Skandapurana 6.3.128

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adhyāya 128

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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra bhṛkuṭeśvaramuttamam .
yatra siddho mahābhāgo bhṛguḥ paramakopanaḥ .. 128.1 ..

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the excellent Bhṛkuṭeśvara, / where the highly fortunate Bhṛgu, exceedingly irascible, attained perfection.

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tena varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ tapaścīrṇaṃ purānagha .
putrārthaṃ varayāmāsa putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ .. 128.2 ..

By him tapas was performed of old for a full hundred years, O sinless one; / the best among those with sons chose a boon for the sake of a son.

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varo datto mahābhāga devenāndhakaghātinā .
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .. 128.3 ..

The boon was granted, O highly fortunate one, by the god who slew Andhaka. / Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the supreme lord,

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agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet .
bhṛkuṭeśaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidghṛtena madhunā saha .. 128.4 ..

obtains eightfold the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. / Whoever bathes Bhṛkuṭeśa with ghee along with honey,

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putrārthī snāpayedbhaktyā sa labhetputramīpsitam .
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyādviprāya kāñcanam .. 128.5 ..

desiring a son, with devotion, attains the desired son. / Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and gives gold to a brahmin,

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godānaṃ vā mahīṃ vāpi tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 128.6 ..

or the gift of a cow, or even land—hear the fruit of his merit:

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sasamudraguhā tena saśailavanakānanā .
dattā pṛthvī na sandehastena sarvā nṛpottama .. 128.7 ..

By him the entire earth has been given, along with oceans and caves, / with mountains, forests, and woods; of this there is no doubt, O best of kings.

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tena dānena sa svarge krīḍayitvā yathāsukham .
martye bhavati rājendro brāhmaṇo vā supūjitaḥ .. 128.8 ..

Having sported in heaven at pleasure through that gift, / he becomes a king of kings in the mortal world, or a highly honored brahmin.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhṛkuṭeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Bhṛkuṭeśvara', in the Revā Section of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.