Skandapurana 16.188
Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 16.188
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16.188.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tatra sthāne tu saṃsthitam ..
rudreśvaretināmānaṃ svayaṃbhūtaṃ dharātale .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the one situated in that place, / self-manifest on the surface of the earth, known by the name Rudreśvara,
16.188.2
ādiprabhāsātpurato dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam ..
rudreṇa dhyānamāsthāya svaṃ tejastatra yojitam .. 2 ..
situated three bow-lengths in front of Ādiprabhāsa. / Resorting to meditation, Rudra united his own splendour there.
16.188.3
tato rudreśvaraṃnāma sarvapātakanāśanam ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 3 ..
Thence arose the name Rudreśvara, destroying all grave sins. / Having seen and worshipped it, one obtains all desires.
16.188.188
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye rudreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 188 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Rudreśvara', in the first [part], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh [book], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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