Skandapurana 6.3.102

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adhyāya 102

6.3.102.1

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
manmatheśaṃ tato gacchetsarvadevanamaskṛtam .
snānamātrānnaro rājanyamalokaṃ na paśyati .. 102.1 ..

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Manmatheśa, who is bowed to by all the gods. / Merely by a ritual ablution, O king, a person does not see the world of Yama.

6.3.102.2

anapatyā yā ca nārī snāyādvai pāṇḍunandana .
putraṃ sā labhate pārtha satyasaṅghaṃ dṛḍhavratam .. 102.2 ..

And whatever barren woman bathes [there], O son of Pāṇḍu, / she obtains a son, O son of Pṛthā, true to his word and steadfast in vows.

6.3.102.3

tatra snātvā naro rājañchuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ .
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet .. 102.3 ..

Having bathed there, O king, pure and restrained in mind, / fasting for a single night, a person obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.

6.3.102.4

kāmikaṃ tīrtharājaṃ tu tādṛśaṃ na bhaviṣyati .
trirātraṃ kurute rājansa golakṣaphalaṃ labhet .. 102.4 ..

There will never be another king of tīrthas so wish-fulfilling. / If one undertakes [a fast of] three nights, O king, he obtains the fruit of a hundred thousand cows.

6.3.102.5

tatra nṛtyaṃ prakartavyaṃ tuṣyate parameśvaraḥ .
gītavāditranirghoṣai rātrau jāgaraṇena ca .. 102.5 ..

Dancing should be performed there; the Supreme Lord is pleased / by the sounds of song and musical instruments and by keeping vigil at night.

6.3.102.6

eraṇḍyāṃ ca mahādevo dṛṣṭo me manmatheśvaraḥ .
kiṃ samartho yamo ruṣṭo bhadro bhadrāṇi paśyati .. 102.6 ..

And at the Eraṇḍī, Mahādeva, the Lord of Manmatha, was beheld by me. / How could Yama, even if angered, have power [over him]? An auspicious man beholds auspicious things.

6.3.102.7

kāmena sthāpitaḥ śambhuretasmātkāmado nṛpa .
sopānaḥ svargamārgasya pṛthivyāṃ manmatheśvaraḥ .. 102.7 ..

Śambhu was installed by Kāma; therefore, O king, he fulfills desires. / Manmatheśvara is a stairway to heaven on earth.

6.3.102.8

viśeṣaścātra sandhyāyāṃ śrāddhadāne ca bhārata .
annadānena rājendra kīrtitaṃ phalamuttamam .. 102.8 ..

And especially at twilight and in offering a śrāddha, O descendant of Bharata, / an excellent fruit is proclaimed, O best of kings, by giving food [there].

6.3.102.9

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tava bhaktyā tu bhārata .
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ prakhyāto manmatheśvaraḥ .. 102.9 ..

All this has been told to you on account of your devotion, O descendant of Bharata. / Manmatheśvara is renowned throughout the earth bounded by the oceans.

6.3.102.10

godānaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha trayodaśyāṃ prakārayet .
caitre māsi site pakṣe tatra gatvā jitendriyaḥ .. 102.10 ..

A gift of a cow should be made, O best of Pāṇḍavas, on the thirteenth day; / having gone there in the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra with subdued senses,

6.3.102.11

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā devasyāgre nṛpottama .
dīpaṃ bhaktyā ghṛtenaiva devasyāgre nivedayet .. 102.11 ..

and having kept vigil at night before the god, O best of kings, / one should offer a lamp with ghee before the god with devotion.

6.3.102.12

stryatha vā puruṣo vāpi samametatphalaṃ smṛtam .. 102.12 ..

Whether a woman or a man, this fruit is declared to be equal.

6.3.102.12_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe manmatheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Manmatheśvaratīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, the fifth part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.