Skandapurana 6.3.158

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adhyāya 158

6.3.158.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchetparaṃ tīrthaṃ saṅgameśvaramuttamam .
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpabhayāpaham .. 158.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to the supreme sacred ford, the excellent Saṅgameśvara, / on the southern bank of the Narmadā, which removes all sins and fears.

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dhanadastatra viśrānto muhūrtaṃ nṛpasattama .
pitṛlokātsamāyātaḥ kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam .. 158.2 ..

Kubera rested there for a moment, O best of kings, / having come from the realm of the ancestors on his way to Mount Kailāsa.

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pratyayārthaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha hyadyāpi dharaṇītale .
kṛṣṇavarṇā hi pāṣāṇā dṛśyante sphaṭikojjvalāḥ .. 158.3 ..

As proof of this, O best of kings, even today on the earth's surface / black stones are seen shining like crystal.

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vindhyanirjharaniṣkrāntā puṇyatoyā saridvarā .
praviṣṭā narmadātoye sarvapāpapraṇāśane .. 158.4 ..

Coming forth from the waterfalls of the Vindhya, an excellent river of holy waters / entered into the water of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins.

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saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā pūjayetsaṅgameśvaram .
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 158.5 ..

Having bathed at that confluence, whoever worships Saṅgameśvara / undoubtedly obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

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ghaṇṭāpatākāvitanaṃ yo dadetsaṅgameśvare .
haṃsayuktavimānastho divyastrīśatasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 158.6 ..

Whoever donates a bell, flags, and an awning at Saṅgameśvara, / seated in an aerial chariot harnessed with swans and surrounded by a hundred celestial women,

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sa rudrapadamāpnoti rudrasyānucaro bhavet .
dadhi bhakte na devasya yaḥ kuryālliṅgapūraṇam .. 158.7 ..

attains the state of Rudra and becomes an attendant of Rudra. / Whoever covers the liṅga of the god with curd and cooked rice,

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sikthasaṃkhyaṃ śive loke sa vasetkālamīpsitam .
śrīphalaiḥ pūrayelliṅgaṃ niḥsvo bhūtvā bhavasya tu .. 158.8 ..

dwells in the world of Śiva for a desired length of time equal to the number of grains of boiled rice. / And having become destitute, if one covers the liṅga of Bhava with wood-apple fruits,

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so'pi tatphalamāpnoti gataḥ svarge nareśvara .
akṣayā santatistasya jāyate saptajanmasu .. 158.9 ..

he too attains that fruit, having gone to heaven, O lord of men; / his lineage becomes imperishable throughout seven births.

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snapanaṃ devadevasya dadhnā madhughṛtena vā .
yaḥ karoti vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 158.10 ..

Whoever performs the ceremonial bath of the god of gods with curds, honey, or clarified butter / according to the prescribed rule, hear the meritorious fruit of that person:

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dhṛtakṣīravahā nadyo yatra vṛkṣā madhusravāḥ .
tatra te mānavā yānti suprasanne maheśvare .. 158.11 ..

Where rivers flow with clarified butter and milk, and where trees exude honey, / there those mortals go when Maheśvara is well pleased.

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patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yastu dadyānmaheśvare .
tatsarvaṃ saptajanmāni hyakṣayaṃ phalamaśnute .. 158.12 ..

Whoever offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water to Maheśvara, / enjoys the imperishable fruit of all that throughout seven births.

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sarveṣāmeva pātrāṇāṃ mahāpātraṃ maheśvaraḥ .
tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjanīyo maheśvaraḥ .. 158.13 ..

Among all worthy recipients, Maheśvara is the greatest recipient; / therefore, with every effort, Maheśvara is to be worshipped.

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brahmacaryasthito nityaṃ yastu pūjayate śivam .
iha jīvansa deveśo mṛto gacchedanāmayam .. 158.14 ..

Whoever, established in celibacy, constantly worships Śiva, / lives here as a lord of gods, and on dying goes to the disease-free realm.

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śive tu pūjite pārtha yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ .
yogīndre caiva tatpārtha pūjite labhate phalam .. 158.15 ..

The fruit which is obtained by the wise when Śiva is worshipped, O son of Pṛthā, / that same fruit one obtains, O son of Pṛthā, when a lord of yogins is worshipped.

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te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam .
yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu bhuñjanti śivabhaktiratā narāḥ .. 158.16 ..

Blessed are they, great-souled are they, well-lived is their life, / in whose homes men devoted to the devotion of Śiva take food.

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saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatrayatra vasenmuniḥ .
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .. 158.17 ..

Wherever a sage may dwell, having restrained the collection of senses, / there are Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and the Puṣkaras.

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yatphalaṃ vedaviduṣi bhojite śatasaṃkhyayā .
tatphalaṃ jāyate pārtha hyekena śivayoginā .. 158.18 ..

The fruit that arises when one hundred knowers of the Veda are fed, / that fruit arises, O son of Pṛthā, through a single Śiva-yogin.

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yatra bhuñjati bhasmāṅgī mūrkho vā yadi paṇḍitaḥ .
tatra bhuñjati deveśaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. 158.19 ..

Wherever one whose limbs are smeared with ashes eats, whether a fool or a scholar, / there eats the lord of the gods, the bull-bannered god, along with his consort.

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viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ koṭiṃ saṃbhojya yatphalam .
bhikṣāmātrapradānena tatphalaṃ śivayoginām .. 158.20 ..

The fruit of feeding ten million brahmins who know the Vedas / is attained merely by giving alms to Śiva-yogins.

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saṅgameśvaramāsādya prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ .
na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ śivalokātkadācana .. 158.21 ..

Whoever gives up his life after reaching Saṅgameśvara, / for him there is never any return from the world of Śiva.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe saṅgameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred fifty-eighth chapter, entitled the description of the māhātmya of the Saṅgameśvaratīrtha, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth [part], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.