Skandapurana 6.3.115

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adhyāya 115

6.3.115.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja tīrthamaṅgārakaṃ param .
rūpadaṃ sarvalokānāṃ viśrutaṃ narmadātaṭe .. 115.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O great king, one should go to the supreme sacred ford Aṅgāraka, / which bestows beauty upon all people, renowned on the bank of the Narmadā.

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aṅgārakeṇa rājendra purā taptaṃ tapaḥ kila .
arbudaṃ ca nikharvaṃ ca prayutaṃ varṣasaṃkhyayā .. 115.2 ..

Formerly, O king of kings, austerity was indeed performed by Aṅgāraka / for one hundred million, ten billion, and one million years in number.

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tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ parayā kṛpayā nṛpa .
pratyakṣadarśī bhagavānuvāca kṣitinandanam .. 115.3 ..

Then Mahādeva, pleased through supreme compassion, O king, / the Lord appearing visibly, spoke to the son of the Earth:

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varado'smi mahābhāga durlabhaṃ tridaśairapi .
varaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ vatsa brūhi yatte vivakṣitam .. 115.4 ..

'I am a granter of boons, O highly fortunate one. I will grant a boon / difficult even for the thirty [gods] to attain, my child; speak what you wish to say.'

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aṅgāraka uvāca -
tava prasādāddeveśa sarvalokamaheśvara .
grahamadhyagato nityaṃ vicarāmi nabhastale .. 115.5 ..

Aṅgāraka said: / 'By your favor, O Lord of gods, Great Lord of all the worlds, / positioned in the midst of the planets, may I constantly roam in the sky.

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yāvaddharādharo loke yāvaccandradivākarau .
nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca varo me cākṣayo bhavet .. 115.6 ..

As long as the earth and mountains remain in the world, as long as the moon and sun, / the rivers, streams, and oceans endure, let my boon be inexhaustible.'

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evamastviti deveśo dattvā varamanuttamam .
jagāmākāśamāviśya vandyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 115.7 ..

'So be it,' said the Lord of gods, and having granted the peerless boon, / he departed entering the sky, praised by gods and asuras.

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bhūmiputrastatastasminsthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram .
gataḥ surālaye loke grahabhāve niveśitaḥ .. 115.8 ..

Then the son of the Earth installed Śaṅkara in that place; / he went to the realm of the gods, established in the status of a planet.

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tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .
hutahomo jitakrodhaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 115.9 ..

Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord, / having offered oblations in fire and conquered anger, obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice.

6.3.115.10

caturthyaṅgārake yastu snātvā cābhyarcayedgraham .
aṅgārakaṃ vidhānena saptajanmāni bhārata .. 115.10 ..

Whoever bathes on the fourth [tithi falling on a Tuesday] and worships the planet / Aṅgāraka according to rule, O Bhārata, for seven births

6.3.115.11

daśayojanavistīrṇe maṇḍale rūpavān bhavet .
tatraiva tā mṛto jantuḥ kāmato'kāmato'pi vā .
rudrasyānucaro bhūtvā tenaiva saha modate .. 115.11 ..

becomes handsome within a circle ten yojanas wide. / A living being who dies right there, whether willingly or unwillingly, / becomes an attendant of Rudra and rejoices along with him.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe aṅgārakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and fifteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Aṅgārakatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.