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Skandapurana 6.3.187

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 6.3.187

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6.3.187.1

adhyāya 187
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
jāleśvaraṃ tato gacchelliṅgamādyaṃ svayambhuvaḥ .
kālāgnirudraṃ vikhyātaṃ bhṛgukacche vyavasthitam .. 187.1 ..

Chapter 187. / The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Jāleśvara, the primal self-manifest liṅga / renowned as Kālāgnirudra, situated at Bhṛgukaccha. 187.1

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6.3.187.2

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam .
kṣetrapāpavināśāya kṛpayā ca samutthitam .. 187.2 ..

It pacifies all sins, destroys all afflictions, / and arose out of compassion for the destruction of the sins of the sacred field. 187.2

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6.3.187.3

purā kalpe'suragaṇairākrānte bhuvanatraye .
vedoktakarmanāśe ca dharme ca vilayaṃ gate .. 187.3 ..

Formerly in a cosmic age, when the three worlds were overwhelmed by hosts of asuras, / when the rituals prescribed by the Vedas were destroyed, and when dharma went to ruin, 187.3

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6.3.187.4

devarṣimunisiddheṣu viśvāsaparameṣu ca .
kālāgnirudrādutpanno dhūmaḥ kālodbhavodbhavaḥ .. 187.4 ..

when divine seers, sages, and siddhas were filled with utmost faith, / smoke, born of the fire of cosmic time, arose from Kālāgnirudra. 187.4

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6.3.187.5

dhūmātsamutthitaṃ liṅgaṃ bhittvā pātālasaptakam .
avaṭaṃ dakṣiṇe kṛtvā liṅgaṃ tatraiva tiṣṭhati .. 187.5 ..

From that smoke arose the liṅga, piercing the seven underworlds. / Having made a pit to the south, the liṅga stands right there. 187.5

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6.3.187.6

tatra tīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha kuṇḍaṃ jvālāsamudbhavam .
yatra sā patitā jvālā śivasya dahataḥ puram .. 187.6 ..

At that sacred ford, O best of kings, is a pool originating from a flame, / where that flame of Śiva fell as he was burning the city [of Tripura]. 187.6

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6.3.187.7

tatrāvaṭaṃ samudbhūtaṃ dhūmāvartastato'bhavat .
tasminkuṇḍe tu yaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā vai narmadājale .. 187.7 ..

A cavity was formed there, and from that came the whirlpool of smoke. / Having performed a ritual ablution in that pool and in the waters of the Narmadā, 187.7

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6.3.187.8

kuryācchrāddhaṃ pitṛbhyo vai pūjayecca trilocanam .
kālāgnirudranāmāni sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim .. 187.8 ..

one who performs a śrāddha for the ancestors, worships the three-eyed god, / [and recites] the names of Kālāgnirudra, attains the supreme destination. 187.8

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6.3.187.9

yatkiṃcitkāmikaṃ karma hyābhicārikameva vā .
ripusaṃkṣayakṛdvāpi sāṃtānikamathāpi vā .
atra tīrthe kṛtaṃ sarvamacirātsidhyate nṛpa .. 187.9 ..

Whatever rite is performed for desire, or sorcery, / or causing destruction to enemies, or for progeny— / everything performed at this sacred ford succeeds without delay, O king. 187.9

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6.3.187.9_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kālāgnirudratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Ford of Kālāgnirudra, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.

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