinihaṃti pāpasaṃhatim .. 3 .. > Thus has this auspicious \[teaching\] been spoken by me to you, O beloved, which destroys the mass of sins of the Kali age; / reciting this, the complete rise of the glory of the sacred ford destroys the multitude of sins. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5.4) idaṃ na deyaṃ durbuddheḥ sutarāṃ pāpanāśanam .. śrotavyaṃ vidhinā tadvadbhaviṣyoktavidhānataḥ .. 4 .. > This, supremely destructive of sins, should not be given to one of wicked intellect; / it should be heard according to rule, in accordance with the injunction stated in the Bhaviṣya \[Purāṇa\]. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5.5) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Gaṅgeśvara,' in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the first \[sub-section of\] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.5) · Pramāṇa