[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) › 6.3.166 # Skandapurana 6.3.166 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.166 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.166.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.p1) adhyāya 166 > Chapter 166 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tataḥ siddheśvarī devī vaiṣṇavī pāpanāśinī . ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭvā sthānaṃ suśobhanam .. 166.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then the goddess Siddheśvarī, Vaiṣṇavī, destroyer of sins, / attained supreme joy upon beholding that very beautiful place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.2) tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ . devīṃ paśyati yo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 166.2 .. > Having bathed in that sacred ford, a person should worship the ancestors and gods. / Whoever beholds the goddess with devotion is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.3) mṛtavatsā tu yā nārī vandhyā strījananī tathā . putraṃ sā labhate nārī śīlavantaṃ guṇānvitam .. 166.3 .. > A woman whose children have died, or a barren woman, or one who gives birth only to daughters, / that woman obtains a son endowed with good character and virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.4) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā paśyeddevīṃ subhaktitaḥ . aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakāle'thavā nṛpa .. 166.4 .. > Whoever, having bathed in that sacred ford, beholds the goddess with profound devotion / on the eighth or the fourteenth \[lunar day\], or at any time, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.5) saṅgame tu tataḥ snātā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā . putraṃ dhanaṃ tathā devī dadāti paritoṣitā .. 166.5 .. > whether a woman or a man who has bathed at the confluence there, / the goddess, well-pleased, grants them a son and wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.6) gotrarakṣāṃ prakurute dṛṣṭā devī supūjitā . prajāṃ ca pāti satataṃ pūjyamānā na saṃśayaḥ .. 166.6 .. > Beheld and well-worshipped, the goddess protects the lineage; / continually worshipped, she protects offspring, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.7) navamyāṃ ca mahārāja snātvā devīmupoṣitaḥ . pūjayetparayā bhaktyā śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 166.7 .. > And having fasted and bathed on the ninth \[day\], O great king, / one should worship the goddess with supreme devotion and a mind purified by faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.8) sa gacchetparamaṃ lokaṃ yaḥ surairapi durlabhaḥ .. 166.8 .. > He goes to the supreme realm, which is difficult even for the gods to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.166.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166.8_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred sixty-sixth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of Siddheśvaratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.166.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.166.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.166) · Pramāṇa