[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › [Kaumarikakhanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda) › 55 # Kaumarikakhanda 55 Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa 55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [55.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.47) — 1 part ### [55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.1) cha || || arjuna uvāca || || koṭitīrthaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kena vā nirmitaṃ mune kasmādvā koṭitīrthānāṃ phalamatrocyate mune ### [55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.2) nārada uvāca || || yadā me sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ prasādyātha mayā prabhuḥ || brahmalokātsamā nītaḥ sākṣādbrahmā pitāmahaḥ ### [55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.3) tato madhyāhnasamaye snānārthe bhagavānvidhiḥ || sasmāra koṭitīrthānāṃ smṛtānyatrāgatāni ca ### [55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.4) svargātri daśalakṣāṇi saptatiśca mahītalāt || pātālādviṃśallakṣāṇi smṛtānyabhyāgatāni ca ### [55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.5) anena pravibhāgena liṃgānyapi kurudvaha || āyātāni yathā pūjāṃ vidadhāti pitāmahaḥ ### [55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.6) tato'bhiṣecanaṃ kṛtvā liṃgānyabhyarcya padmabhūḥ || madhyāhnakṛtyaṃ saṃsādhya mama premṇā varaṃ dadau ### [55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.7) tato bhagavatā hyatra manasā nirmitaṃ saraḥ || bhagavānarcitastīrthairidarmūce prajāpatiḥ ### [55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.8) kiṃ kurma bhagavandhātarādeśaṃ dehi naḥ prabho || teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā prāha prajāpatiḥ ### [55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.9) etasminsarasi stheyaṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairathātra ca || ekasmiṃśca tathā liṃge sarvaliṃgairmamārcanāt ### [55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.10) koṭīnāmeva tīrthānāṃ liṃgānāṃ snānapūjayā || dānena ca phalaṃ tvatra yadi satyaṃ vaco mama ### [55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.11) yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute cātra piṃḍadānaṃ yathāvidhi || pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛpti rjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ### [55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.12) snātvā yo'bhyarcayeddevaṃ koṭīśvaramananyadhīḥ || koṭiliṃgārcanaphalaṃ vyaktaṃ tasyopajāyate ### [55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.13) trailokye yāni tīrthāni gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā || teṣāṃ sa phalamāpnoti koṭitīrthāvagāhanāt ### [55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.14) evaṃ dattvā varaṃ brahmā brahmalokaṃ yayau prabhuḥ || koṭitīrthaṃ ca saṃjātaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti viśrutam ### [55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.15) asya tīre purā pārtha brahmādyairdevasattamaiḥ || yajñānbahuvidhānkṛtvā tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ yayuḥ ### [55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.16) vasiṣṭhādyairmuni varaistapaśvīrṇaṃ purānagha || manaso'bhīpsitānkāmānprāpuranye tapodhanāḥ ### [55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.17) atra tīrthe purā pārtha atriṇā vihitaṃ tapaḥ || koṭitīrthāddakṣiṇataḥ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam ### [55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.18) atrīśvarābhisaṃjñaṃ tu mahāpāpaharaṃ param || sthāpayitvā ca talliṃgamagre cakre sarovaram ### [55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.19) tatra snātvā ca yo martyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ || atrīśvaraṃ samabhyarcya rudraloke vasecciram ### [55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.20) bharadvājena muninā koṭitīrthe sarovare || tapaścīrṇaṃ mahābāho yajñāśca vihitāḥ kila ### [55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.21) bharadvājeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ sumanoharam || tatra kṛtvā saro ramyaṃ parāṃ mudamavāptavān ### [55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.22) tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryādvidhānataḥ || bharadvājeśvaraṃ pūjya śivaloke mahīyate ### [55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.23) tataśca koṭitīrthe'smingautamo bhagavānṛṣiḥ || atapyata tapo ghoramahalyāsaṃgamāśayā ### [55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.24) taṃ kāmaṃ prāptavāndhīmānparāṃ mudamupāgataḥ || ahalyāyā samāyogametattīrthaprabhāvataḥ ### [55.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.25) asminkṣetre mahāliṃgaṃ gautameśvarasaṃjñitam || sthāpayāmāsa bhagavānahalyāsarasastaṭe ### [55.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.26) arjuna uvāca || || ahalyāyā kadā brahmankhānitaṃ vai mahatsaraḥ || tanmama brūhi sakalamahalyāsaraḥkāraṇam ### [55.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.27) nārada uvāca || || ahalyā śāpamāpannā gautamātkila phālguna || purā caṃdrasamāyoge paraṃ duḥkhamupāgatā ### [55.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.28) tato duḥkhārtaḥ sa muniḥ koṭitīrthe'karottapaḥ || tapasā tena vai pārthāhalyayā saha saṃgataḥ ### [55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.29) tataḥ sādhvī paraṃ dṛṣṭā atra kṣetre sarovaram || cakāra sumahatpuṇyaṃ tīrthodaiḥ paripūritam ### [55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.30) ahalyāsarasi snānaṃ piṃḍadānaṃ samācaret || gautameśaṃ ca saṃpūjya brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati ### [55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.31) koṭitīrthe naraśreṣṭha aneke munayo'malāḥ || tapastaptvā sughoraṃ ca parāṃ siddhimṛ pāgatāḥ ### [55.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.32) rājabhirbahubhiḥ pūrvaṃ tapo dānaṃ tathādhvarāḥ || asmiṃstīrthe suvihitāḥ parāṃ siddhimūpāgatāḥ ### [55.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.33) asyai tīre dvijaṃ caikaṃ mṛṣṭā traiyaṃśca tarpayet || tena śraddhāsahāyena koṭirbhavati tarpitā ### [55.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.34) asya tīre naraḥ pārtha ratnāni vividhāni ca || gobhūmitiladhānyāni vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca ### [55.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.35) śraddhayā parayā pārtha dvijebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati || śatakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ koṭitīrthaprabhāvataḥ || koṭitīrthe pratiśrutya dvijebhyo na prayacchati ### [55.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.36) narake pātayitvā ca kulamekottaraṃ śatam || ātmānaṃ pātayetpaścāddāruṇaṃ rauravaṃ mahat ### [55.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.37) māghamāse tu saṃprāpte prātaḥkāle tathā'male || yaḥ snāti makarāditye tasya puṇyaṃ śṛṇuṣva me ### [55.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.38) sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam || sarvadānavratairyeñca koṭi tīrthe dinedine ### [55.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.39) tatpuṇyaṃ labhate martyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || kanyāgate savitari yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ ### [55.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.40) pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti gayāśrāddhaśatairna tu || kārttike māsi saṃprāpte snānādi kurute yadi ### [55.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.41) tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā || iṣṭvātra yajñamekaṃ tu koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet ### [55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.42) kanyāṃ brāhmeṇa vidhinā dattvā koṭiguṇaṃ phalam || sarvadānaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ koṭitīrthe bhavedyataḥ ### [55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.43) koṭi tīrthe tyajetprāṇānhṛdi kṛtvā tu mādhavam || tasya pārtha ciraṃ svarge hyakṣayā śāśvatī gatiḥ ### [55.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.44) koṭitīrthe tīrthavare dehatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ tasya pūjāṃ prakurvaṃti brahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ ### [55.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.45) asya tīre dehadāho yasya kasya prajāyate || asthikṣepo yasya bhavenmahīsāgarasaṃgame ### [55.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.46) tatphalaṃ gadituṃ pārtha vāgīśo'pi na vai kṣamaḥ || etajjñātvā paraṃ pārtha koṭitīrthaṃ prasevate ### [55.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.47) dinedine phalaṃ tasya kāṃpilaṃ gosahasrakam svarge martye ca pātāle tasmādetatsudurlabham ### [55.47.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55.47.p1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.vaisnavakhanda.94.1) — Sanskrit - [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.mahesvarakhanda.kumarikakhanda.54.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.kaumarikakhanda.55) · Pramāṇa