Skandapurana 6.3.154

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adhyāya 154

6.3.154.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ kalakaleśvaram .
vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu svayaṃ devena nirmitam .. 154.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the Kalakaleśvara sacred ford, / renowned in all the worlds, fashioned by the God himself.

6.3.154.2

andhakaṃ samare hatvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ .
sahito devagandharvaiḥ kinnaraiśca mahoragaiḥ .. 154.2 ..

Having slain Andhaka in battle, the great Lord, the god of gods, / accompanied by gods, gandharvas, kinnaras, and great serpents,

6.3.154.3

śaṅkhatūryaninādaiśca mṛdaṅgapaṇavādibhiḥ .
vīṇāveṇuravaiścānyaiḥ stutibhiḥ puṣkalādibhiḥ .. 154.3 ..

amidst the blasts of conches and trumpets, with mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, and other drums, / with the sounds of vīṇās and flutes, and with abundant hymns of praise,

6.3.154.4

gāyanti sāmāni yajūṃṣi cānye chandāṃsi cānye ṛcamudgiranti .
stotrairanekairapare gṛṇanti maheśvaraṃ tatra mahānubhāvāḥ .. 154.4 ..

some singing the Sāman hymns, others the Yajus hymns, others reciting the metres and the Ṛg verses, / while other exalted ones praised Maheśvara there with manifold hymns—

6.3.154.5

pramathānāṃ ninādena kalkalena ca bandinām .
yasmātpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṅgaṃ tasmājjātaṃ tadākhyayā .. 154.5 ..

because the liṅga was established amidst the roaring of the Pramathas / and the tumultuous acclaim of the bards, it came to be known by that name.

6.3.154.6

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vīkṣetkalakaleśvaram .
vājapeyātparaṃ puṇyaṃ sa labhenmānavo bhuvi .. 154.6 ..

Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, beholds Kalakaleśvara, / that human being on earth attains merit superior to that of a Vājapeya sacrifice.

6.3.154.7

tena puṇyena pūtātmā prāṇatyāgāddivaṃ vrajet .
ārūḍhaḥ paramaṃ yānaṃ gīyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 154.7 ..

Purified in self by that merit, upon relinquishing his breath he goes to heaven, / having mounted an excellent aerial vehicle, sung of by hosts of apsarases.

6.3.154.8

upabhujya mahābhogānkālena mahatā tataḥ .
martyaloke mahātmāsau jāyate vimale kule .. 154.8 ..

Having enjoyed immense delights there for a long time, / that great-souled one is subsequently born into a pure family in the mortal world.

6.3.154.9

brāhmaṇaḥ subhago loke vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ .
vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam .. 154.9 ..

A fortunate brahmin in the world, a master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, / freed from disease and grief, he lives for a hundred autumns."

6.3.154.9_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kalakaleśvaratīrthaphalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred fifty-fourth chapter, entitled "Description of the Fruit and Māhātmya of the Kalakaleśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compilation of eighty-one thousand verses.