Skandapurana 6.3.138

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adhyāya 138

6.3.138.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchetpāṇḍuputra śakratīrthamanuttamam .
yatra siddho mahābhāgo devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ .. 138.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then, O son of Pāṇḍu, one should go to the supreme Śakratīrtha, / where the illustrious king of gods, Śatakratu, attained perfection. (1)

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gautamena purā śaptaṃ jñātvā devāḥ sureśvaram .
brahmādyā devatāḥ sarva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .. 138.2 ..

Learning that the lord of the gods had formerly been cursed by Gautama, the gods, / all the deities beginning with Brahmā, and the seers rich in austerity, (2)

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gautamaṃ prārthayāmāsurvākyaiḥ sānunayaiḥ śubhaiḥ .
gatarājyaṃ gataśrīkaṃ śakraṃ prati munīśvara .. 138.3 ..

entreated Gautama with concilatory and auspicious words / on behalf of Śakra, who had lost his kingdom and lost his fortune, O lord of sages: (3)

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indrena rahitaṃ rājyaṃ na kaścitkāmayeddvija .
devo vā mānavo vāpi etatte viditaṃ prabho .. 138.4 ..

'Without Indra, no one desires the kingdom, O twice-born, / whether god or human; this is known to you, O lord. (4)

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tasya tvaṃ bhagayuktasya dayāṃ kuru dvijottama .
gataścādarśanaṃ śakro dūṣitaḥ svena pāpmanā .. 138.5 ..

Take pity on him who is covered with vulvas, O best of the twice-born! / Śakra has vanished from sight, ruined by his own sin.' (5)

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devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā gautamo vedavittamaḥ .
tatheti kṛtvā śakrasya varaṃ dātuṃ pracakrame .. 138.6 ..

Hearing the words of the gods, Gautama, foremost among knowers of the Veda, / consented, saying, 'So be it,' and proceeded to grant a boon to Śakra. (6)

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etadbhagasahasraṃ tu purā jātaṃ śatakrato .
tallocanasahasraṃ tu matprasādādbhaviṣyati .. 138.7 ..

"O Śatakratu, this thousand of vulvas was formerly produced [upon you]. / By my grace, it shall become a thousand eyes."

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evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ praṇamya munisattamam .
brāhmaṇāṃstānmahābhāgānnarmadāṃ pratyagāttataḥ .. 138.8 ..

Having been spoken to thus, the thousand-eyed one bowed to the excellent sage / and to those illustrious brahmins, and then went to the Narmadā.

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snātvā sa vimale toye saṃsthāpya tripurāntakam .
jagāma tridaśāvāsaṃ pūjyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 138.9 ..

Having bathed in its clear water and installed the Destroyer of Tripura, / he went to the abode of the thirty [gods], worshipped by hosts of apsarases.

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tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .
paradārābhigamanānmucyate pātakānnaraḥ .. 138.10 ..

Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord / is freed from the sin of approaching another's wife.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Śakratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.